12th Cavalry

Chronology

• 1857 raised as 2nd Sikh Irregular Cavalry
• 1861 became 12th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1901 became 12th Bengal Cavalry
• 1903 became 12th Cavalry
• 1921 amalgamated with 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyns's Horse), to form 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse

Battle Honours

• 1868 Abyssinia
• 1878-80 Afghanistan

• 1878 Peiwar Kotal
• 1879 Charasia
• 1879 Kabul

• 1899 Punjab Frontier

External Links

12th Cavalry Wikipedia
12th Bengal Cavalry Wikipedia
Risaldar-Major Gurdath Singh and his orderly Bharat Rakshak website