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Francis Ingall, in his autobiography ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' wrote: | Francis Ingall, in his autobiography ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' wrote: | ||
<blockquote> In 1930 the Regiment was horses, the ''sowars'' (troopers , enlisted men) carried lances, and the officers carried sabres and pistols…In 1940 the 6th Lancers was mechanized and became a light armoured regiment, reorganized and re-equipped to play a distinguished part in the Second World War<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 Page 3] ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote> In 1930 the Regiment was horses, the ''sowars'' (troopers , enlisted men) carried lances, and the officers carried sabres and pistols…In 1940 the 6th Lancers was mechanized and became a light armoured regiment, reorganized and re-equipped to play a distinguished part in the Second World War<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 Page 3] ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books</ref></blockquote> | ||
==Regimental history== | |||
*''The 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in Italy, September 1943 - May 1945'' [published anonymously but attributed to Major F Brock]. Published Durban, 1948. Available at the Imperial War Museums LBY 25624 . | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA1 Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930] page 92 ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books | *[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gW5-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92-IA1 Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930] page 92 ''The Last of the Bengal Lancers'' by Francis Ingall Google Books | ||
Revision as of 11:33, 26 February 2020
Formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the
Francis Ingall, in his autobiography The Last of the Bengal Lancers wrote:
In 1930 the Regiment was horses, the sowars (troopers , enlisted men) carried lances, and the officers carried sabres and pistols…In 1940 the 6th Lancers was mechanized and became a light armoured regiment, reorganized and re-equipped to play a distinguished part in the Second World War[1]
Regimental history
- The 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers in Italy, September 1943 - May 1945 [published anonymously but attributed to Major F Brock]. Published Durban, 1948. Available at the Imperial War Museums LBY 25624 .
External links
- Photograph: Francis Ingall at Miri Khel Camp, October 1930 page 92 The Last of the Bengal Lancers by Francis Ingall Google Books
- Photograph: Patrol of the 6th Lancers on the Kajauri Plain, October 1930 page 92 The Last of the Bengal Lancers by Francis Ingall Google Books
- Obituary of Francis Ingall 1908-1998. He was in war time command of the 6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers in Italy. Mechanised in India in 1940, the 6th Lancers served in Iraq in 1941 then went with the 8th Indian Division to Persia to counter the German threat to the oilfields in 1942. After the invasion of Italy the 8th Indian Division landed at Brindisi in October 1943 and from then on the 6th Lancers fought their way northwards with the Eighth Army. theojclub.com
- 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) Defence Journal website, May 1999, now archived. An extract from John Gaylor's book Sons of John Company.
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