Victorian 1821 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sword by Thurkle, 16th The Queen's Lancers

A Victorian 1821 Pattern Officer's Sword by Thurkle, marked XVI Lancers.

The blade is quite pitted, but the overall condition of the sword is not bad - hilt, grip and scabbard have kept very well.

It is impossible to determine at which point during the Victorian era this sword's owner would have served, but this is where the regiment was deployed during that time frame:

During the Victorian era, the regiment was deployed to Ireland in March 1816, where it was re-designated as a lancer regiment in September of the same year, becoming the 16th (The Queen's) Regiment of (Light) Dragoons (Lancers). It returned from Ireland in June 1819 and was sent to India in 1822. The regiment first saw action during the siege of Bharatpur in January 1826, where they used lances. It later participated in the capture of Ghuznee in July 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War and the Battle of Maharajpore in December 1843 as part of the Gwalior campaign. Notably, it charged and scattered a Sikh force ten times its size at the Battle of Aliwal in January 1846, followed by further action at the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War. The regiment served in India again from 1865 to 1876 and from 1890 to 1899. In January 1900, it arrived in Cape Colony for service in the Second Boer War, where it took part in the relief of Kimberley in February 1900.