27th Light Cavalry

'27th & 26th Lt Cavalry' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

• 1776 raised as the 3rd Regiment of Native Cavalry (Stevenson's), Nawab of Arcot's Army
• 1784 became the 3rd Madras Native Cavalry,transferred to British service
• 1784 became the 1st Madras Native Cavalry
• 1786 became the 4th Madras Native Cavalry
• 1788 became the 2nd Madras Native Cavalry
• 1819 became the 2nd Madras Light Cavalry
• 1886 became the 2nd Regiment of Madras Lancers
• 1901 became the 2nd Madras Lancers
• 1903 became the 27th Light Cavalry
• 1922 became the 16th Light Cavalry
• 1947 allocated to India at independence and partition

Regimental history

• History of the 16th Light Cavalry, Armoured Corps by C. L. Proudfoot. Published Calcutta c 1976.

Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012497958 . Also available for those with suitable University access HathiTrust Digital Library.

External links

• 16th Light Cavalry Wikipedia
• 27th Light Cavalry britishempire.co.uk. Contains an image titled Subadar-Major c 1901. This is an image taken from the book Types of the Indian Army: Illustrating the Races Enlisted in the Bengal, Punjab, Madras & Bombay Armies by Frederick Bremner Quetta c 1895-1897. The caption in the book states that the officer is a Subadar-Major and that he is a Madrasi Musulman of the Carnatic.
• Letters written by Thomas Gilbert to his parents and other family members, chiefly from India. State Library of South Australia. Catalogue link.

Page 34. 7.8.16. As part of the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, he was attached to 27th Light Cavalry at Lucknow, until he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, at the end of the year.

• YouTube videos from the National Army Museum
  • 16th Light Cavalry jumping a water obstacle, 1935
  • 16th Light Cavalry training, 1935
  • 16th Light Cavalry Riding School, 1935
  • 16th Light Cavalry marching from Quetta to Sibi, 1935
  • Training horses for the 16th Light Cavalry at Sibi Camp, Baluchistan 1935
  • 16th Light Cavalry polo players, 1935
  • 16th Light Cavalry at the Quetta Horse Show, 1935

Historical books online

• The Madras Soldier 1746-1946 by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams. Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org. Includes Chapter VI
  • Cavalry page 132