17th Cavalry

Chronology

• 1857 raised at Muttra as the Muttra Horse
• 1857 became the Muttra Police Corps
• 1858 became the Rohilkhand Auxiliary Police Levy
• 1858 became Robarts' Horse
• 1861 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1882 disbanded
• 1885 re-raised at Mian Mir by Col E H E Kauntze
• 1900 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
• 1901 became 17th Bengal Lancers
• 1903 became 17th Cavalry

Battle Honours

• Afghanistan 1878-80
• Afghanistan 1919

External Links

17th Cavalry Google Books

Recommended Reading

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown
Published by Long Riders' Guild Press (December 2001)
ISBN 1590480996 and ISBN 978-1590480991