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[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
====Also known as Probyn's Horse====
[[Image:11th or Probyns Horse.jpg|right|thumb|350px|11th or Probyn's Horse]]

== Chronology ==
*'''1857''' raised as Wale's Horse by Capt F Wale
*'''1857''' became 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Wale's Horse). Also called 1st Sikh  Cavalry
*'''1860''' became 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse) under the command of [[Dighton Probyn|Major Dighton Probyn]]. 
*'''1861''' became 11th Bengal Cavalry
*'''1864''' became 11th Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
*'''1864''' became 11th Bengal Lancers
*'''1876''' became 11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers
*'''1903''' became '''11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers'''
*'''1906''' became 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)
*'''1921''' merged with [[12th Cavalry]] to become 11th/12th Cavalry
*'''1922''' became [[5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse]]
*'''1927''' became Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward's Own Lancers)
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition

== Battle Honours ==
*'''1857''' [[First Lucknow Relief|Lucknow]]
*'''1859''' [[Battle of Taku Forts 1860|Taku Forts]]
*'''1860''' [[Battle of Peking|Peking]]
*'''1878-80''' [[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan]]
:*[[Battle of Ali Masjid Fort 1878|Ali Masjid]]
*'''1895''' [[Siege and Relief of Chitral|Chitral]]
*'''1897''' [[Battle of Malakand Camp 1897|Malakand]]
*'''1899''' [[:Category:North West Frontier Campaigns|Punjab Frontier]]

==Regimental histories==
*''A History of the XI King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)'' by Capt E L Maxwell, published 1914. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011838773 
*''The History of Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward's Own Lancers)'' by Major C A Boyle DSO. published 1929. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01016627535

== External links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/11thbl.htm 11th Bengal Lancers] British Empire Website<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_King_Edward's_Own_Probyn's_Horse Probyn's Horse] Wikipedia<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170725114301/http://www.defencejournal.com:80/may99/probyn-horse.htm Probyn's Horse], an extract from  John Gaylor's book ''Sons of John Company''. ''Defence Journal'' Karachi May  1999, now archived. <br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dighton_Probyn Major Dighton Probyn VC] Wikipedia <br>
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm Photograph of Officers of the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse) c. 1860]  from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)<br>
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2013-10-20-6-1 Waistbelt ornament, 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry, 1857-1861]  National Army Museum
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1987-07-44-1 Surgeon John Henry Sylvester, 11th Bengal Cavalry (Probyn's Horse), 1865 (c)] Oil on canvas by Colin Hunter  1885.  National Army Museum
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1999-04-55-1 Colonel Probyn, CB, VC] Oil on canvas, by James Rannie Swinton 1867  National Army Museum, nam.ac.uk<br>
*Watercolour by  Charles James Lyall: [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250989/ 1902. 11th Bengal Lancer. (Dogra). Lance-Duffardar]  Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.<br>
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1956-02-882-2 Photograph:  Officer's full dress uniform worn by Major J A C May-Somerville, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c)] includes a separate image of a kurta. National Army Museum<br>
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1956-02-882-11 Photograph: Pugri, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c)] National Army Museum<br>
*[http://www.king-emperor.com/12th%20Cavalry-%20Lt.Col.H.W.Grace%20MC%20Probyns%20Horse-ke.jpg  Photograph:  Lt.Col.H.W.Grace M.C., Probyn’s Horse]    probably c 1920s/1930s. king-emperor.com
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2019/01/the-shooting-of-the-british-consul-general-at-isfahan-and-sowar-chowdri-khan.html "The shooting of the British Consul General at Isfahan and Sowar Chowdri Khan"] 29 January 2019. British Library Untold lives blog. Resaidar Malik Rab Nawaz Khan, of the 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers, was  in charge of the Isfahan Consulate General Guard, so it appears likely that the rest of the Guard were also from this regiment.
=== Historical books online===
*''The Travels of Risaldar Shahzad Mir Khan'' of the 11th K E O Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), who enlisted 14th February 1882, died 1924. Translated extracts from his autobiography ''Shah Safar  Sair-i-Dunya'', in Urdu, official textbook for the elementary Urdu examination. 
:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n346/mode/1up Part I] includes the  Herat Boundary Commission under General Lumsden in 1885, pages 326-340 and [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.284708/2015.284708.Usi-Journal#page/n569/mode/2up Part II],  Journey to Tibet and China, with Capt. M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1895-1896, page 543 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India,   Volume 62, 1932'' Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n121/mode/2up Part III] Africa with Captain Wellby in 1898-99, pages 114-122; [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.280027/2015.280027.Usi-Journal#page/n211/mode/2up Part IV] England,  pages 204-214. ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India,  Volume 63, 1933''  Archive.org
:Published later  as ''The life & adventures of K.B. Risaldar Shahzad Mir : O.B.I. (1863-1924) : 11th (K.E.O.), Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse)'' with the contents given in this [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6491400 catalogue entry] (nla.gov.au). Available at the British Library.
: Captain Wellby wrote two books about these expeditions:  [https://archive.org/details/throughunknownt00unkngoog ''Through Unknown Tibet''] by M S Wellby Capt. 18th Hussars 1898 Archive.org; [https://archive.org/details/twixtsirdarmenel00welliala '''Twixt Sirdar & Menelik; an account of a year's expedition from Zeila to Cairo through unknown Abyssinia''] by the late Captain M S Wellby 18th Hussars. 1901 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/n7 ''Khaki and Gown : an Autobiography''] by Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood 1941. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Born in India in 1865, he lived in England from age 3, and was then posted, aged 19 to the British Army regiment XII (12th) Lancers  at Bangalore in 1885. In 1887, [https://archive.org/details/khakigownautobio0000bird/page/36 page 36], he joined the XI (11th) Bengal Lancers and then in 1893, the Viceroy’s Bodyguard. 
*''An Account of the Operations in Burma carried out by Probyn’s Horse during February, March and April 1945'' by Major Mylne published  1945 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/account-of-the-operations-in-burma-carried-out-by-probyns-horse-during-february-march-and-april-1945/  ''An Account of the Operations in Burma carried out by Probyn’s Horse during February, March and April 1945''] by Major Mylne, Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8p6rk8Lwumbh16YSy  online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3]  (located in World War II/Military Books/Myanmar).

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