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*'''Badge''' - Eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown | *'''Badge''' - Eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown | ||
*'''Motto''' - "De Bon Voulir Servir le Roy" | *'''Motto''' - "De Bon Voulir Servir le Roy" | ||
In 1898 it was a part of the Administrative Battalion, [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Rifle Corps]] with headquarters at [[Lahore]] and detachments at | |||
*[[Rawalpindi]] | |||
*[[Delhi]] | |||
*[[Palampur]] in the Kangra Valley | |||
*[[Ambala|Umballa]]<ref>''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898''</ref> | |||
C troop of the Punjab Light Horse, with strength, exclusive of officers, 57 in 1907, had its headquarters at [[Rawalpindi]].<ref> [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n250/mode/1up Page 228], ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909 Archive.org.</ref> | |||
==Historical books online== | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/quarterlycivill00offigoog#page/n273/mode/1up "Punjab Light Horse"], page 255 ''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898'' | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/notesonstableman00nunn ''Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies''] by Vety-Capt J A Nunn, late Principal Lahore Veterinary College, 2nd edition revised and enlarged with a glossary 1897 Archive.org. Originally delivered in a lecture for members of the Punjab Light Horse, who had not previously owned horses. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/12threportpunjablighthorse/page/n5/mode/2up ''Twelfth Annual Report of the Punjab Light Horse for the season 1905-1906''] Archive.org. | |||
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[[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]] | [[Category:Auxiliary Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:54, 7 September 2024
Raised on the 12th May 1893
- Uniform - Blue
- Facings - White
- Badge - Eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown
- Motto - "De Bon Voulir Servir le Roy"
In 1898 it was a part of the Administrative Battalion, 1st Punjab Rifle Corps with headquarters at Lahore and detachments at
- Rawalpindi
- Delhi
- Palampur in the Kangra Valley
- Umballa[1]
C troop of the Punjab Light Horse, with strength, exclusive of officers, 57 in 1907, had its headquarters at Rawalpindi.[2]
Historical books online
- "Punjab Light Horse", page 255 Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898
- Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies by Vety-Capt J A Nunn, late Principal Lahore Veterinary College, 2nd edition revised and enlarged with a glossary 1897 Archive.org. Originally delivered in a lecture for members of the Punjab Light Horse, who had not previously owned horses.
- Twelfth Annual Report of the Punjab Light Horse for the season 1905-1906 Archive.org.