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*[[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan 1919]]
 
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== External Links ==
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==Regimental histories==
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*''A brief historical sketch of His Majesty's 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army'' compiled by G.F. Newport- Tinley 1910. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01012501738
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== External links ==
 
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website
 
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/indiancavalrypre1857.htm Bombay Light Cavalry] British Empire website
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999 www.defencejournal.com
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160823193128/http://defencejournal.com/nov99/13th-duke.htm 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers] by John Gaylor ''Defence Journal'' (Karachi) November 1999. defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from  ''Sons Of John Company'' by  John Gaylor.
 
*[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).
 
*[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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*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1966-08-11-1 Portrait: Unknown Officer of the 1st (Bombay) Light Cavalry, 1848] National Army Museum NAM. 1966-08-11-1
 
*Watercolours by  Charles James Lyall  c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library
 
*Watercolours by  Charles James Lyall  c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library
 
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251018/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer]
 
**[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:251018/ 1846. Bombay Lancers. Officer]

Latest revision as of 00:31, 24 September 2019

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

Known as 31st Lancers

Contents

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

Regimental histories

  • A brief historical sketch of His Majesty's 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army compiled by G.F. Newport- Tinley 1910. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012501738

External links