Difference between revisions of "Surma Valley Light Horse"

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Formed as the Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps on 22nd October 1880 and later became the Cachar and Sylhet Mounted Rifles on the 6th April 1883. Designated Surma Valley Light Horse 13th August 1886.

Assam Valley Light Horse from Koi-hai.com has items on the Surma Valley Light Horse including the death of former Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, in South Africa in 1900 where he was 2nd in command of Lumsden's Horse
Photographs of the Surma Valley Light Horse from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)
Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the Lakimpur Rifles 1882-84 and served for ten years in the Surma Valley Light Horse, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90. Obituary BMJ June 5,1897

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+*[http://www.koi-hai.com/AVLH.html Assam Valley Light Horse] from Koi-hai.com has items  on the Surma Valley Light Horse including the death of former Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, in South Africa in 1900 where he was 2nd in command of [[Lumsden's Horse]]
 *[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm  Photographs of  the Surma Valley Light Horse] from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)
 *Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the Lakimpur Rifles 1882-84 and served for ten years in the Surma Valley Light Horse, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the [[Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]].  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2433527/?page=1 Obituary BMJ June 5,1897]
-*Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, 2nd in command of Lumsden's Horse, was killed in action near Thaba N'chu, South Africa, April 30th, 1900.  He had been a tea planter in Assam and had served as Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers. [http://www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/casualties_s.htm Officer Casualties-Surname S] Anglo-Boer War
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