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The Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry was a volunteer force raised | 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 == | == External links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/bengalyeocav.htm Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry] British Empire website | *[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==== | ====Historical books online==== | ||
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
- Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry British Empire website
- Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry BritishMedals.net
- Lieutenant Charles Albert Copland Lahore Light Horse (late Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry) BritishMedals.net
Historical books online
- 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:... 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