The 16th Lancers amassed more battle honours than any other British cavalry regiment and they were the first and last regiment to use the lance in combat. 

They were distinguished by their starched and crimped lance pennons, which commemorated their charge at Aliwal;  their pennons became so encrusted in blood in this charge, that they dried stiff in the Indian sun. 

The complete, illustrious history of the 16th "Scarlet" Lancers regiment can be found at:

http://www.qrl.uk.com/h_16.html

The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry was originally founded in 1907 by Captain Edward Baker, who had the idea to have First Aid trained women, ride out on the battlefields to bring the wounded back safely to the casualty clearing stations. On the 27^th October 1914, Lieutenants Grace Ashley-Smith and Lillian Franklin set foot in Calais and Baker’s vision was finally fulfilled.     

Instead of the horses envisaged by Baker, these women took first one, then many more, cars and ambulances and drove them across the battlefields of northern France and western Belgium into the noise and carnage of the Great War.  Under appalling conditions, driving through air raids and gas attacks, they ferried casualties, medical staff and supplies up and down the French and Belgian coast, set up regimental aid posts, organised soup kitchens, bath houses and unloaded the wounded from barges and into hospital ships.

At the end of the Great War members were awarded 19 Military Medals, 27 Croix de Guerre, 2 Ordres de Leopold Chevalier, 1 Legion d’Honneur, 1 Ordre de la Couronne, 2 OBEs, 2 MBEs and 11 mentions in Despatches.  

Formed in the face of opposition, driven forward by forceful and sometimes fearsome individuals who took on its leadership, they remained steadfast, dedicated, loyal and brave.

“They are neither fish nor fowl but a damn good red herring" (Surgeon-General Woodhouse 1915)