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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 | ||
| − | + | ===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. | ||
== 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> | ||
Revision as of 01:15, 3 February 2015
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
External Links
- 17th Cavalry Google Books
Historical books online
- Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats-Brown 1930 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The book below, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer appears to be the same book.
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.
