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== Recommended Reading ==
 
== Recommended Reading ==
'''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''' by Francis Yeats-Brown<br>
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'''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''' by Francis Yeats-Brown <br>
Published by Long Riders' Guild Press (December 2001)<br>
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Published by Long Riders' Guild Press (December 2001) ISBN 1590480996 and ISBN 978-1590480991 <br>
ISBN 1590480996 and ISBN 978-1590480991
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See [[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Military_reading_list#Indian_Army Military Reading List]] for a review of this book.
  
 
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]

Revision as of 20:32, 16 November 2009

Chronology

  • 1857 raised at Muttra as the Muttra Horse
  • 1857 became the Muttra Police Corps
  • 1858 became the Rohilkhand Auxiliary Police Levy
  • 1858 became Robarts' Horse
  • 1861 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
  • 1882 disbanded
  • 1885 re-raised at Mian Mir by Col E H E Kauntze
  • 1900 became 17th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
  • 1901 became 17th Bengal Lancers
  • 1903 became 17th Cavalry

Battle Honours

External Links

17th Cavalry Google Books

Recommended Reading

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown
Published by Long Riders' Guild Press (December 2001) ISBN 1590480996 and ISBN 978-1590480991
See [Military Reading List] for a review of this book.