31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers

'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

• Affghanistan

• Ghuznee 1839

• Mooltan
• Burma 1885-87
• Afghanistan 1919

External Links

• Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
• 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by John Gaylor Defence Journal (Karachi) November 1999 www.defencejournal.com
• Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts).