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[[Image:33rd 34th 32nd Lancers.jpg|right|thumb|350px|33rd, 34th and 32nd Lancers from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett ]] | |||
== Chronology == | |||
*'''1820''' raised as 3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry by Major Peter Delamotte | |||
*'''1861''' became 3rd Regiment of Bombay [[Silladar]] Light Cavalry | |||
*'''1861''' became 3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry | |||
*'''1876''' became 3rd (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry | |||
*'''1903''' became '''33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry''' | |||
*'''1921''' amalgamated with 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse to become 33rd/34th Cavalry | |||
*'''1922''' became [[17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse]] | |||
*'''1927''' became The Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry) | |||
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition | |||
*'''1950''' became The Poona Horse (17 Horse) | |||
==First World War== | |||
Regimental History: ''With the 33rd “Q.V.O.” Light Cavalry in Mesopotamia'' edited by Capt E S J Anderson (ed) 1915. Printed in Quetta for private circulation. Available at the [[British Library]]. Also available in a reprint edition which is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, refer Historical books online, below. | |||
== External links == | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Queen_Victoria's_Own_Poona_Horse The Poona Horse] Wikipedia | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20040722123932/poonahorse.com/history.htm The Poona Horse Regimental Association] now an archived website | |||
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80008523 1985 interview with Henry Edward Shortt] (born 1887) Imperial War Museums. British officer who enlisted at the outbreak of war and served as Medical Officer with the Indian Medical Service attached to 33rd Cavalry Regt in India and Mesopotamia, 1914-1918. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
* ''Historical Records Of The Services Of The 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278824 Archive.org], mirror version from the Digital Library of India. No date of publication is provided, but it is c 1913. | |||
*''With the 33rd “Q.V.O.” Light Cavalry in Mesopotamia'' edited by Capt E S J Anderson is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/with-the-33rd-q-v-o-light-cavalry-in-mesopotamia/ ''With The 33rd “Q.V.O.” Light Cavalry In Mesopotamia''] Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19DvTt2Mag online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3], (located in World War II/Military books/Britain). | |||
*''The Poona Horse, 17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry'' published 1933. Includes the histories of both the 33rd QVO and [[34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse|34th Poona Horse]] | |||
**Volume I: 1817-1913 . Part 1 by M. H. Anderson and E. S. J. Anderson, part 2 by G. M. Molloy. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237928 Archive.org], mirror version from Digital Library of India. | |||
**Volume II: 1914-1931 by H. C. Wylly. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.237929 Archive.org], mirror version from Digital Library of India. | |||
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