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The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised in July 1857 after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny and disbanded in 1859.
The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny from young military officers just arrived from Britain.


===Historical books online===
== Chronology ==
*'''1857''' raised in Calcutta in July with 258 men under Col Richardson CB
*'''1861''' disbanded
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/bengalyeocav.htm Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry] British Empire website
*[http://www.britishmedals.net/resources/regts/heic/bengalyc.html Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry] BritishMedals.net
*[http://www.britishmedals.net/collections/TB/heic/copland.html  Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse (late Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry)] BritishMedals.net
 
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/volunteeringinin00nashiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volunteering in India: or, an authentic narrative of the military services of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny, and Sepoy War'']  by  John Tulloch Nash 1893 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/volunteeringinin00nashiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volunteering in India: or, an authentic narrative of the military services of the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny, and Sepoy War'']  by  John Tulloch Nash 1893 Archive.org
*''The London Gazette'' of September 30, 1859 reported: India Office, September 27, 1859. The Secretary of State for India in Council has received the following Papers:... [http://books.google.com/books?id=odg1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2015 No. 5: No. 1043 of 1859] from ''Bulletins and other state intelligence. Compiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London Gazette. 1859 Part 2, July to December'' Google Books  
*''The London Gazette'' of September 30, 1859 reported: India Office, September 27, 1859. The Secretary of State for India in Council has received the following Papers:... [http://books.google.com/books?id=odg1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2015 No. 5: No. 1043 of 1859] from ''Bulletins and other state intelligence. Compiled and arranged from the official documents published in the London Gazette. 1859 Part 2, July to December'' Google Books  

Latest revision as of 10:45, 1 February 2011

The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised after the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny from young military officers just arrived from Britain.

Chronology

  • 1857 raised in Calcutta in July with 258 men under Col Richardson CB
  • 1861 disbanded

External links

Historical books online