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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

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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

References

  1. Page 3 The Last of the Bengal Lancers by Francis Ingall Google Books