21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Known as 21st Cavalry and Daly's Horse

Chronology

• 1849 raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry by Henry Daly
• 1851 retitled as the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force
• 1865 became the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
• 1903 became 21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force), Daly's Horse
• 1922 merged with the 23rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force to become 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Battle Honours

• Abyssinia
• Afghanistan 1878-80

External Links

• 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) Wikipedia
  
• Sir Henry Dermot Daly 1821-95 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Listen to the 2008 interview with Gawain Thomas Alexander 'Gavin’ Douglas , born 1914. British officer served with 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment, 15th Lancers, 11th PAVO Cavalry and as ADC to Governor of Madras in India, 1935-1940; trained as pilot with RAF in India, 1941-1942; served as flying instructor with RAF in India, 1943-1944 etc Imperial War Museums