16th Cavalry

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Chronology

  • 1857 raised as Rohilkhund Horse
  • 1864 known as 16th Bengal Cavalry
  • 1882 disbanded
  • 1885 raised in Ambala as 16th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry by Lt-Col G C Ross
  • 1890 became 16th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
  • 1901 became 16th Bengal Lancers
  • 1903 became 16th Cavalry
  • 1921 amalgamated with 13th Cavalry to become 13/16th Cavalry
  • 1922 became 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

External Links

16th Cavalry Wikipedia
16th Cavalry www.regiments.org
6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) Defence Journal website, May 1999, now archived. An extract from John Gaylor's book Sons of John Company.
Photograph: The 16th Bengal Lancers c 1900 New York Public Library. Source is BW (probably Black & White) 22 September 1900. The regiment was proceeding to China.

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