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*[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 | *[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 | ||
*[https://theojclub.com/archive/oj-obituary/ingall-brigadier-francis-h-b/ Obituary of Francis Ingall] 1908-1998. He was in war time command of the 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers in Italy. Mechanised in India in 1940, the 6th Lancers served in Iraq in 1941 then went with the 8th Indian Division to Persia to counter the German threat to the oilfields in 1942. After the invasion of Italy the 8th Indian Division landed at Brindisi in October 1943 and from then on the 6th Lancers fought their way northwards with the Eighth Army. theojclub.com | *[https://theojclub.com/archive/oj-obituary/ingall-brigadier-francis-h-b/ Obituary of Francis Ingall] 1908-1998. He was in war time command of the 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers in Italy. Mechanised in India in 1940, the 6th Lancers served in Iraq in 1941 then went with the 8th Indian Division to Persia to counter the German threat to the oilfields in 1942. After the invasion of Italy the 8th Indian Division landed at Brindisi in October 1943 and from then on the 6th Lancers fought their way northwards with the Eighth Army. theojclub.com | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032746/http://defencejournal.com/may99/6th-duke.htm 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)] ''Defence Journal'' website, May 1999, now archived. An extract from John Gaylor's book ''Sons of John Company''. | |||
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Revision as of 03:08, 27 January 2018
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
- Obituary of Francis Ingall 1908-1998. He was in war time command of the 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers in Italy. Mechanised in India in 1940, the 6th Lancers served in Iraq in 1941 then went with the 8th Indian Division to Persia to counter the German threat to the oilfields in 1942. After the invasion of Italy the 8th Indian Division landed at Brindisi in October 1943 and from then on the 6th Lancers fought their way northwards with the Eighth Army. theojclub.com
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) Defence Journal website, May 1999, now archived. An extract from John Gaylor's book Sons of John Company.
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