Difference between revisions of "Surma Valley Light Horse"
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
*[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm Photographs of the Surma Valley Light Horse] from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down) | *[http://www.hussards-photos.com/UK/UK_India.htm Photographs of the Surma Valley Light Horse] from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down) | ||
| + | *Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the Lakimpur Rifles 1882-84 and served for ten years in the Surma Valley Light Horse, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the [[Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90]]. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2433527/?page=1 Obituary BMJ June 5,1897] | ||
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=== Historical books online === | === Historical books online === | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 4 April 2010
Formed as the Sylhet Volunteer Rifle Corps on 22nd October 1880 and later became the Cachar and Sylhet Mounted Rifles on the 6th April 1883. Designated Surma Valley Light Horse 13th August 1886.
- Uniform - Khaki
- Motto - "Non Sibi Sed Patriae"
External Links
- Photographs of the Surma Valley Light Horse from Hussards-photos.com (scroll down)
- Dr T d’O Partridge, Civil Surgeon of Cachar was Commandant of the Lakimpur Rifles 1882-84 and served for ten years in the Surma Valley Light Horse, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. His war services included the Chin Lushai Expedition 1889-90. Obituary BMJ June 5,1897
Historical books online
- Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources, page 433 by Somerset Playne , J W Bond 1917 Archive.org
