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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/may99/6th-duke.htm 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)] Defence Journal website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032746/http://defencejournal.com/may99/6th-duke.htm 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)] ''Defence Journal'' website, May 1999, now archived. An extract from John Gaylor's book ''Sons of John Company''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Duke_of_Connaught's_Own_Lancers_(Watson's_Horse) 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Duke_of_Connaught's_Own_Lancers_(Watson's_Horse) 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watson_(VC) John Watson VC] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Watson_(VC) John Watson VC] Wikipedia

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Chronology

  • 1858 raised as 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry by Lieut John Watson VC
  • 1861 became 13th Bengal Cavalry
  • 1864 became 13th Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1874 became 13th Bengal Lancers
  • 1884 became 13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers
  • 1903 became 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1906 became 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
  • 1921 amalgamated with the 16th Cavalry to become 13/16th Cavalry
  • 1922 became 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Battle Honours

External Links

Photograph: Tunic worn by Major Kenneth O'Brien Harding, 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse), 1915-1921 National Army Museum.