28th Light Cavalry

Chronology

• 1784 raised as the 2nd Regiment of Madras Native Cavalry
• 1786 disbanded following a mutiny and raised again from other loyal elements
• 1788 became the 3rd Regiment of Madras Native Cavalry due to changed seniority
• 1819 became the 3rd Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry
• 1891 became the 3rd Regiment of Madras Lancers
• 1901 became the 3rd Madras Lancers
• 1903 became the 28th Light Cavalry
• 1922 became the 7th Light Cavalry
• 1947 allocated to India at independence and partition

First World War

Regimental History: The 28th Light Cavalry in Persia and Russian Turkistan, 1915-1920 by Maj JAC Kreyer and Maj G Uloth 1926. Available at the British Library.

1621 Daffadar Bola Ram, 28th Light Cavalry was awarded the I.D.S.M.[Indian Distinguished Service Medal] and 2nd Class Gold Cross of St George for gallantry in charging a patrol of Bolshevik cavalry. Note: it appears that from an Indian Army viewpoint, actions in Transcaspia were classified as part of the Salonika Force

External Links

• 7th Light Cavalry Wikipedia
• Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: 1902. 3rd Madras Light Cavalry Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.

Historical books online

• The Madras Soldier 1746-1946 by Lt.-Col. E G Phythian-Adams Revised and enlarged edition 1947 Archive.org. Includes Chapter VI
  • Cavalry page 132
• "The Battle of Dushak" 1918 pages 126-127 Turkmenistan by Paul Brummell 2005 Google Books. The 28th Light Cavalry and the 1/19th Punjabi Infantry took part in this action, part of the Malleson Mission in Transcaspia. For more details see Norperforce.