Difference between revisions of "Calcutta Light Horse"

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The Calcutta Light Horse were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command.

1872 raised as Calcutta Volunteer Lancers 22nd August^[1]
1881 reconstituted as the Calcutta Mounted Volunteer Rifles on 7th October^[1]
1886 redesignated Calcutta Mounted Rifles on 1st October?^[2]
1887 renamed Calcutta Light Horse on 20th May?^[2]
1901 absorbed Central Bengal Light Horse, 1st November^[1]

c1901: Khaki drill^[3]
c1940: Uniform - Blue, Facings - White, Badge - Eight pointed star with crown, "C.L.H." and the motto in a scroll, Motto - Defence not Defiance"^[1]

Calcutta Light Horse Wikipedia
The BACSA Archive at the British Library has a catalogue entry Portraits of commandants of Calcutta Volunteer Rifles 1877-1917 Mss Eur F370/1596
The legend of a liquor stop (Part 1) and A tale of heroism untold (Part 2) The Telegraph Calcutta
German Subs in Goa from Goanet.org
Information about the book Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse by James Leasor, from ChinaBurmaIndiaWWII. Buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
The movie The Sea Wolves Wikipedia was based on Boarding Party

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 The 1901 Indian Army List states that the corps were renamed Calcutta light Horse on 14th September 1886.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901

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 *[http://www.mail-archive.com/goanet@lists.goanet.org/msg54210.html German Subs in Goa] from Goanet.org
 *Information about the book [http://chinaburmaindiatheatre.blogspot.com/2010/02/boarding-party-last-action-of-calcutta.html ''Boarding Party: The Last Action of the Calcutta Light Horse''] by James Leasor, from ChinaBurmaIndiaWWII. Buy a copy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0755101359 FIBIS Shop]
+* The movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Wolves The Sea Wolves] Wikipedia was based on ''Boarding Party''
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