13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers

Chronology

• 1858 raised as 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry by Lieut John Watson VC
• 1861 became 13th Bengal Cavalry
• 1864 became 13th Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
• 1874 became 13th Bengal Lancers
• 1884 became 13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers
• 1903 became 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
• 1906 became 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
• 1921 amalgamated with the 16th Cavalry to become 13/16th Cavalry
• 1922 became 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Battle Honours

• Afghanistan 1878-80
• Egypt 1882

• Tel-el-Kebir

• Punjab Frontier

• Mohmand Expedition 1897
• Zakha Khel Expedition
• Zaimukht Expedition

External Links

• 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) Defence Journal website, May 1999, now archived. An extract from John Gaylor's book Sons of John Company.
• 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) Wikipedia
• John Watson VC Wikipedia
• 13th Duke of Connaught's Regt of Bengal Lancers British Empire website
  
• 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse) www.regiments.org
• Kenneth O’Brien Harding 13th Duke of Connaught’s (Watson’s Horse). Served in Mesopotamia during the First World War and was awarded the OBE and three times was Mentioned In Despatches. dnw.co.uk

Photograph: Tunic worn by Major Kenneth O'Brien Harding, 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse), 1915-1921 National Army Museum.