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The 61st Cavalry regiment is one of the few non-mechanised horse mounted cavalry regiments in the world, alongside such units as the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment of the British Army, the Presidential Cavalry Escort Battalion of the Kremlin Regiment of the Federal Protective Service and the 4th Mountain Cavalry Regiment of the Argentinean Army. [4]
3rd Cavalry Regiment (India) 3rd Skinner's Horse; 4th Cavalry (India) 4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) 5th Cavalry (India) 5th Horse (Probyn's Horse) 5th/8th Cavalry; 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry; 6th Lancers (Watson's Horse) 6th/7th Cavalry; 7th Hariana Lancers; 7th Light Cavalry; 8th Lancers; 8th Light Cavalry; 9th Horse (Deccan Horse) 9th/10th ...
The regiment then spent the period 1919–20 in West Asia on occupation duties. It returned to India in October 1920, landing at Bombay from where it took a train to Ferozepore which it reached on 15 October 1920. In 1921, the regiment was amalgamated with the 7th Hariana Lancers to form the 6th/7th Cavalry.
The Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army made up of British and Indian officers, plus Indian cavalry sowars and infantry sepoys, primarily intended for service on the North West Frontier. As originally raised in 1846, The Corps of Guides consisted of both infantry and cavalry.
The regiment was raised prior to 1776 as the 3rd Regiment of Native Cavalry in the service of the Nawab of Arcot, Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah.In 1780, while under service with the British East India Company, it formed part of the force that defeated Hyder Ali during the Second Anglo-Mysore War and was awarded battle honours for the Battle of Sholinghur, Battle of Mysore, Battle of Carnatic and ...
The regiment was raised by Colonel Sir John Burgoyne (a cousin of General John Burgoyne) as the 23rd Regiment of Light Dragoons on 24 September 1781 for service in India. [2] There had been no European cavalry to that date in India, and successive commanders there had called upon the regular British Army to supply a cavalry unit. [ 3 ]
In the Regiment of Artillery the battalion-sized units are referred to as regiments, a point of confusion on occasion. These units are equipped and named based on their type of equipment. There are two types of units. The majority are regiments that have weapons as their equipment, such as missiles, rockets, field guns, medium guns or mortars.
7th Light Cavalry: Late 28th Light Cavalry. Allotted to India in 1947. 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry: Formed by merging 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry and 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse). Renamed 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry in 1937 – went to India in 1947 and became 8th Light Cavalry in 1950