Difference between revisions of "Hodson's Horse"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (remove image (linked to William Hodson)) |
(→Historical books on-line) |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
| − | [ | + | *[https://archive.org/stream/unitedservicema05unkngoog#page/n310/mode/2up "Hodson’s Horse: An historical sketch of the 9th Bengal Cavalry"] by Major Dudley Sampson, page 300 ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine 1878, Part III'' Archive.org |
| − | [http://www.archive.org/stream/hodsonhodsonsho00hodsgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India''] by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 (Archive.org) | + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/hodsonhodsonsho00hodsgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India''] by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 (Archive.org) |
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023968252#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse''] by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)<br> | ||
[[Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 07:41, 11 September 2014
Brevet Major William Hodson raised a cavalry regiment (Hodson's Horse) during the Indian Mutiny. In 1858 this was split into three regiments:
- 1st Regiment of Hodson’s Horse - became 9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
- 2nd Regiment of Hodson’s Horse - became 10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
- 3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse - disbanded 1861
Related page
External Links
- William Hodson Wikipedia
- Hodson's Ride to Chhibramau Wikipedia
- Hodson's Horse British Empire website
- Hodson's Horse - Charles Gough British Empire website
- Hodson's Horse - Hugh Gough British Empire website
- Obituary of Charles Chenevix Trench, c 1914 -2003 (telegraph.co.uk) He served as an Indian Army officer in the 1930s, commissioned into Hodson's Horse, and winning an MC during the Second World War . In 1946 he retired from the Army to follow his father into the Indian Political Service for the 18 months until Partition. His 19 books included three classic accounts of British India: The Indian Army and the King's Enemies, 1900-1947; The Frontier Scouts; and The Viceroy's Agent, all published in the 1980s and available at the British Library
Historical books on-line
- "Hodson’s Horse: An historical sketch of the 9th Bengal Cavalry" by Major Dudley Sampson, page 300 Colburn’s United Service Magazine 1878, Part III Archive.org
- Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India by Major W S R Hodson 4th Edition 1883 (Archive.org)
- The Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)
