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Francis Ingall, in his autobiography ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' wrote: | |||
<blockquote> In 1930 the Regiment was horses, the ''sowars'' (troopers , enlisted men) carried lances, and the officers carried sabres and pistols…In 1940 the 6th Lancers was mechanized and became a light armoured regiment, reorganized and re-equipped to play a distinguished part in the Second World War<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 Page 3] ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books</ref></blockquote> | |||
==External links== | |||
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA1 Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930] page 92 ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books | |||
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA3 Photograph: Patrol of the 6th Lancers on the Kajauri Plain, October 1930] page 92 ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books | |||
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Formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the
Francis Ingall, in his autobiography The Last of the Bengal Lancers wrote:
In 1930 the Regiment was horses, the sowars (troopers , enlisted men) carried lances, and the officers carried sabres and pistols…In 1940 the 6th Lancers was mechanized and became a light armoured regiment, reorganized and re-equipped to play a distinguished part in the Second World War[1]
External links
- Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930 page 92 The Last of the Bengal Lancers by Francis Ingall Google Books
- Photograph: Patrol of the 6th Lancers on the Kajauri Plain, October 1930 page 92 The Last of the Bengal Lancers by Francis Ingall Google Books
References