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*''Nineteenth annual report of the Surma Valley Light Horse, 1901-1902''.   
*''Nineteenth annual report of the Surma Valley Light Horse, 1901-1902''.   
*''Through Fifty Years. A history of the Surma Valley Light Horse''  by William Henry Sydney Wood . 1930
*''Through Fifty Years. A history of the Surma Valley Light Horse''  by William Henry Sydney Wood . 1930
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_2&cid=544#544 ''Experiences in Chittagong Riots - April 1930'']: account by Alexander Burnett, tea planter and trooper in the Surma Valley Light Horse, of the rioting in [[Chittagong]] and the Armoury Raid, 1930. '''Mss Eur C806'''  
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-msseur_2&cid=544#544 ''Experiences in Chittagong Riots - April 1930'']: Catalogue reference for account by Alexander Burnett, tea planter and trooper in the Surma Valley Light Horse, of the rioting in [[Chittagong]] and the Armoury Raid, 1930. '''Mss Eur C806'''  


== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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*This [http://britishbuttonsociety.org/ButtonIdentification/PreviewImages/indian-button2.jpg button] was identified as  Surma Valley Light Horse in item 30 from the [http://britishbuttonsociety.org/ButtonIdentification/index02.htm British Button Society]
*This [http://britishbuttonsociety.org/ButtonIdentification/PreviewImages/indian-button2.jpg button] was identified as  Surma Valley Light Horse in item 30 from the [http://britishbuttonsociety.org/ButtonIdentification/index02.htm British Button Society]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/32157648@N08/5135073788/ Photograph of a memorial inscription] (flickr.com) mentions Charles Thorp Jessop, Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse, died 2 July 1915 aged 56
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/32157648@N08/5135073788/ Photograph of a memorial inscription] (flickr.com) mentions Charles Thorp Jessop, Commandant of the Surma Valley Light Horse, died 2 July 1915 aged 56
*Victorian Wars Forum [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=962#p11661 thread] which includes reference to the service of the SVLH in the [[Manipur]]  Expedition of 1891 which led to the  award of the India General Service Medal, 1854-95 with the clasp ‘N. E. Frontier 1891’. A later [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=962#p31665 post] advises the definitive work  is the book by William Henry Sidney Wood 'Through Fifty Years: A History of the Surma Valley Light Horse' mentioned in the British Library holdings above, which includes a list of medals awarded
=== Historical books online ===
=== Historical books online ===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/432/mode/2up/search/volunteer+regiments ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''], page 433 by  Somerset Playne , J W  Bond 1917 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/432/mode/2up/search/volunteer+regiments ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources''], page 433 by  Somerset Playne , J W  Bond 1917 Archive.org

Revision as of 22:48, 8 August 2012

Formed as the Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps on 22nd October 1880 and later became the Cachar and Sylhet Mounted Rifles on the 6th April 1883. Designated Surma Valley Light Horse 13th August 1886.

The headquarters was at Silchar

The regiment consisted mainly of tea planters from the area.


  • Uniform - Khaki
  • Motto - "Non Sibi Sed Patriae"

British Library holdings

  • Nineteenth annual report of the Surma Valley Light Horse, 1901-1902.
  • Through Fifty Years. A history of the Surma Valley Light Horse by William Henry Sydney Wood . 1930
  • Experiences in Chittagong Riots - April 1930: Catalogue reference for account by Alexander Burnett, tea planter and trooper in the Surma Valley Light Horse, of the rioting in Chittagong and the Armoury Raid, 1930. Mss Eur C806

External Links

Historical books online