14th Murray’s Jat Lancers

14th Murrays Jat Lancers

Chronology

• 1857 raised as The Jat Horse Yeomanry
• 1859 became Murray’s Jat Horse
• 1861 became 14th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1864 became 14th Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
• 1874 became 14th Bengal Lancers
• 1901 became 14th Bengal Lancers (Murray’s Jat Horse)
• 1903 became 14th Murray’s Jat Lancers
• 1922 amalgamated with the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) to become 1st Battalion 20th Lancers

Battle Honours

• 1878-80 Afghanistan

• 1879 Charasia
• 1879 Kabul

First World War

14th Murray's Jat Lancers was a cavalry unit with largest establishment in the then Indian Army. During WW 1 while the main body operated in NWFP (1914 - 1916) and Mesopotamia (1916 - 1918), one of its squadron (additional) was affiliated to 29 Lancers (DH) throughout the war. This was so because both the units recruited Hindu Jats. 14th Murray's Jat Lancers was a purely Hindu Jat unit which recruited its troops from Rohtak District of then Punjab and Meerut and Bullundshahr districts of United Province.

External links

• 14th Murray's Jat Lancers Wikipedia
  
• 20th Lancers Wikipedia
• Risaldar-Major of 14th Murray's Jat Lancers, 1909 Watercolour by Major Alfred Crowdy Lovett 1909. nam.ac.uk
• 14th Murray’s Jat Lancers in the First World War. researchingww1.co.uk. Includes advice that the War Diaries records at the National Archives, as part of the 7th Indian Cavalry Brigade, are WO 95/5090/2 (July 1916 to December 1917) and WO 95/5090/3 (July 1916 to May 1921).
• "WW1 Indian VC recipient Badlu Singh" 14th Murray’s Jat Lancers, attached to the 29th Lancers of the Indian Army. Date of Action: 23 September 1918. Place of Action: Kh. Es Samariyeh, Palestine. gov.uk
• Image: Daffadar, or Sergeant, of the 14th Murray's Jat Lancers of the Indian Army WW1, Middle East. IWM, catalogue reference Art.IWM ART 2344.