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The '''Calcutta Light Horse''' were an [[auxiliary regiment]] under the Bengal command.
|partof=[[:Category:1st Burma War|1st Burma War 1823-26]]
 
|date=10 & 19 June 1824
==Chronology==
|location=[http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.1558700/Kemmendine/ Kemmendine], Rangoon, Burma
*'''1872''' raised as '''Calcutta Volunteer Lancers''' 22nd August<ref name=Jack>Jackson, Major Donovan ''India's Army'' (1940)</ref>
|presidency=[[Madras]]
*'''1881''' reconstituted as the '''Calcutta Mounted Volunteer Rifles''' on 7th October<ref name=Jack />
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=16.846201,96.067629&z=10&t=h&hl=en 16.846201°N 96.067629°E]  
*'''1886''' redesignated '''Calcutta Mounted Rifles''' on 1st October?<ref name=namenote>The 1901 ''Indian Army List'' states that the corps were renamed Calcutta light Horse on 14th September 1886.</ref>
|result=British victory at significant loss
*'''1887''' renamed Calcutta Light Horse on 20th May?<ref name=namenote />
|territory=
*'''1901''' absorbed [[Central Bengal Light Horse]], 1st November<ref name=Jack />
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
 
|combatant2=Burmese
==Details==
|commander1=Lt-Col Smith(10 June)<br>Lt-Col Mallet (19 June)
*'''Headquarters''' - [[Calcutta]]
|commander2=  
 
|strength1=3,000
===Uniform===
|strength2=  
*'''c1901:''' Khaki drill<ref name=IAL>''Indian Army List'' 1st Sept 1901</ref>
|casualties1= 138
*'''c1940:''' Uniform - Blue, Facings - White, Badge - Eight pointed star with crown, "C.L.H." and the motto in a scroll, Motto - Defence not Defiance"<ref name=Jack />
|casualties2= considerable
 
===Detached companies===
*[[Berhampore]]<ref name=IAL />
 
== FIBIS Resources ==
*[http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FibisPodcast 'The lure of Indigo - and how the Hills family of East Bengal won three VCs'] FIBIS podcast by Miles Macnair in which he also talks about his ancestors involvment with the Calcutta Light Horse.
 
==British Library holdings==
*''Annual report of the Calcutta Light Horse''. Holdings: 1st (1887/88)-9th (1895/96). Wanting: 4th (1890/91)
*''Gallop : the journal of the Calcutta Light Horse''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1932)-v. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 1939)
*''Calcutta Light Horse. A.F.I. 1759-1881-1947''. [With plates.] 1957
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_2&cid=452#452 Typescript history of the Calcutta Light Horse] , written c1938, by Ralph Kington Hewetson Brice, Bengal Covenanted Pilot Service 1929-c1947; with brief biographies of three officers of the Calcutta Light Horse. '''Mss Eur C714'''
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_4&cid=221#221 Papers and photographs of Norman D Harris], ICI (India) 1927-58, Company Chairman 1950-57, including three copies of 'Gallop', dated 1944-46, the Journal of the Calcutta Light Horse, and miscellaneous material relating to business in Bengal. '''Mss Eur D1050'''
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_18&cid=353#353 ''Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah''']: copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1939-45. '''Mss Eur Photo Eur 241'''
 
==National Army Museum holdings==
*[[National Army Museum]]     [http://www.nam.ac.uk/inventory/books/results.php?title=&producer=&publisher=&event=&campaign=&associatedName=&unit=Calcutta+Light+Horse&place=&keyword=&typeBooks=42&typeArmyPublications=43&typePeriodicals=44&flag=1 catalogue entry]  ''Calcutta Light Horse Gallop '' 1933-1946
 
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse Calcutta Light Horse] Wikipedia
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050821/asp/calcutta/story_5128357.asp The legend of a liquor stop (Part 1)] and  [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050828/asp/calcutta/story_5136099.asp A tale of heroism untold (Part 2)] The Telegraph Calcutta
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg54210.html German Subs in Goa] from Goanet.org
*[http://chinaburmaindiatheatre.blogspot.com/2010/02/boarding-party-last-action-of-calcutta.html ''Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse''] by James Leasor, from China Burma India WWII. Buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0755101359 FIBIS Shop]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Wolves The Sea Wolves] Wikipedia. Movie based on ''Boarding Party''
*This Great Wars Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=158787&view=findpost&p=1536971  post] advises there was a marble tablet in the west end of St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta unveiled in 1922, commemorating the 37 officers and men of the Calcutta Light Horse who gave their lives in the Great War.
*[http://lawfordherry.blogspot.com.au/2008/09/col-aj-pugh-1871-1923-obituary-21st.html  Col Archie John Pugh CBE, VD, Colonel of the Calcutta Light Horse from 1912 – 1922] lawfordherry.blogspot.com
*[http://lawfordherry.blogspot.com.au/2008/05/maj-general-lewis-pugh-1907-1981.html  Maj-Gen Lewis Pugh] As a member of the Calcutta Light Horse, Lewis Pugh commanded the raid on the German ships broadcasting Allied shipping movements from Goa harbour in 1943.
*[http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/reincarnation-of-calcutta-light-horse_14.html The Reincarnation of the Calcutta Light Horse, A.F.(I.)] arnhemjim.blogspot.com. Saturday, 14 January  2012
*[http://www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf  Page 1 of this newsletter]  (saintandrewssociety-sf.org May 2009)(pdf) contains a photograph of members of the Calcutta Light Horse,  with members of the Calcutta Scottish circa 1916. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-r7dMHmBhWoJ:www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf+calcutta+light+horse+members&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjRjHIhF1sUydT8nn9uFjmH3c0i24MBPP062fRsJnyaKPhvXwm34N5V4FXuoimKGvjAJYo2ElaGhQkPExrxhsOhOtijDwIZBeILTOhu3RaKtsfTN2bBlLmbNUGsuhRhYoq6aUe_&sig=AHIEtbRhRi6lsCTWv76KMHZTrXwtyG_67Q html version]
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012).  In  October 1938  he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta and  became a member of the Calcutta Light Horse.  During World War 2 he accompanied the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment]] to Sarawak and other parts of  Borneo from May 1941.  He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945. He rejoined the newspaper after the war and worked there until 1967, ultimately becoming general manager.
 
==References==
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== Attacking Force 19 June ==
'''First Column'''<br>
''Lt-Colonel Mallet''
*[[89th Regiment of Foot|HM 89th Regiment]] (500 men)
*[[41st Regiment of Foot|HM 41st Regiment]] (250 men)
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]] (250 men)
*1st Btn [[67th Punjab Regiment|7th Madras Native Infantry]] (450 men)
*2nd Btn [[72nd Punjab Regiment|8th Madras Native Infantry]] (350 men)
*2nd Btn [[77th Moplah Rifles|17th Madras Native Light Infantry]] (200 men)<br>
'''Second Column'''<br>
''Brigadier Hodgson''
*[[13th Regiment of Foot|HM 13th Foot]] (a detachment)
*[[38th Regiment of Foot|HM 38th Foot]] (a detachment)
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]]
*1st Btn [[69th Punjab Regiment|9th Madras Native Infantry]]
*1st Btn [[82nd Punjab Regiment|22nd Madras Native Infantry]]
'''Third Column'''<br>
''Brigadier Smelt''
*[[21st Regiment of Foot|HM 21st Foot]]
*1st Btn [[63rd (Palamcottah) Light Infantry|3rd Madras Native Infantry]]
*2nd Btn [[10th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|10th Madras Native Infantry]]
*2nd Btn ?th Madras Native Infantry
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_burmah.php Burmese Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Burmese_Wars Anglo-Burmese Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War 1st Burma War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p4BCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA444&dq=Kemmendine&as_brr=3#PPA444,M1 Capture of Kemmendine] Google Books


[[Category:Battles|Kemmendine, Battle of]]
[[Category:Auxiliary Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:1st Burma War|Kemmendine, Battle of]]

Revision as of 10:28, 15 October 2012

The Calcutta Light Horse were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command.

Chronology

  • 1872 raised as Calcutta Volunteer Lancers 22nd August[1]
  • 1881 reconstituted as the Calcutta Mounted Volunteer Rifles on 7th October[1]
  • 1886 redesignated Calcutta Mounted Rifles on 1st October?[2]
  • 1887 renamed Calcutta Light Horse on 20th May?[2]
  • 1901 absorbed Central Bengal Light Horse, 1st November[1]

Details

Uniform

  • c1901: Khaki drill[3]
  • c1940: Uniform - Blue, Facings - White, Badge - Eight pointed star with crown, "C.L.H." and the motto in a scroll, Motto - Defence not Defiance"[1]

Detached companies

FIBIS Resources

British Library holdings

  • Annual report of the Calcutta Light Horse. Holdings: 1st (1887/88)-9th (1895/96). Wanting: 4th (1890/91)
  • Gallop : the journal of the Calcutta Light Horse. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1932)-v. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 1939)
  • Calcutta Light Horse. A.F.I. 1759-1881-1947. [With plates.] 1957
  • Typescript history of the Calcutta Light Horse , written c1938, by Ralph Kington Hewetson Brice, Bengal Covenanted Pilot Service 1929-c1947; with brief biographies of three officers of the Calcutta Light Horse. Mss Eur C714
  • Papers and photographs of Norman D Harris, ICI (India) 1927-58, Company Chairman 1950-57, including three copies of 'Gallop', dated 1944-46, the Journal of the Calcutta Light Horse, and miscellaneous material relating to business in Bengal. Mss Eur D1050
  • Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah': copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1939-45. Mss Eur Photo Eur 241

National Army Museum holdings


External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The 1901 Indian Army List states that the corps were renamed Calcutta light Horse on 14th September 1886.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901

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