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==Regimental history== | ==Regimental history== | ||
''History Of The 19th King George’s Own Lancers 1858-1921'' by General Sir H. Hudson 1937. Full title: ''History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers, formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers-Fane's Horse-amalgamated in 1921. 1858-1921''. | ''History Of The 19th King George’s Own Lancers 1858-1921'' by General Sir H. Hudson 1937. Full title: ''History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers, formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers-Fane's Horse-amalgamated in 1921. 1858-1921''. Now available online, see below. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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*[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780850453089/page/30/mode/2up "18th King George’s Own Lancers"] page 31 ''Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914'' by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | *[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780850453089/page/30/mode/2up "18th King George’s Own Lancers"] page 31 ''Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914'' by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77401/page/n5/mode/2up ''Shifting Sands''] by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WXFGDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA23&ots=oMqUy46uiO&dq=Norman%20Napier%20Evelyn%20Bray&pg=PA23 Page 23] ''Behind the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt'' by Philip Walker 2018 Google Books.</ref> [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77401/page/n131/mode/2up Pages 106-109] provide brief details of a regimental escort for a Boundary Commission in respect of Turkey and Persia, pre WW1. Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia. | *[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77401/page/n5/mode/2up ''Shifting Sands''] by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers.<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WXFGDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA23&ots=oMqUy46uiO&dq=Norman%20Napier%20Evelyn%20Bray&pg=PA23 Page 23] ''Behind the Lawrence Legend: The Forgotten Few Who Shaped the Arab Revolt'' by Philip Walker 2018 Google Books.</ref> [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77401/page/n131/mode/2up Pages 106-109] provide brief details of a regimental escort for a Boundary Commission in respect of Turkey and Persia, pre WW1. Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia. | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/19thkgolancers/page/n9/mode/2up ''History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers 1858-1921. Formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse), amalgamated in 1921''] by General Sir H Hudson 1937 Archive.org. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | [[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:37, 1 April 2025
Chronology
- 1858 raised at Gwalior by Capt F H Smith as 2nd Regiment of Mahratta Horse
- 1861 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
- 1886 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
- 1901 became 18th Bengal Lancers
- 1903 became 18th Tiwana Lancers
- 1906 became 18th Prince of Wales' Own Tiwana Lancers
- 1910 became 18th King George's Own Lancers
- 1921 amalgamated with 19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse) to form 19th King George's Own Lancers
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
Battle Honours
Regimental history
History Of The 19th King George’s Own Lancers 1858-1921 by General Sir H. Hudson 1937. Full title: History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers, formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers-Fane's Horse-amalgamated in 1921. 1858-1921. Now available online, see below.
External links
- 18th Bengal Lancers in the Boer War AngloBoerWar.com
- Watercolours by Charles James Lyall 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library
Historical books online
- "18th King George’s Own Lancers" page 31 Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914 by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Shifting Sands by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers.[1] Pages 106-109 provide brief details of a regimental escort for a Boundary Commission in respect of Turkey and Persia, pre WW1. Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia.
- History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers 1858-1921. Formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse), amalgamated in 1921 by General Sir H Hudson 1937 Archive.org.