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Known as '''Gordon's Horse'''
Known as '''Gordon's Horse'''
== Chronology ==
== Chronology ==
*'''1826''' raised as 4th Regiment, Nizam's Cavalry
*'''1826''' raised by Capt Sir John Gordon as the 4th Regiment, Nizam's Cavalry
*'''1854''' became the [[4th Cavalry, Hyderabad Contingent]]
*'''1854''' became the 4th Cavalry, [[Hyderabad Contingent]]
*'''1890''' became the 4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent
*'''1890''' became the 4th Lancers, Hyderabad Contingent
*'''1903''' became the '''30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)'''
*'''1903''' became the '''30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)'''
*'''1921''' amalgamated with the 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry, to form 26th/30th King George's Own Light Cavalry
*'''1921''' amalgamated with the [[26th Light Cavalry|26th King George's Own Light Cavalry]], to form [[8th King George's Own Light Cavalry]]
*'''1922''' became the 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
 
*'''1937''' became the 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry
==Regimental history==
*'''1947''' allocated to India on Partition becoming 8th Light Cavalry
''History of 8th King George V.'s Own Light Cavalry'' by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates.] Published 1948. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001795331


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King_George%27s_Own_Light_Cavalry 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry] Wikipedia
*[http://fotw.fivestarflags.com/in%5Ehyd1l.html Hyderabad Contingent Standard] fotw.fivestarflags.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King_George's_Own_Light_Cavalry 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry] Wikipedia
*[http://www.orbat.info/cimh/regiments/8CAVALRY/8th%20Cavalry.html 8th Light Cavalry Regiment: A Brief History 1787 – 2005]. orbat.info. During WW1 "30th Lancers saw action in France where, though being a cavalry regiment, it received a good taste of trench warfare. It then went on to extinguish the embers of an Arab rebellion in Iraq, before going into action in Persia".
===Historical books online===
*''History of the Thirtieth Lancers Gordons Horse'' by E A W Stotherd  1911 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278870  Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The preface states that a great deal of information will be found about the other three regiments of the Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry, as in many despatches they seem to have been regarded as one large corps.
 
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[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Latest revision as of 08:03, 24 April 2019

Known as Gordon's Horse

Chronology

Regimental history

History of 8th King George V.'s Own Light Cavalry by H. G. Rawlinson. [With plates.] Published 1948. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795331

External Links

Historical books online

  • History of the Thirtieth Lancers Gordons Horse by E A W Stotherd 1911 Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India. The preface states that a great deal of information will be found about the other three regiments of the Hyderabad Contingent Cavalry, as in many despatches they seem to have been regarded as one large corps.