1847 by Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-General Sir) Harry Lumsden (1821–1896). In 1886, as part of the later nineteenth-century reform of the Indian Army, the Guides were transferred from the control of the Governor of the Punjab to that of the Commander-in-Chief. The cavalry
The Corps of Guides, Pune, India. 530 likes. The Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army which served in the North West Frontier and Memorable photo of Gen Zia ul Haq at the Guides Cavalry Re-raising in 1986 at Jhelum. Officer to the right of Gen Zia is late Maj Sardar Mohammad Aslam (later Lt Col)
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Thomas Rattray Commander 1st Bengal Police Battalion COLONEL THOMAS RATTRAY, a distinguished officer, most of whose service had been in India. He was the fifth son of the late Dr. Rattray, of Daventry, and received his first commission in to east India Company's service in 1839. He joined the 64th Bengal Native
The force was caught unawares, but an outlying picket of 20 men of the Guides Cavalry was the nearest group to the enemy. A young subaltern of the Guides, Lieutenant G N . With covering fire from the horse artillery, the Guides cavalry and 10th Hussars were ordered to attack. The Guides were commanded by Major
During the First World War, the cavalry and infantry of the Guides fought separately. In 1921, they were formally separated; the cavalry becoming the 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force), while the infantry joined the newly formed 12th Frontier Force Regiment, making up the 5th and 10th
4 Mar 2017 The object of the Corps of Guides, composed of horse cavalry and foot soldiers, was to provide trustworthy men to act as guides to troops in the field, and 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) and Infantry became 5th Bn (QVO Corps of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment

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