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*Queen's Own Guides Cavalry (now partitioned between Pakistan and India).
*Several of these formations are still active, though they now are armoured formations, for example Guides Cavalry in Pakistan.
==Reserve of Officers==
The official title was Army in India Reserve of Officers or A.I.R.O, but it was also known as the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, or I.A.R.O.
Some, or perhaps all, appointments were promulgated in the ''London Gazette'', which may be searched online [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search here]
There are India Office Records at the British Library called Collection 397 Reserve of Officers [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_3-2_1-6&cid=1-1-117#1-1-117 '''IOR/L/MIL/7/16215-16279'''] 1886-1940 .Another item is the publication ''Regulations for the Army in India Reserve of Officers 1939''. Delhi: Defence Dept, 1939. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_3-1&cid=1-1-1-20-6#1-1-1-20-6 '''IOR/L/MIL/17/5/654'''] 1939
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