5th Madras Native Cavalry

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Chronology

  • 1784 raised as the 4th Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1784 disbanded following a mutiny
  • 1787 re-raised as the 4th Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1788 redesignated 5th Madras Native Cavalry due to changed seniority
  • 1796 disbanded
  • 1799 re-raised as the 5th Madras Native Cavalry
  • 1819 became 5th Madras Light Cavalry?

Subsequent chronology to be researched

External links

  • Victorian Wars Forum thread about a sword, with the deduction it belong to Lieutenant George Forbes of the 5th Madras Light Cavalry. With photographs