Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles
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The Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles were an auxiliary regiment under the Bengal command.
Chronology
- 1885 raised 24th July[1]
- 1890 redesignated Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles, 23rd May[2]
- 1909 amalgamated with the Mounted Troop of the Naini Tal Volunteer Rifles to form the United Provinces 2nd (Northern) Regiment.[3]
- 1917 redesignated as the 8th (Northern Regiment) United Provinces Horse
- 1920 redesignated as the United Provinces Horse (Northern Regiment).[4]
Details
- This link[5] appears to indicate that (some) members of the Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles c 1900 were connected with the Forest Research Institute and College, Dehra Dun
- A description of a uniform button is: Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles. Crossed rifles below horse's head on torse (goldenagebuttons.co.uk)
Detached companies
In 1901:[1]
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Indian Army List 1st Sept 1901
- ↑ Jackson, Major Donovan India's Army (1940)
- ↑ A description of the Volunteer Force Long Service (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. awarded to Major J. W. G. Ouseley, U.P. Horse 2d Regt. www.dnw.co.uk
- ↑ Snippet Google Books page 294 Military badges of the British Empire 1914-18 by Reginald H. W. Cox
- ↑ Page 244 Catalogue of the photographic collection at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India.(Up to date 1st November 1911) Comp. in the office of the sylviculturist. 1912 Archive.org
