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*'''1842''' became 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers) | *'''1842''' became 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers) | ||
*'''1903''' became the '''32nd Lancers''' | *'''1903''' became the '''32nd Lancers''' | ||
*'''1923''' amalgamated with the [[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers | *'''1923''' amalgamated with the [[31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] to become [[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Bombay Lancers|13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] | ||
*'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers | *'''1947''' allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website<br>[http:// | *[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website<br> | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823193128/http://defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999 defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from ''Sons Of John Company'' by John Gaylor. | |||
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/527922.html "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919"] by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com | |||
*Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library. | |||
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251018/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer] | |||
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251017/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Sowar] | |||
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250993/ 1902. Bombay Lancers. India] | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:53, 26 January 2018
Chronology
- 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
- 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
- 1842 became 2nd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
- 1903 became the 32nd Lancers
- 1923 amalgamated with the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers
External Links
- Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by John Gaylor Defence Journal (Karachi) November 1999 defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from Sons Of John Company by John Gaylor.
- "Kurdistan 1919: Military Operations in Mesopotamian Kurdistan: South Kurdistan, May–June 1919" by Harry Fecitt. From Harry's Sideshows kaiserscross.com
- Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.