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==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/AVLH.html Assam Valley Light Horse] from Koi-hai.com
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/AVLH.html Assam Valley Light Horse] from Koi-hai.com including many photos from various era.
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/1155_Assam_Rifles.htm  Assam Rifles] indiapicks.com
 
*Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the Lakimpur Rifles 1882-84 and served for ten years in the [[Surma Valley Light Horse]], retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the [[Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]].  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2433527/?page=1 Obituary BMJ June 5,1897]
 





Revision as of 14:44, 5 April 2010

The Assam Valley Light Horse were a volunteer corps and auxiliary regiment based in Assam.

Chronology

Details

  • Motto - "Semper Paratus"

In 1901:[2]

  • Uniform - Khaki drill with steel shoulder chains
  • Mess uniform - Blue with white facings
  • Headquarters - Dibrugarh

Detachments at:

  • Doom Dooma
  • Panitola
  • Margherita
  • Moran
  • Sonari
  • Sibsagar
  • Jorhat
  • Panbarrz
  • Numalighur
  • North Lakhimpur
  • Salonah
  • Gauhati
  • Tezpur
  • Bishnath
  • Mangaldai

By 1940:[1]

  • Uniform - Blue
  • Facings - White
  • Badge - A.V.L.H.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901

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