29,525
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→External Links
*This [http://www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk/17th-21st-LANCERS-INDIA-1939.html link] briefly indicates in 1930 the 17th/21st Lancers were posted to Meerut India . They became a mechanised regiment in 1938 when they took delivery of light tanks. At that time the regiment appears to have been in the North West Frontier region. Also includes a few photographs, including light tanks, from a photo album belonging to ‘Buck’ Boyd of the 17th/21st Lancers .The album dates 1937-1939 and covers his service in India and North West Frontier territory. www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk
**[http://c0728562.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/MI1666_HR.JPG two photographs from this album] from [http://www.tennants.co.uk/Catalogue/Lots/57460.aspx www.tennants.co.uk]
***WW2Talk Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/27104-17th21st-lancers-photo-album thread] about this photo album, with some images, but you must be )which are only available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged into the in members]] of WW2Talk Forum to view them.)
*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132298 Photograph of Bedale , a 17th/21st Lancers Mark VI B Light Tank India Pattern with crew] c 1938-39 , part of a WW2 Forum [http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/12065-wd-number-query-and-excellent-vehicle-photographs/?p=132031 thread] which contains additional images but you must be logged into the Forum to view them.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rRb6B7g_pdUC&pg=PA176 Page 176] ''The Conservatism of the British Cavalry and Its Effect on the British Army'' by Michael L. Waller Preview Google Books, refers to the receipt of the regiment’s first motor vehicle in 1938, in India
