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Known as '''21st Cavalry''' and '''Daly's Horse'''
 
Known as '''21st Cavalry''' and '''Daly's Horse'''
 
== Chronology ==
 
== Chronology ==
*'''1849''' raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry by Henry Daly
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*'''1849''' raised as 1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry by [[Henry Daly]]
 
*'''1851''' retitled as the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force
 
*'''1851''' retitled as the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force
 
*'''1865''' became the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
 
*'''1865''' became the 1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
 
*'''1903''' became '''21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force), Daly's Horse'''
 
*'''1903''' became '''21st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Cavalry (Frontier Force), Daly's Horse'''
*'''1922''' merged with the 23rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force to become 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
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*'''1922''' merged with the [[23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)|23rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force]] to become [[11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)]]
 
== Battle Honours ==
 
== Battle Honours ==
 
*[[Abyssinian Campaign|Abyssinia]]
 
*[[Abyssinian Campaign|Abyssinia]]
 
*[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-80]]
 
*[[2nd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1878-80]]
  
== External Links ==
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== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Prince_Albert_Victor's_Own_Cavalry_(Frontier_Force) 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)] Wikipedia<br>
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Prince_Albert_Victor's_Own_Cavalry_(Frontier_Force) 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007072/ Sir Henry Dermot Daly 1821-95] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101007072/ Sir Henry Dermot Daly 1821-95] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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*[http://pavocavalry.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/pavo-11-cavalry.html Pavo Cavalry] by Major Agha H Amin (Retired) pavocavalry.blogspot.com
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*Watercolour by  Charles James Lyall:  [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250970/ 1896. 1st Regt. of Punjab Cavalry] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
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*[https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1311_1.jpg  Headstone carving for 21st Cavalry]  used by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for First World War deaths. Appears to be based on the regimental badge of that time. From a CWGC webpage [https://shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org/bargaining/international-differences/ "International differences"] shapingoursorrow.cwgc.org
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===Historical books online===
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284932 ''History Of 1st Punjab Cavalry''] 1887. Archive.org, mirror  from the Digital Library of India.
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[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Indian Army Cavalry Regiments]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Cavalry]]
 
[[Category:Punjab Frontier Force Cavalry]]

Latest revision as of 11:59, 31 March 2020

Known as 21st Cavalry and Daly's Horse

Chronology

Battle Honours

External links

Historical books online