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[[Image:Hodsons grave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Hodson's grave at La Martiniere College, [[Lucknow]]]] | [[Image:Hodsons grave.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Hodson's grave at La Martiniere College, [[Lucknow]]]] | ||
''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 22 contains an article "The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral" by Richard Morgan, (pages 49-52). | ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' No 22 contains an article "The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral" by Richard Morgan, (pages 49-52). | ||
"''Hodson's Horse: 1857-1922''" by Major F.G. Cardew. Reprinted Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. 2006 (402pp)- addition of colored maps. | |||
[[Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:Bengal Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 21:33, 4 June 2011
Brevet Major William Hodson raised a cavalry regiment (Hodson's Horse) during the Indian Mutiny. In 1858 this was split into three regiments:
- 1st Regiment of Hodson’s Horse - became 9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
- 2nd Regiment of Hodson’s Horse - became 10th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
- 3rd Regiment of Hodson's Horse - disbanded 1861
External Links
William Hodson Wikipedia
Hodson's Ride to Chhibramau Wikipedia
Historical books on-line
The life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse by Captain Lionel James Trotter 1910 (Archive.org)
Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India by Major W S R Hodson 1889 (Google Books)
Recommended Reading
FIBIS Journal No 22 contains an article "The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral" by Richard Morgan, (pages 49-52).
"Hodson's Horse: 1857-1922" by Major F.G. Cardew. Reprinted Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval & Military Press. 2006 (402pp)- addition of colored maps.