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*[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]] | *[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]] | ||
== External | ==Regimental histories== | ||
*''A brief historical sketch of His Majesty's 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army'' compiled by G.F. Newport- Tinley 1910. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012501738 | |||
== External links == | |||
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823193128/http://defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999. defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from ''Sons Of John Company'' by John Gaylor. | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823193128/http://defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999. defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from ''Sons Of John Company'' by John Gaylor. | ||
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/an-officer-of-the-1st-bombay-light-cavalry-182537 Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry] Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts). | *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/an-officer-of-the-1st-bombay-light-cavalry-182537 Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry] Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts). | ||
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-08-11-1 Portrait: Unknown Officer of the 1st (Bombay) Light Cavalry, 1848] National Army Museum NAM. 1966-08-11-1 | |||
*Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library | *Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library | ||
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251018/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer] | **[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251018/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:31, 24 September 2019
Known as 31st Lancers
Chronology
- 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
- 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
- 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
- 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
- 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers
Battle Honours
Regimental histories
- A brief historical sketch of His Majesty's 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army compiled by G.F. Newport- Tinley 1910. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012501738
External links
- Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by John Gaylor Defence Journal (Karachi) November 1999. defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from Sons Of John Company by John Gaylor.
- Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts).
- Portrait: Unknown Officer of the 1st (Bombay) Light Cavalry, 1848 National Army Museum NAM. 1966-08-11-1
- Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library