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*'''Badge''' - Eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown | *'''Badge''' - Eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown | ||
*'''Motto''' - "De Bon Voulir Servir le Roy" | *'''Motto''' - "De Bon Voulir Servir le Roy" | ||
In 1898 it was a part of the Administrative Battalion, [[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Rifle Corps]] with headquarters at [[Lahore]] and detachments at | |||
*[[Rawalpindi]] | |||
*[[Delhi]] | |||
*Palampur in the Kangra Valley | |||
*[[Ambala|Umballa]]<ref>''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898''</ref> | |||
C troop of the Punjab Light Horse, with strength, exclusive of officers, 57 in 1907, had its headquarters at [[Rawalpindi]].<ref> Page 228, computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website</ref> | C troop of the Punjab Light Horse, with strength, exclusive of officers, 57 in 1907, had its headquarters at [[Rawalpindi]].<ref> Page 228, computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website</ref> | ||
==Historical books online== | |||
*[http://archive.org/stream/quarterlycivill00offigoog#page/n273/mode/1up "Punjab Light Horse"], page 255 ''Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898'' | |||
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Revision as of 12:20, 12 November 2012
Raised on the 12th May 1893
- Uniform - Blue
- Facings - White
- Badge - Eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown
- Motto - "De Bon Voulir Servir le Roy"
In 1898 it was a part of the Administrative Battalion, 1st Punjab Rifle Corps with headquarters at Lahore and detachments at
- Rawalpindi
- Delhi
- Palampur in the Kangra Valley
- Umballa[1]
C troop of the Punjab Light Horse, with strength, exclusive of officers, 57 in 1907, had its headquarters at Rawalpindi.[2]
Historical books online
- "Punjab Light Horse", page 255 Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898
References
- ↑ Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab 1898
- ↑ Page 228, computer page 251 Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907, published 1909, available to read online on the Digital Library of India website