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*''Gallop : the journal of the Calcutta Light Horse''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1932)-v. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 1939)  
*''Gallop : the journal of the Calcutta Light Horse''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1932)-v. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 1939)  
*''Calcutta Light Horse. A.F.I. 1759-1881-1947''. [With plates.] 1957  
*''Calcutta Light Horse. A.F.I. 1759-1881-1947''. [With plates.] 1957  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_2&cid=452#452 APAC Catalogue entry]  Mss Eur C714  Typescript history of the Calcutta Light Horse, written c1938, by Ralph Kington Hewetson Brice, Bengal Covenanted Pilot Service 1929-c1947; with brief biographies of three officers of the Calcutta Light Horse.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_2&cid=452#452 Typescript history of the Calcutta Light Horse] , written c1938, by Ralph Kington Hewetson Brice, Bengal Covenanted Pilot Service 1929-c1947; with brief biographies of three officers of the Calcutta Light Horse. '''Mss Eur C714'''
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_4&cid=221#221 APAC Catalogue entry]  Mss Eur D1050  Papers and photographs of Norman D Harris, ICI (India) 1927-58, Company Chairman 1950-57, including three copies of 'Gallop', dated 1944-46, the Journal of the Calcutta Light Horse, and miscellaneous material relating to business in Bengal.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_4&cid=221#221 Papers and photographs of Norman D Harris], ICI (India) 1927-58, Company Chairman 1950-57, including three copies of 'Gallop', dated 1944-46, the Journal of the Calcutta Light Horse, and miscellaneous material relating to business in Bengal. '''Mss Eur D1050'''
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_18&cid=353#353 APAC Catalogue entry]  Mss Eur Photo Eur 241  'Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah': copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1939-45.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_18&cid=353#353 ''Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah''']: copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1939-45. '''Mss Eur Photo Eur 241'''


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Revision as of 11:08, 6 April 2010

The Calcutta Light Horse were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command.

Chronology

  • 1872 raised as Calcutta Volunteer Lancers 22nd August[1]
  • 1881 reconstituted as the Calcutta Mounted Volunteer Rifles on 7th October[1]
  • 1886 redesignated Calcutta Mounted Rifles on 1st October?[2]
  • 1887 renamed Calcutta Light Horse on 20th May?[2]
  • 1901 absorbed Central Bengal Light Horse, 1st November[1]

Details

Uniform

  • c1901: Khaki drill[3]
  • c1940: Uniform - Blue, Facings - White, Badge - Eight pointed star with crown, "C.L.H." and the motto in a scroll, Motto - Defence not Defiance"[1]

Detached companies

FIBIS Resources

British Library holdings

  • Annual report of the Calcutta Light Horse. Holdings: 1st (1887/88)-9th (1895/96). Wanting: 4th (1890/91)
  • Gallop : the journal of the Calcutta Light Horse. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1932)-v. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 1939)
  • Calcutta Light Horse. A.F.I. 1759-1881-1947. [With plates.] 1957
  • Typescript history of the Calcutta Light Horse , written c1938, by Ralph Kington Hewetson Brice, Bengal Covenanted Pilot Service 1929-c1947; with brief biographies of three officers of the Calcutta Light Horse. Mss Eur C714
  • Papers and photographs of Norman D Harris, ICI (India) 1927-58, Company Chairman 1950-57, including three copies of 'Gallop', dated 1944-46, the Journal of the Calcutta Light Horse, and miscellaneous material relating to business in Bengal. Mss Eur D1050
  • Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah': copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1939-45. Mss Eur Photo Eur 241

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The 1901 Indian Army List states that the corps were renamed Calcutta light Horse on 14th September 1886.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
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