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'''SKINNER, THOMAS (1800?-1843)'''<br>
The son of Lt-General John Skinner. Joined the [[16th Regiment of Foot]] as an ensign in 1816. With the rank of captain changed to [[31st Regiment of Foot]] in 1824 and went to India in 1826. Commanded the regiment with [[George Pollock|Sir George Pollock's]] Army of Retribution during the [[1st Afghan War]] and fought at the [[Battle of Tezin]]. Made CB and Brevet Colonel. Wrote [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZIUkMRkSJk4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Thomas+Skinner&as_brr=3&ei=GRPOSci8M52EyATUoOmLCg#PPR3,M1 Excursions in India] about his travels in the Himalayas and [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zr4oAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Thomas+Skinner&as_brr=3&ei=nRPOSd2nNJ_AzATbtomRCA#PPR3,M1 Adventures during a Journey Overland to India] about his journey to India.
== Chronology ==
*'''1803''' raised as Captain Skinner's Corps of Irregular Horse under Lord Lake
*'''1823''' became 1st Regiment of Local Horse
*'''1840''' became 1st Bengal Irregular Cavalry
*'''1861''' became 1st Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
*'''1896''' became 1st Regiment of Bengal Lancers
*'''1899''' became 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers
*'''1901''' became 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
*'''1921''' became 1st/3rd Horse by amalgamating with 3rd Skinner's Horse
*'''1927''' became Skinner's Horse (1st Duke of York's Own)
*'''1947''' allocated to India at partition
*'''1950''' became 1st Horse
==Related articles==
==Second World War==
During [[Second World War|WW2]] the regiment’s title was Skinner's Horse (1st Duke of York's Own Cavalry). The regiment was in India until it left Karachi on 20 September 1940 as part of 5th Indian Infantry Division .It arrived at Port Sudan 8 October 1940 and shortly after became part of Gazelle Force , formed to watch the frontier with Eritrea in the Gash Delta, north of Kassala. Late 1941 it moved to Egypt, then Cyprus. From March 1942 it was again in Egypt, part of the 10th Indian Motor Brigade, and was dispatched to Persia in September 1942. As part of the 10th Indian Infantry Division it arrived in Taranto, Italy on May 27th, 1944. It fought with the division in the advance to Florence in July 1944. In the final offensive in 1945, Skinner’s held the right flank of the 10th Indian Division with a squadron at Porto Nove under the XIII Corps. It led the advance beyond the Idice and by April 23rd it reached the Reno River. It left Italy November 22nd, 1945.<ref> WW2Talk Forum thread dryan67 [http://ww2talk.com/forumsindex.php?threads/topic/52297-1st-duke-of-yorks-own-skinners-horse-reconnaissance-regiment.52297/ #post-612863 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse Reconnaissance Regiment] reply by ‘dryan67’ ''WW2Talk Forum'' 3 March 2014. David A Ryan is co author of books on the Indian Army in WW2, see the ''WW2Talk Forum'' post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/indian-army-an-organisational-history.52920/ Indian Army: An Organisational History]. Retrieved 9 October 2018.</ref>
== External Links ==
*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/indiancavalry/skinners.htm Skinner's Horse] British Empire website<br>
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCESARMY/Unitsunits/Featuresarmoured/411-Yellowyellow-Boysboys-Skinnersskinners-Horsehorse.html Yellow Boys - Skinner’s Horse] bharat-rakshak.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner's_Horse Skinner's Horse] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Skinner's_Horse 3rd Skinner's Horse] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101025687/ Thomas Skinner] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<br>
*[http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/exhibitions/baba/index.php?page=1|%3e|6|%3e|25 James Skinner] from the National Army Museum website
*Skinner’s Two oil paintings titled Skinner's Horse a thread from Gentleman’s Military Interest Clubat Exercise, with images<ref>c 1840: [http://gmicwww.nam.coac.uk/indexonline-collection/detail.php?acc=1968-12-31-1 A] and [http://topicwww.nam.ac.uk/47005online-collection/detail.php?acc=1968-12-skinners32-horse Skinner’s Horse1 B] Thread from Gentleman’s Military Interest Club, with images</ref>National Army Museum
*[http://www.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=154:issue-82-september-1995&catid=24:issues&Itemid=35 ''Soldiers of the Queen, Issue 82 September 1995''] has drawings of 3rd Skinner’s Horse uniforms on the cover. Click to enlarge. www.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk
*Watercolour by Charles James Lyall [https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:250986/ 1902. 1st Bengal Lancers. Punjabi Mahomedan] Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library.
*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1957-10-18-0 Full dress kurta, 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), 1902-1914] UK National Army Museum
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/skinners-horse.htm 1st Horse/Skinner's Horse] History of Regiment including deployments in World Wars 1 & 2. globalsecurity.org
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113044956/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1921-01.htm Skinner's Horse] regiments.org
====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====
*''Military memoir of Lieut-Col. James Skinner, C. B.: for many years a distinguished officer commanding a corps of irregular cavalry in the service of the H. E. I. C.'' by James Baillie Fraser 1851 [http://books.google.com/books?id=_TERAAAAYAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=wzERAAAAYAAJ Volume 2] Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/incidentsinindia00pittrich#page/98/mode/2up "Ist Bengal Cavalry"] from ''Incidents in India and Memories of the Mutiny; with some records of Alexander's Horse and the 1st Bengal Cavalry'', page 98 by F W. Pitt 1896 Archive.org
* ''Sikander Sahib: Life of Colonel James Skinner 1778 – 1841'' by Dennis Holman, 1961. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533403 Archive.org mirror version], originally Digital Library of India. Note: Incorrectly catalogued as ''Sinkander Sahib''.
*[https://archive.org/details/skinnerofskinner0000maso/mode/2up ''Skinner of Skinner's Horse : a fictional portrait''] by Philip Mason 1979. Published in USA as [https://archive.org/details/skinnershorse00maso/mode/2up ''Skinner's Horse''] by Philip Mason 1979. Both Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*''Skinner's Horse : the history of the 1st Duke ofYork's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) and the 3rd Skinner's Horse : now amalgamated under the designation the 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse'' by Major A. M. Daniels 1925 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/skinners-horse-the-history-of-the-1st-duke-of-yorks-own-lancers/ ''Skinner’s Horse: The History of the 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers''] by Major A. M. Daniels 1925. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsZdy7EZxa online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books-find by the Search/India).
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