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The Light Horse Bar at the Saturday Club in Kolkata is named after the regiment. The club was founded in 1878 and is located on Wood Street. The bar houses a collection of regimental memorabilia. [5] The Calcutta Light Horse Bar at the Oriental Club in London is named after the regiment.
Operation Creek, also known as Operation Longshanks, was a covert military operation undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War II on 9 March 1943. It involved a nighttime attack by members of the Calcutta Light Horse and the Calcutta Scottish against a German cargo ship, Ehrenfels, which had been transmitting information to U-boats from Mormugão Harbour in neutral ...
An approach is then made to a Territorial unit of British expatriates, the Calcutta Light Horse, to carry out the mission on its behalf. They all volunteer – all are trained in military skills and keen to 'do their bit'. Whilst the volunteers are trained, Stewart and Cartwright travel covertly to Goa.
The Saturday Club was established in 1875 in British India [1] by the officers of the Calcutta Light Horse Regiment of British Indian Army. The Club was started at this time by Louis Jackson, a civilian Judge of the Calcutta High Court. [2] It was moved into the present premises at Wood Street, near Mullick Bazar, Kolkata in 1900.
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When the First World War broke out in 1914 William Wanklyn joined the Calcutta Light Horse. He served on the Western Front until 1915 when he returned home to the commissioned officer rank of major in the Royal Engineers. When he was only six, David Wanklyn became enamoured with the sea. At this age he first met his uncle, his mother's brother.
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The lead unit was the Calcutta Light Horse. [3] In 1946 the regiment was reorganised to consist of an HQ, two companies and four motor platoons, and was disbanded in 1947 upon India's independence. [1]