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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
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*[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 is available to read  online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The book below, ''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' appears to be the same book. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/58995 Pdf download], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/209036  Another pdf download] Digital Library of India.
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023218278 ''Diary of a Journey across Tibet''] by Captain Hamilton Bower 17th Bengal Cavalry 1894 Archive.org.
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*[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.
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:[https://archive.org/details/livesofbengallan0000yeat/page/n7 ''The Lives of a Bengal Lancer''] by Francis Yeats-Brown 1930 Archive.org Lending Library.
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* ''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 ==
 
== Recommended Reading ==

Latest revision as of 12:38, 22 August 2019

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

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.