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Lumsden’s Horse was a volunteer force which left Calcutta in early 1900 for South Africa, recruited mainly from the Volunteer Regiments. | Lumsden’s Horse was a volunteer force which left Calcutta in early 1900 for South Africa, recruited mainly from the Volunteer Regiments. | ||
Many of the volunteers were either [[Indigo Plantation|indigo]], [[Tea Plantation|tea]] or [[Coffee Planting|coffee]] planters. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/indian-units/490-lumsdens-horse Lumsden’s Horse] from Anglo Boer War | *[http://www.angloboerwar.com/indian-units/490-lumsdens-horse Lumsden’s Horse] from Anglo Boer War | ||
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment] by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment] by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/426/mode/2up Complete list of members of the Regiment], page 427 | |||
[[Category: Auxiliary Regiments]] | [[Category: Auxiliary Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 05:10, 14 January 2012
Lumsden’s Horse was a volunteer force which left Calcutta in early 1900 for South Africa, recruited mainly from the Volunteer Regiments. Many of the volunteers were either indigo, tea or coffee planters.
External links
- Lumsden’s Horse from Anglo Boer War
- William Holmes, later Lt. Col. John David William Holmes MC, joined Lumsden’s Horse and his story is told in William Holmes, in his “Autobiography” and “Letters Home from the Boer War” from The Progonion
- 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. Assam Valley Light Horse (also Surma Valley Light Horse) from Koi-Hai.com
Historical books online
- The history of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org
- Complete list of members of the Regiment, page 427