Difference between revisions of "2nd Bengal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)"

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1809 raised at Farrukhabad and Mainpuri by William Linnaeus Gardner as Gardner’s Horse
1823 became 2nd (Gardner's) Local Horse
1840 became 2nd Irregular Cavalry
1861 became 2nd Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
1890 became 2nd Regiment of Bengal Lancers
1903 became 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
1921 absorbed the 4th Lancers
1935 became the 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
1947 allocated to India on Partition

The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals; Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers by Major-Generals Osborn Wilkinson and Johnson Wilkinson. 1896 Archive.org. Twin brothers Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson were born 1822. The former joined the Bengal Cavalry in 1844, and served initially in the 10th Light Bengal Cavalry, and subsequently the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, (and perhaps other cavalry regiments); the latter HM 15th Regiment of Foot, which went to Ceylon in 1845, with a period at Poona.

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 [http://web.archive.org/web/20060302032731/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1903-02.htm 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] www.regiments.org<br>
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20060113051454/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1921-02.htm 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] www.regiments.org
+===Historical books online===
+*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsgeminige01wilkgoog ''The Memoirs of the Gemini Generals; Personal Anecdotes, Sporting Adventures, and Sketches of Distinguished Officers''] by  Major-Generals Osborn Wilkinson and  Johnson Wilkinson. 1896 Archive.org. Twin brothers Osborn and Johnson Wilkinson were born 1822. The former joined the Bengal Cavalry in 1844, and served  initially in the 10th Light Bengal Cavalry,  and subsequently the 2nd Bengal Cavalry, (and perhaps other cavalry regiments); the latter HM 15th Regiment of Foot, which went to Ceylon in 1845, with a period at Poona.