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== External Links == | == 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://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=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| − | *''Bengal Lancer'' by Francis Yeats-Brown 1930 | + | *[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. | ||
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== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
'''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''' by Francis Yeats-Brown <br> | '''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''' by Francis Yeats-Brown <br> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:38, 22 August 2019
Contents
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 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
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
- 17th Cavalry Google Books
- "The 17th Cavalry East Africa Squadron 1915 – 1916" by Harry Fecitt April 14, 2011. gweaa.com
Historical books online
- Diary of a Journey across Tibet by Captain Hamilton Bower 17th Bengal Cavalry 1894 Archive.org.
- 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.
- 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. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India.
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.
