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Latest revision as of 06:51, 12 July 2015
Known as Skinner's Horse
Chronology
- 1803 raised by James Skinner as Captain Skinner's Corps of Irregular Horse
- 1823 became 1st Regiment of Local Horse
- 1840 became 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry
- 1861 became 1st Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
- 1896 became 1st Regiment of Bengal Lancers
- 1899 became 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers
- 1901 became 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
- 1903 became 1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
- 1821 became 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
- 1947 allocated to India on Partition
Battle Honours
Related Articles
External Links
- Skinner's Horse British Empire website
- Skinner's Horse Wikipedia
- 3rd Skinner's Horse Wikipedia
- Thomas Skinner Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Historical Books Online
- Military memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner, C. B.: for many years a distinguished officer commanding a corps of irregular cavalry in the service of the H. E. I. C. by James Baillie Fraser 1851 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books
- "Ist Bengal Cavalry" from Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny; with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Bengal Cavalry, page 98 by F W. Pitt 1896 Archive.org