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== FIBIS Resources ==
== FIBIS Resources ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABZTjOS13y8 Fibis Podcast 'The lure of Indigo - and how the Hills family of East Bengal won three VCs'] FIBIS podcast by Miles Macnair in which he also talks about his ancestors involvment with the Calcutta Light Horse. (Fibis Youtube channel)  
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABZTjOS13y8 Fibis Podcast 'The lure of Indigo - and how the Hills family of East Bengal won three VCs'] FIBIS podcast by Miles Macnair in which he also talks about his ancestors involvment with the Calcutta Light Horse. (Fibis Youtube channel)  
*[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/tags/405-calcutta_light_horse Photographs of Calcutta Light Horse - 1936- 1940]Metcalfe and Makin collection on FIBIS Gallery
*[http://gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/tags/405-calcutta_light_horse Photographs of Calcutta Light Horse - 1936- 1940]Metcalfe and Makin collection on FIBIS Gallery


==National Army Museum holdings==
==National Army Museum holdings==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Wolves The Sea Wolves] Wikipedia. Movie based on ''Boarding Party''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Wolves The Sea Wolves] Wikipedia. Movie based on ''Boarding Party''
*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php The Great War Forum]  
*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php The Great War Forum]  
*[http://lawfordherry.blogspot.com.au/2008/09/col-aj-pugh-1871-1923-obituary-21st.html  Col Archie John Pugh CBE, VD, Colonel of the Calcutta Light Horse from 1912 – 1922] lawfordherry.blogspot.com
*[http://lawfordherry.blogspot.com.au/2008/05/maj-general-lewis-pugh-1907-1981.html  Maj-Gen Lewis Pugh] As a member of the Calcutta Light Horse, Lewis Pugh commanded the raid on the German ships broadcasting Allied shipping movements from Goa harbour in 1943.
*[http://arnhemjim.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/reincarnation-of-calcutta-light-horse_14.html The Reincarnation of the Calcutta Light Horse, A.F.(I.)] arnhemjim.blogspot.com. Saturday, 14 January  2012
*[http://www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf  Page 1 of this newsletter]  (saintandrewssociety-sf.org May 2009)(pdf) contains a photograph of members of the Calcutta Light Horse,  with members of the Calcutta Scottish circa 1916. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:-r7dMHmBhWoJ:www.saintandrewssociety-sf.org/document/May_2009_SASSF_Newletter.pdf+calcutta+light+horse+members&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjRjHIhF1sUydT8nn9uFjmH3c0i24MBPP062fRsJnyaKPhvXwm34N5V4FXuoimKGvjAJYo2ElaGhQkPExrxhsOhOtijDwIZBeILTOhu3RaKtsfTN2bBlLmbNUGsuhRhYoq6aUe_&sig=AHIEtbRhRi6lsCTWv76KMHZTrXwtyG_67Q html version]
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012).  In  October 1938  he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta and  became a member of the Calcutta Light Horse.  During World War 2 he accompanied the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment]] to Sarawak and other parts of  Borneo from May 1941.  He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945. He rejoined the newspaper after the war and worked there until 1967, ultimately becoming general manager.
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9605570/Philip-Crosland.html Obituary of Philip Crosland] (1918-2012).  In  October 1938  he joined ''The Statesman'' in Calcutta and  became a member of the Calcutta Light Horse.  During World War 2 he accompanied the [[26th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|2nd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment]] to Sarawak and other parts of  Borneo from May 1941.  He became a Japanese POW April 1942-September 1945. He rejoined the newspaper after the war and worked there until 1967, ultimately becoming general manager.



Revision as of 13:22, 9 March 2021

The Calcutta Light Horse were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command.

Chronology

  • 1872 raised as Calcutta Volunteer Lancers 22nd August[1]
  • 1881 reconstituted as the Calcutta Mounted Volunteer Rifles on 7th October[1]
  • 1886 redesignated Calcutta Mounted Rifles on 1st October?[2]
  • 1887 renamed Calcutta Light Horse on 20th May?[2]
  • 1901 absorbed Central Bengal Light Horse, 1st November[1]

Details

Uniform

  • c1901: Khaki drill[3]
  • c1940: Uniform - Blue, Facings - White, Badge - Eight pointed star with crown, "C.L.H." and the motto in a scroll, Motto - Defence not Defiance"[1]

Detached companies

FIBIS Resources

National Army Museum holdings

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
  2. 2.0 2.1 The 1901 Indian Army List states that the corps were renamed Calcutta light Horse on 14th September 1886.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901