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[[Image:33rd 34th 32nd Lancers.jpg|right|thumb|350px|33rd, 34th and 32nd Lancers from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett ]]
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== Chronology ==
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*'''1803''' raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
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*'''1803''' split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
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*'''1842''' became 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
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*'''1903''' became the '''32nd Lancers'''
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*'''1923''' amalgamated with the [[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] to become [[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers|13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]]
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*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers
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== External Links ==
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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website<br>
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823193128/http://defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999  defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from  ''Sons Of John Company'' by  John Gaylor.
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
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*Watercolours by  Charles James Lyall  c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
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**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251018/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer]
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**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251017/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Sowar]
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**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250993/ 1902. Bombay Lancers. India]
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 26 January 2018

33rd, 34th and 32nd Lancers from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1903 became the 32nd Lancers
  • 1923 amalgamated with the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

External Links