11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers

Also known as Probyn's Horse

11th or Probyn's Horse

Chronology

• 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

Battle Honours

• 1857 Lucknow
• 1859 Taku Forts
• 1860 Peking
• 1878-80 Afghanistan

• Ali Masjid

• 1895 Chitral
• 1897 Malakand
• 1899 Punjab Frontier

External links

11th Bengal Lancers British Empire Website
Probyn's Horse Wikipedia
Probyn's Horse, an extract from John Gaylor's book Sons of John Company. Defence Journal Karachi May 1999, now archived.
Major Dighton Probyn VC Wikipedia
Photograph of Officers of the 1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse) c. 1860 from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)
Colonel Probyn, CB, VC Oil on canvas, by James Rannie Swinton 1867 nam.ac.uk
Watercolour by Charles James Lyall: 1902. 11th Bengal Lancer. (Dogra). Lance-Duffardar Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
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
Photograph: Pugri, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse), 1913 (c) National Army Museum
Photograph: Lt.Col.H.W.Grace M.C., Probyn’s Horse probably c 1920s/1930s. king-emperor.com

Historical books online

• The Travels of Risaldar Shahzad Mir Khan of the 11th K E O Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), who enlisted 14th February 1882, died 1924. Translated extracts from his autobiography Shah Safar Sair-i-Dunya, in Urdu, official textbook for the elementary Urdu examination.

Part I includes the Herat Boundary Commission under General Lumsden in 1885, pages 326-340 and Part II, Journey to Tibet and China, with Capt. M S Wellby 18th Hussars 1895-1896, page 543 Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 62, 1932 Archive.org

Part III Africa with Captain Wellby in 1898-99, pages 114-122; Part IV England, pages 204-214. Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 63, 1933 Archive.org

Published later as The life & adventures of K.B. Risaldar Shahzad Mir : O.B.I. (1863-1924) : 11th (K.E.O.), Bengal Lancers (Probyn's Horse) with the contents given in this catalogue entry (nla.gov.au). Available at the British Library.

Captain Wellby wrote two books about these expeditions: Through Unknown Tibet by M S Wellby Capt. 18th Hussars 1898 Archive.org; 'Twixt Sirdar & Menelik; an account of a year's expedition from Zeila to Cairo through unknown Abyssinia by the late Captain M S Wellby 18th Hussars. 1901 Archive.org.

• An Account of the Operations in Burma carried out by Probyn’s Horse during February, March and April 1945 by Major Mylne published 1945 is available in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in World War II/Military Books/Myanmar).