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**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250968/ 1896. 1st Bombay Cavalry] | **[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250968/ 1896. 1st Bombay Cavalry] | ||
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250990/ 1902. 1st Bombay Lancer. Field service kit] | **[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250990/ 1902. 1st Bombay Lancer. Field service kit] | ||
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250993/ 1902. Bombay Lancers. India] | |||
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Revision as of 07:22, 30 April 2016
Known as 31st Lancers
Chronology
- 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
- 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
- 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
- 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
- 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers
Battle Honours
External Links
- Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by John Gaylor Defence Journal (Karachi) November 1999 www.defencejournal.com
- Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts).
- Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library