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Known as '''21st Cavalry''' and '''Daly's Horse''' | Known as '''21st Cavalry''' and '''Daly's Horse''' | ||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1849''' raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry by Henry Daly | *'''1849''' raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry by [[Henry Daly]] | ||
*'''1851''' retitled as the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | *'''1851''' retitled as the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | ||
*'''1865''' became the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force | *'''1865''' became the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force | ||
*'''1903''' became 21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force), Daly's Horse | *'''1903''' became '''21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force), Daly's Horse''' | ||
*'''1922''' merged with the 23rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force to become 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) | *'''1922''' merged with the [[23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)|23rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force]] to become [[11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] | ||
== Battle Honours == | == Battle Honours == | ||
*[[Abyssinian Campaign|Abyssinia]] | *[[Abyssinian Campaign|Abyssinia]] | ||
*[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-80]] | *[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-80]] | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Prince_Albert_Victor's_Own_Cavalry_(Frontier_Force) 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007072/ Sir Henry Dermot Daly 1821-95] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Prince_Albert_Victor's_Own_Cavalry_(Frontier_Force) 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007072/ Sir Henry Dermot Daly 1821-95] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | |||
*[http://pavocavalry.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/pavo-11-cavalry.html Pavo Cavalry] by Major Agha H Amin (Retired) pavocavalry.blogspot.com | |||
*Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250970/ 1896. 1st Regt. of Punjab Cavalry] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library. | |||
*[https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1311_1.jpg Headstone carving for 21st Cavalry] used by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for First World War deaths. Appears to be based on the regimental badge of that time. From a CWGC webpage [https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/bargaining/international-differences/ "International differences"] shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284932 ''History Of 1st Punjab Cavalry''] 1887. Archive.org, mirror from the Digital Library of India. | |||
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[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Cavalry]] | [[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Cavalry]] | ||