1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)

Known as Skinner's Horse

Chronology

• 1803 raised by James Skinner as Captain Skinner's Corps of Irregular Horse
• 1823 became 1st Regiment of Local Horse
• 1840 became 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry
• 1861 became 1st Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1896 became 1st Regiment of Bengal Lancers
• 1899 became 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers
• 1901 became 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
• 1903 became 1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
• 1821 became 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Battle Honours

• Bhurtpore
• Candahar 1842
• Afghanistan 1878-80
• Afghanistan 1919

Recommended Reading

• The Recollections of James Skinner of Skinner's Horse by James Skinner.

External Links

• Skinner's Horse British Empire website
  
• Skinner's Horse Wikipedia
  
• 3rd Skinner's Horse Wikipedia
  
• James Skinner Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  
• Thomas Skinner Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  
• James Skinner from the National Army Museum website
• Skinner’s Horse Thread from Gentleman’s Military Interest Club, with images

Historical Books Online

• Military memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner, C. B.: for many years a distinguished officer commanding a corps of irregular cavalry in the service of the H. E. I. C. by James Baillie Fraser 1851 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books
• "Ist Bengal Cavalry" from Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny; with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Bengal Cavalry, page 98 by F W. Pitt 1896 Archive.org