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[[Image:37th 36th 35th Horse.jpg|350px|thumb|right|From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett]]
[[Image:37th 36th 35th Horse.jpg|350px|thumb|right|From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett]]
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1846''' raised at Hyderabad as 2nd Scinde Irregular Horse
*'''1846''' raised by Lieut [[John Jacob]] as 2nd Regiment of Scinde Irregular Horse
*'''1861''' became the 6th Bombay Cavalry
*'''1860''' became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
*'''1903''' became the 36th Scinde Horse
*'''1861''' became the 9th Regiment of Scinde [[Silladar]] Cavalry
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the 35th Scinde Horse to become the 14th Prince of Wales’s Own Scinde Horse  
*'''1861''' became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
*'''1885''' became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob-Ka-Rissallah)
*'''1888''' became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob’s Horse)
*'''1903''' became the '''36th Jacob's Horse'''
*'''1922''' amalgamated with the [[35th Scinde Horse]] to become the [[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse]]
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition
*'''1950''' became 14 Scinde Horse
*'''1950''' became 14 Scinde Horse
== External Links ==
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Prince_of_Wales's_Own_Scinde_Horse 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse] Wikipedia
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/218/mode/2up/search/Jacob John Jacob (1812-1858)]<br>
 
==See also==
*[[Scinde Horse]]
*[[Jacobabad]]
 
==Regimental History==
''Prince of Wales’s Own, The Scinde Horse 1839-1922'' by Colonel E. B. Maunsell, first published 1926.  Also available in a reprint edition,<ref name=POWO>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/prince-of-waless-own-the-scinde-horse/ ''Prince Of Wales’s Own, The Scinde Horse''] by Colonel E. B. Maunsell 1926 Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available online on fold3, a pay website, refer below.
== First World War==
The 36th Jacob's Horse went to France in 1914 with the Indian Corps and fought dismounted at Festubert (January 1915), at Ypres, and on the Somme (1916). Its greatest battle was Cambrai (1917) when it repeatedly counter-attacked the advancing enemy. In 1918, the 36th moved to Palestine. It fought in Allenby's great final cavalry operations (the actions at Sharan Megiddo, Abu Naj, and the advance to Damascus). The Turks defeated, the Regiment was kept in Syria as a garrison force until 1921 and then returned to India for the amalgamation.<ref name=POWO />
 
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Jacob's_Horse 36th Jacob's Horse] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_(soldier) John Jacob] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Prince_of_Wales's_Own_Scinde_Horse 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse] Wikipedia
*Watercolour by  Charles James Lyall  1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library. [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250961/ 1849. Sinde Irregular Horse Jacob's Horse. Officer]
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1974-11-31-1 Image: Kurta made for Jemadar Sadda Singh, The Scinde Horse (14th Prince of Wales's Own Cavalry), 1937 (c)] nam.ac.uk.
*[https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1309_1.jpg Headstone carving for 36th Jacobs Horse]  used by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for First World War deaths. Possibly based on the regimental badge. From a CWGC webpage [https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/bargaining/international-differences/ "International differences"] shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org
===Historical books online===
*2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse was raised in 1846  [http://books.google.com/books?id=0BwYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203 Allen’s Indian Mail 1846], page 203
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recordbookofscin01indi#page/n5/mode/2up Scinde Irregular Horse Record Book] www.archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=CZQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 ''Record book of the Scinde irregular horse Volume II 8th October 1851 to 13th June 1855''] 1856 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=xcoHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA467 Obituary of John Jacob], commander of the Scinde Horse, died 1858 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/generaljohnjacob00shanrich ''General John Jacob Commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and Founder of Jacobabad''] by Alexander Innes Shand 1901 Archive.org
*''Prince of Wales's Own, the Scinde Horse 1839-1922'' by Colonel E. B. Maunsell 1926 is available in a reprint edition,<ref name=POWO /> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19ivyG6Mj9 online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3]  (located in World War II/Military Books/Britain).
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:44, 31 March 2020

From a painting by Major A.C. Lovett

Chronology

  • 1846 raised by Lieut John Jacob as 2nd Regiment of Scinde Irregular Horse
  • 1860 became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
  • 1861 became the 9th Regiment of Scinde Silladar Cavalry
  • 1861 became the 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse
  • 1885 became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob-Ka-Rissallah)
  • 1888 became the 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob’s Horse)
  • 1903 became the 36th Jacob's Horse
  • 1922 amalgamated with the 35th Scinde Horse to become the 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition
  • 1950 became 14 Scinde Horse

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Jacob (1812-1858)

See also

Regimental History

Prince of Wales’s Own, The Scinde Horse 1839-1922 by Colonel E. B. Maunsell, first published 1926. Also available in a reprint edition,[1] which in turn is available online on fold3, a pay website, refer below.

First World War

The 36th Jacob's Horse went to France in 1914 with the Indian Corps and fought dismounted at Festubert (January 1915), at Ypres, and on the Somme (1916). Its greatest battle was Cambrai (1917) when it repeatedly counter-attacked the advancing enemy. In 1918, the 36th moved to Palestine. It fought in Allenby's great final cavalry operations (the actions at Sharan Megiddo, Abu Naj, and the advance to Damascus). The Turks defeated, the Regiment was kept in Syria as a garrison force until 1921 and then returned to India for the amalgamation.[1]

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Prince Of Wales’s Own, The Scinde Horse by Colonel E. B. Maunsell 1926 Naval & Military Press reprint edition.