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| − | In August 1857 the Lahore Light Horse was formed, consisting of drummer boys of mutinied infantry and cavalry corps, and other Eurasians, about 160 strong (i. e. two troops or one squadron), mounted on Government horses of the mutinied cavalry, under command of Captain Snow. They were first employed in quelling the Googaira emeute, then they were despatched to Hindoostan, and have served with credit at Lucknow, in Rohilcund, and Allahabad. <ref> [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xr4SAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA36 Parliamentary papers, Volume 18 1859 General Report on the Administration of Punjab Territories for 1856-7 and 1857-8], page 36 </ref> | + | "In August 1857 the '''Lahore Light Horse''' was formed, consisting of drummer boys of mutinied infantry and cavalry corps, and other Eurasians, about 160 strong (i. e. two troops or one squadron), mounted on Government horses of the mutinied cavalry, under command of Captain Snow. They were first employed in quelling the Googaira emeute, then they were despatched to Hindoostan, and have served with credit at Lucknow, in Rohilcund, and Allahabad."<ref> [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=xr4SAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA5-PA36 Parliamentary papers, Volume 18 1859 General Report on the Administration of Punjab Territories for 1856-7 and 1857-8], page 36 </ref> |
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.britishmedals.net/collections/TB/heic/copland.html Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse] from BritishMedals.net | *[http://www.britishmedals.net/collections/TB/heic/copland.html Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse] from BritishMedals.net | ||
Revision as of 18:55, 13 April 2010
"In August 1857 the Lahore Light Horse was formed, consisting of drummer boys of mutinied infantry and cavalry corps, and other Eurasians, about 160 strong (i. e. two troops or one squadron), mounted on Government horses of the mutinied cavalry, under command of Captain Snow. They were first employed in quelling the Googaira emeute, then they were despatched to Hindoostan, and have served with credit at Lucknow, in Rohilcund, and Allahabad."[1]
Chronology
- 1857 raised as Lahore Light Horse
- 1865 disbanded
British Library holdings
- Disbandment of East India Regiment, the Lahore Light Horse and the Eurasian Artillery IOR/L/MIL/7/7244 1864-1870
References
External links
- Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse from BritishMedals.net
