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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse Calcutta Light Horse] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta_Light_Horse Calcutta Light Horse] Wikipedia
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*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia| BACSA]] Archive at the British Library has a [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=216&s_id=101&sort=0&st=50&np=2&tn=57 catalogue entry] Portraits of commandants of Calcutta Volunteer Rifles 1877-1917 Mss Eur F370/1596
 
 
*[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://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''
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Wolves The Sea Wolves] Wikipedia. Movie based on ''Boarding Party''
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*This Great Wars Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=158787&view=findpost&p=1536971  post] advises there was a marble tablet in the west end of St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta unveiled in 1922, commemorating the 37 officers and men of the Calcutta Light Horse who gave their lives in the Great War.
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*[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
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*[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.
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*[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
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*[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]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 06:49, 4 May 2012

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

British Library holdings

  • Annual report of the Calcutta Light Horse. Holdings: 1st (1887/88)-9th (1895/96). Wanting: 4th (1890/91)
  • Gallop : the journal of the Calcutta Light Horse. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1932)-v. 4, no. 4 (Aug. 1939)
  • Calcutta Light Horse. A.F.I. 1759-1881-1947. [With plates.] 1957
  • Typescript history of the Calcutta Light Horse , written c1938, by Ralph Kington Hewetson Brice, Bengal Covenanted Pilot Service 1929-c1947; with brief biographies of three officers of the Calcutta Light Horse. Mss Eur C714
  • Papers and photographs of Norman D Harris, ICI (India) 1927-58, Company Chairman 1950-57, including three copies of 'Gallop', dated 1944-46, the Journal of the Calcutta Light Horse, and miscellaneous material relating to business in Bengal. Mss Eur D1050
  • Brief Memoirs of a 'Box Wallah': copy of memoir by Lt-Cdr Brian David Hadlow (1911-81), describing his experiences of working in Calcutta for the shipping firm Turner Morrison and Company 1933-39, service with Calcutta Light Horse, and life as an officer of the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve 1939-45. Mss Eur Photo Eur 241

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
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