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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King_George's_Own_Light_Cavalry 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_King_George's_Own_Light_Cavalry 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry] Wikipedia
*[http://www.orbat.info/cimh/regiments/8CAVALRY/8th%20Cavalry.html 8th Light Cavalry Regiment: A Brief History 1787 – 2005]. orbat.info.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now archived. Includes brief mention of  26/King George's Own Light Cavalry
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf  "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now archived. Includes brief mention of  26/King George's Own Light Cavalry
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/530822.html "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915"] by Harry Fecitt, from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the  26th (King George’s Own) Light Cavalry.
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/530822.html "Military Operations in Aden 1914-1915"] by Harry Fecitt, from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] kaiserscross.com. Includes mention of the  26th (King George’s Own) Light Cavalry.

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Chronology

  • 1787 raised as the 5th Regiment Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1788 became the the 1st Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1816 became 1st Madras Light Cavalry
  • 1886 became the 1st Regiment of Madras Lancers
  • 1901 became the 1st Madras Lancers
  • 1903 became the 26th Light Cavalry
  • 1909 became the 26th Prince of Wales Own Light Cavalry
  • 1910 became the 26th King George’s Own Light Cavalry
  • 1922 amalgamated with 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) to become the 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry
  • 1947 allocated to India on Partition

Battle Honours

External Links

The author was an officer in the 8th King George V’s Own Light Cavalry , better known as “The 8th", between January and June 1940 based at Kohat, when it took part in an action in Waziristan. The 8th was one of the last fully horsed Regiments in the Indian Cavalry, the remainder having been mechanised.

Historical books online