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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/indiancavalry/13thbengallancersuniform.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Regt of Bengal Lancers] British Empire website<br>
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/indiancavalry/13thbengallancersuniform.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Regt of Bengal Lancers] British Empire website<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113082750/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1903-13.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse)] www.regiments.org
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060113082750/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1903-13.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse)] www.regiments.org
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1965-06-4-1  Photograph: Tunic worn by Major Kenneth O'Brien Harding, 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse), 1915-1921] National Army Museum.
*[https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?department=Medals&lot_id=264781 Kenneth O’Brien Harding] 13th Duke of Connaught’s (Watson’s Horse). Served in Mesopotamia during  the [[First World War]] and was awarded the OBE and three times was Mentioned In Despatches. dnw.co.uk
:[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1965-06-4-1  Photograph: Tunic worn by Major Kenneth O'Brien Harding, 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse), 1915-1921] National Army Museum.


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Revision as of 01:54, 14 August 2016

Chronology

  • 1858 raised as 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry by Lieut John Watson VC
  • 1861 became 13th Bengal Cavalry
  • 1864 became 13th Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1874 became 13th Bengal Lancers
  • 1884 became 13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers
  • 1903 became 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1906 became 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
  • 1921 amalgamated with the 16th Cavalry to become 13/16th Cavalry
  • 1922 became 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Battle Honours

External Links

Photograph: Tunic worn by Major Kenneth O'Brien Harding, 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse), 1915-1921 National Army Museum.