2nd Bengal Lancers (Gardner's Horse): Difference between revisions

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1809 raised at Farrukhabad and Mainpuri by William Linnaeus Gardner as Gardner’s Horse
1823 became 2nd (Gardner's) Local Horse
1840 became 2nd Irregular Cavalry
1861 became 2nd Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
1890 became 2nd Regiment of Bengal Lancers
1903 became 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Horse)
1921 absorbed the 4th Lancers
1935 became the 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
1947 allocated to India on Partition

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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Lancers_(Gardner's_Horse) 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] Wikipedia<br>
 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/dec/08/india.lords William Dalrymple's article on William Gardner] guardian.co.uk<br>
-[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/Handlist_G.htm Colonel Gardner's papers at Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge] www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk<br>
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20060302032731/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1903-02.htm 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] www.regiments.org<br>
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20060113051454/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1921-02.htm 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse)] www.regiments.org