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[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website<br>[http://www.defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] www.defencejournal.com
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/an-officer-of-the-1st-bombay-light-cavalry-182537 Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry] Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts).
 
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Revision as of 16:59, 20 October 2012

'31st Lancers - Daffadar' from a painting by Major A. C. Lovett

Known as 31st Lancers

Chronology

  • 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
  • 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
  • 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
  • 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
  • 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
  • 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers

Battle Honours

External Links