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== Chronology ==
*'''1857''' raised at [[Muttra ]] as the Muttra Horse
*'''1857''' became the Muttra Police Corps
*'''1858''' became the Rohilkhand Auxiliary Police Levy
*'''1861''' became 17th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
*'''1882''' disbanded
*'''1885''' re-raised at Mian Mir [[Lahore|Meean Meer]] by Col E H E Kauntze
*'''1900''' became 17th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
*'''1901''' became 17th Bengal Lancers
*'''1903''' became '''17th Cavalry'''*'''1921''' amalgamated with [[37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)]] to form 17th/37th Lancers*'''1922''' became [[15th Lancers]]
== Battle Honours ==
*[[:Category:2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-80]]*[[:Category:3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]] ==Regimental History==*''The Star and Crescent: being the story of the 17th Cavalry from 1858 to 1922'' by Francis C. C. Yeats-Brown. Published at Allahabad 1927. Available at the [[British Library]].
== External Links ==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gLGt_qGKMq4C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=17th+Bengal+Lancers&source=bl&ots=UcDRoQJs3E&sig=j6-x5PDAJcdwEKk7O4p1oS6GukA&hl=en&ei=e1UVSrWwA9_KjAf04-WGDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 17th Cavalry] Google Books*[http://gweaa.com/th-cavalry-east-africa-squadron/ "The 17th Cavalry East Africa Squadron 1915 – 1916"] by Harry Fecitt April 14, 2011. gweaa.com===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023218278 ''Diary of a Journey across Tibet''] by Captain Hamilton Bower 17th Bengal Cavalry 1894 Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/TheLivesOfABengalLancerFYeatsBrown ''Bengal Lancer''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1930 Archive.org. The book recommended below, ''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' appears to be the American title for the same book. The book is a memoir of Yeats-Brown's time in India from 1905 to 1914.:[https://archive.org/details/livesofbengallan0000yeat/page/n7 ''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1930 Archive.org Lending Library.* ''Francis Yeats-Brown 1886-1944'' by John Evelyn Wrench 1948. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.522916 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
== Recommended Reading ==
'''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''' by Francis Yeats-Brown<br>Published by Long Riders' Guild Press (December 2001)<br>ISBN 1590480996 and ISBN 978-1590480991<br>See [[Military reading list]] for a review of this book. {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
