33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry

33rd, 34th and 32nd Lancers from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

• 1820 raised as 3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry by Major Peter Delamotte
• 1861 became 3rd Regiment of Bombay Silladar Light Cavalry
• 1861 became 3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry
• 1876 became 3rd (The Queen's Own) Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry
• 1903 became 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry
• 1921 amalgamated with 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse to become 33rd/34th Cavalry
• 1922 became 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse
• 1927 became The Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry)
• 1947 allocated to India on Partition
• 1950 became The Poona Horse (17 Horse)

First World War

Regimental History: With the 33rd “Q.V.O.” Light Cavalry in Mesopotamia by Capt E S J Anderson (ed) 1915. Printed in Quetta for private circulation. Available at the British Library.

External Links

• The Poona Horse Wikipedia
• The Poona Horse Regimental Association now an archived website
• Listen to the 1985 interview with Henry Edward Shortt (born 1887) Imperial War Museums. British officer who enlisted at the outbreak of war and served as Medical Officer with the Indian Medical Service attached to 33rd Cavalry Regt in India and Mesopotamia, 1914-1918.

Historical books online

• Historical Records Of The Services Of The 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry is available as a pdf from the Digital Library of India. Archive.org mirror version. No date of publication is provided, but possibly it may be 1914.
• The Poona Horse, 17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry published 1933 may be read online on the Digital Library of India website. Includes the histories of both the 33rd QVO and 34th Poona Horse
  • Volume I: 1817-1913 . Part 1 by M. H. Anderson and E. S. J. Anderson, part 2 by G. M. Molloy. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.
  • Volume II: 1914-1931 by H. C. Wylly. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version.