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**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250968/ 1896. 1st Bombay Cavalry]
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250968/ 1896. 1st Bombay Cavalry]
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250990/ 1902. 1st Bombay Lancer. Field service kit]
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250990/ 1902. 1st Bombay Lancer. Field service kit]
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250993/ 1902. Bombay Lancers. India]


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Revision as of 07:22, 30 April 2016

'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 31st Lancers

Chronology

  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
  • 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

Battle Honours

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