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Surma Valley Light Horse

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*[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]
*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 Volunteers. [http://www.angloboerwar.com/Casualties/casualties_s.htm Officer Casualties-Surname S] Anglo-Boer War
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