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*[http://feeds2.feedburner.com/FibisPodcast '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. | |||
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*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050821/asp/calcutta/story_5128357.asp The legend of a liquor stop (Part 1)] and [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050828/asp/calcutta/story_5136099.asp A tale of heroism untold (Part 2)] The Telegraph Calcutta | *[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050821/asp/calcutta/story_5128357.asp The legend of a liquor stop (Part 1)] and [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050828/asp/calcutta/story_5136099.asp A tale of heroism untold (Part 2)] The Telegraph Calcutta | ||
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg54210.html German Subs in Goa] from Goanet.org | *[http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg54210.html German Subs in Goa] from Goanet.org | ||
* | *[http://chinaburmaindiatheatre.blogspot.com/2010/02/boarding-party-last-action-of-calcutta.html ''Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse''] by James Leasor, from China Burma India WWII. Buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0755101359 FIBIS Shop] | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Wolves The Sea Wolves] Wikipedia. Movie based on ''Boarding Party'' | ||
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Revision as of 12:51, 30 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
- Headquarters - Calcutta
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
- '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.
External links
- Calcutta Light Horse Wikipedia
- The BACSA Archive at the British Library has a catalogue entry Portraits of commandants of Calcutta Volunteer Rifles 1877-1917 Mss Eur F370/1596
- The legend of a liquor stop (Part 1) and A tale of heroism untold (Part 2) The Telegraph Calcutta
- German Subs in Goa from Goanet.org
- Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse by James Leasor, from China Burma India WWII. Buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
- The Sea Wolves Wikipedia. Movie based on Boarding Party