Assam Valley Light Horse

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The Assam Valley Light Horse were a volunteer corps and auxiliary regiment based in Assam.

Chronology

1891 raised as the Assam Valley Mounted Rifles on 6th November when the Lakhimpur Mounted Rifles, Sibsagar Mounted Rifles, Darrang Mounted Rifles, Nowgong Mounted Rifles and Gauhati Rifles amalgamated^[1]
1896 renamed Assam Valley Light Horse on 25th September^[2]
1906 absorbed the Shillong Volunteer Rifles on 1st May^[1]

Details

Motto - "Semper Paratus"

In 1901:^[2]

Uniform - Khaki drill with steel shoulder chains
Mess uniform - Blue with white facings
Headquarters - Dibrugarh

Detachments at:

Doom Dooma
Panitola
Margherita
Moran
Sonari
Sibsagar
Jorhat
Panbarrz
Numalighur
North Lakhimpur
Salonah
Gauhati
Tezpur
Bishnath
Mangaldai

By 1940:^[1]

Uniform - Blue
Facings - White
Badge - A.V.L.H.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901

External Links

Assam Valley Light Horse from Koi-hai.com including many photos from various era.

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