Calcutta Light Horse
The Calcutta Light Horse were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command.
Chronology
- 1872 raised as Calcutta Volunteer Lancers 22nd August[1]
- 1881 reconstituted as the Calcutta Mounted Volunteer Rifles on 7th October[1]
- 1886 redesignated Calcutta Mounted Rifles on 1st October?[2]
- 1887 renamed Calcutta Light Horse on 20th May?[2]
- 1901 absorbed Central Bengal Light Horse, 1st November[1]
Details
- Headquarters - Calcutta
Uniform
- c1901: Khaki drill[3]
- c1940: Uniform - Blue, Facings - White, Badge - Eight pointed star with crown, "C.L.H." and the motto in a scroll, Motto - Defence not Defiance"[1]
Detached companies
External links
- Calcutta Light Horse Wikipedia
- The BACSA Archive at the British Library has a catalogue entry Portraits of commandants of Calcutta Volunteer Rifles 1877-1917 Mss Eur F370/1596
- The legend of a liquor stop (Part 1) and A tale of heroism untold (Part 2) The Telegraph Calcutta
- German Subs in Goa from Goanet.org
- Information about the book Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse by James Leasor, from ChinaBurmaIndiaWWII. Buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop