31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
(Redirected from 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers))
Known as 31st Lancers
Chronology
- 1803 raised as Bombay Squadron of Cavalry by Colonel John Murray
- 1803 split into 1st and 2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
- 1842 became 1st Regiment of Bombay Light Cavalry (Lancers)
- 1890 became the 1st (Duke of Connaught's Own) Bombay Lancers
- 1903 became the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1923 amalgamated with the 32nd Lancers to become 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
- 1947 allocated to Pakistan on Partition becoming 13th Lancers
Battle Honours
Regimental histories
- A brief historical sketch of His Majesty's 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army compiled by G.F. Newport- Tinley 1910. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012501738
External links
- Bombay Light Cavalry British Empire website
- 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers by John Gaylor Defence Journal (Karachi) November 1999. defencejournal.com, now archived. An extract from Sons Of John Company by John Gaylor.
- Uniform of Officer of 1st Bombay Light Cavalry Painting of first lancer uniform worn by officers in 1842. (bbc.co.uk/arts).
- Portrait: Unknown Officer of the 1st (Bombay) Light Cavalry, 1848 National Army Museum NAM. 1966-08-11-1
- Watercolours by Charles James Lyall c 1903. Brown Digital Repository, Brown University Library