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Page last updated at 09:30 GMT, Monday, 20 December 2010

'Walking the line between death and glory'

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The BBC has been following a squadron of the Queen's Royal Lancers during their training and deployment to Afghanistan over the course of this year.

Danny Savage reports on how The Lancers trained Afghan police, dealt with roadside bombs and had hundreds of gun battles with insurgents.

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