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See [[Manipur]]
See [[Manipur]]


Medals were awarded for this expedition. A list of medals awarded may be found in ''Through Fifty Years. A History of the Surma Valley Light Horse''  by William Henry Sydney Wood 1930 <ref>webbllangarron [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=962 1890-91 Manipur (NE Frontier of British India)] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 08 August 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2015.</ref>
Medals were awarded for this expedition. A list of medals awarded may be found in ''Through Fifty Years. A History of the Surma Valley Light Horse''  by William Henry Sydney Wood 1930.<ref>webbllangarron [https://web.archive.org/web/20130708185226/http://victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=962 1890-91 Manipur (NE Frontier of British India)] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 08 August 2012, now an archived webpage.</ref>


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485075 Assam Valley Light Horse] from Koi-hai.com has items  on the Surma Valley Light Horse including the death of former Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, in South Africa in 1900 where he was 2nd in command of [[Lumsden's Horse]]
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485075 Assam Valley Light Horse] from Koi-hai.com has items  on the Surma Valley Light Horse including the death of former Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, in South Africa in 1900 where he was 2nd in command of [[Lumsden's Horse]]
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm  Photographs of  the Surma Valley Light Horse] from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm  Photographs of  the Surma Valley Light Horse] from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?q=searchType%3Dsimple%26simpleText%3DSurma%2520Valley%26themeID%3D%26resultsDisplay%3Dlist%26page%3D1&pos=0&total=23&page=1&acc=1965-05-86-42 Photograph: Surma Valley Light Horse, Assam, 1905] National Army Museum. NAM 1965-05-86-42. Click on further Search results for (mainly) further items for Surma Valley Light Horse.
*[http://shangrilajournals.com/shangrilajournals.com/Assam%20-%20Where.html Photograph, late 1930’s] from Shangrilajournals.com
*[http://shangrilajournals.com/shangrilajournals.com/Assam%20-%20Where.html Photograph, late 1930’s] from Shangrilajournals.com
*Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the [[Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles| Lakimpur Rifles]] 1882-84 and served for ten years in the Surma Valley Light Horse, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the [[Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]].  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2433527/?page=1 Obituary BMJ June 5,1897]
*Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the [[Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles| Lakimpur Rifles]] 1882-84 and served for ten years in the Surma Valley Light Horse, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the [[Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]].  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2433527/?page=1 Obituary BMJ June 5,1897]
*[http://www.qcmilitaria.com/indvol.htm Medals to the Indian Volunteers] (Scroll down) Qcmilitaria.com
*Long Service Medals of Second Lieutenant J. E. Aird, Surma Valley Light Horse, a Tea Planter & Manager of the Deundi Estate, Sylhet.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201116025357/https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/past-catalogues/lot.php?auction_id=431&lot_uid=276599 Pair: Second Lieutenant J. E. Aird, Surma Valley Light Horse] 17th & 18th May 2016. dnw.co.uk archived. He is mentioned in the book ''Recollections of a Tea Planter'', by W. M. Fraser. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201116025807/https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/past-catalogues/lot.php?auction_id=133&lot_uid=161412 25th September 2008 dnw.co.uk], archived, also refers to a trophy inscribed, ‘S.V.L.H. Volley Firing Competition 1904, won by “G” Troop Team’.</ref>
*This [http://britishbuttonsociety.org/ButtonIdentification/PreviewImages/indian-button2.jpg button] was identified as  Surma Valley Light Horse in item 30 from the [http://britishbuttonsociety.org/ButtonIdentification/index02.htm British Button Society]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/32157648@N08/5135073788/ Photograph of a memorial inscription] (flickr.com) mentions Charles Thorp Jessop, Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse, died 2 July 1915 aged 56
* [http://www.victorianwars.com/index.php Victorian Wars Forum]
*Long Service Medals of Second Lieutenant J. E. Aird, Surma Valley Light Horse, a Tea Planter & Manager of the Deundi Estate, Sylhet,[http://www.neatemedals.co.uk/medals/catalog/product/gallery/image/2972/id/789/ 1], [http://www.neatemedals.co.uk/medals/catalog/product/gallery/image/2969/id/789 2], [http://www.neatemedals.co.uk/medals/catalog/product/gallery/image/2970/id/789  3] from [http://www.neatemedals.co.uk/medals/a-colonial-officer-s-long-service-medal-pair-to-second-lieutenant-j-e-aird-surma-valley-light-horse-a-tea-planter-manager-of-the-defundi-estate-sylhet-india.html    neatemedals.co.uk] .  
**Also group photographs: [http://www.neatemedals.co.uk/medals/catalog/product/gallery/id/789/image/2971/ Photographs Officers Surma Valley Light Horse  c 1895-1903], [http://www.neatemedals.co.uk/medals/catalog/product/gallery/id/789/image/2973/ Photographs Officers Surma Valley Light Horse  c 1895-1903]
 
=== Historical books online ===
=== Historical books online ===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/432/mode/2up/search/volunteer+regiments ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''], page 433 by  Somerset Playne , J W  Bond 1917 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/432/mode/2up/search/volunteer+regiments ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''], page 433 by  Somerset Playne , J W  Bond 1917 Archive.org
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[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]]
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 16 November 2020

Formed as the Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps on 22nd October 1880 and later became the Cachar and Sylhet Mounted Rifles on the 6th April 1883. Designated Surma Valley Light Horse 13th August 1886.

The headquarters was at Silchar

The regiment consisted mainly of tea planters from the area.

  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Motto - "Non Sibi Sed Patriae"

British Library holdings

  • Nineteenth annual report of the Surma Valley Light Horse, 1901-1902.
  • Through Fifty Years. A History of the Surma Valley Light Horse by William Henry Sydney Wood 1930
  • Experiences in Chittagong Riots - April 1930: Catalogue reference for account by Alexander Burnett, tea planter and trooper in the Surma Valley Light Horse, of the rioting in Chittagong and the Armoury Raid, 1930. Mss Eur C806

Manipur Expedition 1891

See Manipur

Medals were awarded for this expedition. A list of medals awarded may be found in Through Fifty Years. A History of the Surma Valley Light Horse by William Henry Sydney Wood 1930.[1]

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. webbllangarron 1890-91 Manipur (NE Frontier of British India) Victorian Wars Forum 08 August 2012, now an archived webpage.
  2. Pair: Second Lieutenant J. E. Aird, Surma Valley Light Horse 17th & 18th May 2016. dnw.co.uk archived. He is mentioned in the book Recollections of a Tea Planter, by W. M. Fraser. 25th September 2008 dnw.co.uk, archived, also refers to a trophy inscribed, ‘S.V.L.H. Volley Firing Competition 1904, won by “G” Troop Team’.