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Lumsden’s Horse was a volunteer force which left Calcutta in early 1900 for South Africa, recruited mainly from the Volunteer Regiments.
Many of the volunteers were either [[Indigo Plantation|indigo]], [[Tea Plantation|tea]] or [[Coffee Planting|coffee]] planters.
==FIBIS resources==
*FIBIS database: [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=411 Officers & Men who served in Lumsdens Horse]. From "The History of Lumsden's Horse; A Complete Record of the Corps from its formation to its disbandment (1903), by H. S Pearce.
==External links==
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/indian-units/490-lumsdens-horse Lumsden’s Horse] from Anglo Boer War
*William Holmes, later Lt. Col. John David William Holmes MC, joined Lumsden’s Horse and his story is told in [http://1cha.co.uk/2.html william-holmes/ William Holmes], in his “Autobiography” and “Letters Home from the Boer War” from The Progonion
*Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, 2nd in command of Lumsden's Horse, was killed in action near Thaba N'chu, South Africa, April 30th, 1900. He had been a tea planter in Assam and had served as Commandant of the [[Surma Valley Light Horse|Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers]]. [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485075 Assam Valley Light Horse] (also Surma Valley Light Horse) from Koi-Hai.com
