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*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id42.html In Memory of The Bihar Light Horse] valmayukuk.tripod.com
 
*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id42.html In Memory of The Bihar Light Horse] valmayukuk.tripod.com
 
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/graphic1880.jpg Drawing of:"Volunteering in India--the Bahar Mounted Rifles of Bengal," from ''The Graphic'', May 8, 1880] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website
 
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/graphic1880.jpg Drawing of:"Volunteering in India--the Bahar Mounted Rifles of Bengal," from ''The Graphic'', May 8, 1880] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website
*[http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/gtg-after-the-war-with-the-bihar-light-horse    George Theodore Gill  - with the Bihar Light Horse from the 1930s], including photographs from David Gill’s [http://gillww1.wordpress.com/gt-gill/ Capt G T Gill] , part of  gillww1. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131118080526/http://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/gtg-after-the-war-with-the-bihar-light-horse/  archive.org link])
 
  
 
===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 08:32, 10 June 2015

Badge of The Bihar Light Horse
The Bihar Light Horse in camp c.1908

Alternative spelling Behar Light Horse

Formed on 8th December 1862 as the Bihar Mounted Rifles. It became the Bihar Light Horse on 29th February 1884.

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Facings - White
  • Badge - Wild boar
  • Motto "Necaspera terrent."


In 1888 "Captain Francis Carandini, who is in the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars has been appointed adjutant of the Behar Light Horse with the rank of major. The appointment is one much sought after, the Behar Light Horse being composed of gentlemen planters all splendidly mounted. The salary attached to the position is 820 rupees a month." [1]


References

  1. Ashburton Guardian 25 April 1888, page 2 from Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand

External Links

Historical books online