31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers

Known as 31st Lancers

'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Chronology

• 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
• 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
• 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
• 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
• 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
• 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

Battle Honours

• Affghanistan

• Ghuznee 1839

• Mooltan
• Burma 1885-87
• Afghanistan 1919

Regimental histories

• A brief historical sketch of His Majesty's 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army compiled by G.F. Newport- Tinley 1910. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012501738

External links

• Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
• 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by John Gaylor Defence Journal (Karachi) November 1999. defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from Sons Of John Company by John Gaylor.
• Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts).
• Portrait: Unknown Officer of the 1st (Bombay) Light Cavalry, 1848 National Army Museum NAM. 1966-08-11-1
• Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library
  • 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer
  • 1846. Bombay Lancers. Sowar
  • 1896. 1st Bombay Cavalry
  • 1902. 1st Bombay Lancer. Field service kit
  • 1902. Bombay Lancers. India