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*'''1861''' became 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
*'''1861''' became 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
*'''1882''' disbanded
*'''1882''' disbanded
*'''1885''' re-raised at [[Meean Meer]] by Col E H E Kauntze  
*'''1885''' re-raised at [[Lahore|Meean Meer]] by Col E H E Kauntze  
*'''1900''' became 17th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
*'''1900''' became 17th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
*'''1901''' became 17th Bengal Lancers
*'''1901''' became 17th Bengal Lancers
*'''1903''' became '''17th Cavalry'''
*'''1903''' became '''17th Cavalry'''
*'''1921''' amalgamated with [[37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)]] to form 17th/37th Lancers
*'''1921''' amalgamated with [[37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)]] to form 17th/37th Lancers
*'''1922''' became [[15th Lancers]]


== Battle Honours ==
== Battle Honours ==
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gLGt_qGKMq4C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=17th+Bengal+Lancers&source=bl&ots=UcDRoQJs3E&sig=j6-x5PDAJcdwEKk7O4p1oS6GukA&hl=en&ei=e1UVSrWwA9_KjAf04-WGDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 17th Cavalry] Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gLGt_qGKMq4C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=17th+Bengal+Lancers&source=bl&ots=UcDRoQJs3E&sig=j6-x5PDAJcdwEKk7O4p1oS6GukA&hl=en&ei=e1UVSrWwA9_KjAf04-WGDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 17th Cavalry] Google Books


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==

Revision as of 11:39, 25 March 2014

Chronology

  • 1857 raised at Muttra as the Muttra Horse
  • 1857 became the Muttra Police Corps
  • 1858 became the Rohilkhand Auxiliary Police Levy
  • 1858 became Robarts' Horse
  • 1861 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
  • 1882 disbanded
  • 1885 re-raised at Meean Meer by Col E H E Kauntze
  • 1900 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
  • 1901 became 17th Bengal Lancers
  • 1903 became 17th Cavalry
  • 1921 amalgamated with 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) to form 17th/37th Lancers
  • 1922 became 15th Lancers

Battle Honours

External Links

Recommended Reading

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown
Published by Long Riders' Guild Press (December 2001) ISBN 1590480996 and ISBN 978-1590480991
See Military reading list for a review of this book.