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18th Tiwana Lancers
(Redirected from 18th Bengal Lancers)
Chronology
- 1858 raised at Gwalior by Capt F H Smith as 2nd Regiment of Mahratta Horse
- 1861 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
- 1886 became 18th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
- 1901 became 18th Bengal Lancers
- 1903 became 18th Tiwana Lancers
- 1906 became 18th Prince of Wales' Own Tiwana Lancers
- 1910 became 18th King George's Own Lancers
- 1921 amalgamated with 19th Bengal Lancers (Fane's Horse) to form 19th King George's Own Lancers
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition
Battle Honours
Regimental history
History Of The 19th King George’s Own Lancers 1858-1921 by General Sir H. Hudson 1937. Full title: History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers, formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers-Fane's Horse-amalgamated in 1921. 1858-1921. Now available online, see below.
External links
- 18th Bengal Lancers in the Boer War AngloBoerWar.com
- Watercolours by Charles James Lyall 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library
Historical books online
- "18th King George’s Own Lancers" page 31 Bengal Cavalry Regiments, 1857-1914 by R G Harris. Colour plates by Chris Warner 2000 reprint, first published 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
- Shifting Sands by Major N N E Bray (Norman Napier Evelyn) 1934 Archive.org. He was originally with the 18th Bengal Lancers.[1] Pages 106-109 provide brief details of a regimental escort for a Boundary Commission in respect of Turkey and Persia, pre WW1. Initially during WW1 Bray was working under Sir Mark Sykes, and for the Arab Bureau. C October 1917 he returned to France and his regiment. Subsequently he became the Hakim (Governor) of Kerbela, as a part of the British Administration of A. T Wilson in Mesopotamia.
- History of the 19th King George's Own Lancers 1858-1921. Formerly 18th King George's Own Lancers and 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse), amalgamated in 1921 by General Sir H Hudson 1937 Archive.org.