18th Tiwana Lancers

Chronology

• 1858 raised at Gwalior by Capt F H Smith as 2nd Regiment of Mahratta Horse
• 1861 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1886 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
• 1901 became 18th Bengal Lancers
• 1903 became 18th Tiwana Lancers
• 1906 became 18th Prince of Wales' Own Tiwana Lancers
• 1910 became 18th King George's Own Lancers
• 1921 amalgamated with 19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse) to form 19th King George's Own Lancers
• 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

Battle Honours

• Afghanistan 1878-80
• Punjab Frontier

• Tirah Campaign

Regimental history

History Of The 19th King George’s Own Lancers 1858-1921 by General Sir H. Hudson 1937. Full title: History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers, formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers-Fane's Horse-amalgamated in 1921. 1858-1921. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01001795330 and in a reprint edition.

External links

• 18th Bengal Lancers in the Boer War AngloBoerWar.com
• Watercolours by Charles James Lyall 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library
  • 1896. 18th Bengal Lancers. The Commandant, Lieu. Col. Richardson
  • 1896. 18th Bengal Lancers

Historical books online

• "18th King George’s Own Lancers" page 31 Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914 by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
• Shifting Sands by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers. Pages 106-109 provide brief details of a regimental escort for a Boundary Commission in respect of Turkey and Persia, pre WW1. Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia.