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===Detached companies===
===Detached companies===
*[[Berhampore]]<ref name=IAL />
*[[Berhampore]]<ref name=IAL />
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse Calcutta Light Horse] Wikipedia


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 12:15, 13 March 2010

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

External links

Notes

  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
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