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*Disbanded at Lahore c September 1939 handing over tanks to Indian cavalry<ref name=Regi />
====10th Armoured Car Company==== *WA Moore was appointed to raise the 10th Armoured Car Company on 22nd January 1921 in Wareham and took the Company to India as their Commanding Officer. The 10th ACC arrived in India with the 9th ACC in April 1921. They proceeded to Bareilly for training with Ford Box bodies. At the end of 1921 they went up to NW Frontier and there absorbed the 5th, 7th & 16th Armoured Motor Batteries of the Machine Gun Corps now all called the 10th Armoured Motor Brigade they . They were armed with Jeffrey Quads. They were awarded the Indian General Service Medal with clasp Waziristan 1919-21
:They all operated The Company were operating on both the Takki Zam line Line and in the Tochi Valley , and were daily in active daily patrolswith the picqueting infantry. Two noteworthy events happened.
:1) March 1922 at Idak a pigeon carried by the cars reported an ambush, flying five miles in five minsminutes.
:Later in year the Company was in action against a raiding party at Hinnis Tangai Ridge.
:In July 1923 six cars moved 140 miles in 17 1/12 hours taking part in the surrounding of the Hisa Mahal Nabha State. The Maharaja received an ultimatum and soon afterwards was dethroned. Colonel K Wigram congratulated the cars on their performance. <ref>Great War Forum post #3 in [http:The above //1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=205593 Hong Kong & Singapore Mountain Battery - Palestine Awards] concerning Lieutenant Colonel WA Moore DSO. Some similar information , which was accessed first, was also contained in a description of a medal awarded to Pte P C Chalmers R Tank Corps , the Indian General Service Medal with clasp Waziristan 1921-24 from [http://charliesmedals.co.uk/item.php?i=177 charliesmedals.co.uk]. The original link is no longer accessible.</ref>
*5563458 Private J Warmer passed an examination held in April 1924 at the Fort, Delhi and was awarded the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114074630/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/273875221060103008/ Army Certificate of Education Second Class], signed by EA Lovesher (?) Walker, Major Commanding 10th (A. C.) Company, Royal Tank Corps and confirmed at the Fort Delhi 20 May 1924. The same website<ref name=Warn> [http://pinterest.com/peterhodgson/family-history/ Peter Hodgson Family History on Pinterest] (archive.org links [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114100034/http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/35/ab/c3/35abc33b11082817882a0dd0f5e92b9e.jpg 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114100424/https://s-media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/originals/e0/c2/eb/e0c2eb4cc019d8487af4a43c236db61d.jpg 2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114093621/http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/3a/8a/ee/3a8aee17a5576285d21a2a20b43857c5.jpg 3], [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114094938/http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a8/f2/04/a8f20477a0ade5c10c5f03296215be92.jpg 4])
</ref> shows four photographs, labelled Jack Warner, North West Frontier, 1920s/late 1920s, Crossley Armoured Car. One is labelled Practice Range. These photographs are also available on flickr.com labelled [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797899332/in/set-72157626885034022/ Armoured Car 1 North West Frontier - c 1925], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797895804/in/set-72157626885034022/ Armoured Car 2], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797896766/in/set-72157626885034022 Armoured Car 3], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/60340724@N05/5797895470/in/set-72157626885034022 Armoured Car 4] PeteBoro’s photostream . Elsewhere<ref>
