Difference between revisions of "11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers"

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1857 raised as Wale's Horse by Capt F Wale
1857 became 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Wale's Horse)
1860 became 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse) under the command of Major Dighton Probyn
1861 became 11th Bengal Cavalry
1864 became 11th Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
1864 became 11th Bengal Lancers
1876 became 11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers
1903 became 11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers
1906 became 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)
1921 merged with 12th Cavalry to become 11th/12th Cavalry
1922 became 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse
1927 became Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward's Own Lancers)
1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition

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 [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/11thbl.htm 11th Bengal Lancers] British Empire Website<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_King_Edward's_Own_Probyn's_Horse Probyn's Horse] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.defencejournal.com/may99/probyn-horse.htm Probyn's Horse] Defence Journal<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dighton_Probyn Major Dighton Probyn VC] Wikipedia <br>
 [http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm Photograph of Officers of the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse) c. 1860]  from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)<br>
+[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1956-02-882-1 Photograph:  Officer's full dress uniform worn by Major J A C May-Somerville, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c)] includes a separate image of a kurta. National Army Museum<br>
+[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1956-02-882-11 Photograph: Pugri, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c)] National Army Museum<br>
 [http://www.king-emperor.com/12th%20Cavalry-%20Lt.Col.H.W.Grace%20MC%20Probyns%20Horse-ke.jpg  Photograph:  Lt.Col.H.W.Grace M.C., Probyn’s Horse]    probably c 1920s/1930s. king-emperor.com