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Tuesday 13 February 2024

British Indian Army Regiments: 4th Bengal Cavalry; 2nd Bengal Lancers; 7th Bombay Lancers.



Officer.
British Indian Army,
4th Bengal Cavalry.
1897.
Illustration: FRONTISPIECE


Officer.
British Indian Army.
2nd Bengal Lancers.
1897.
Illustration: FRONTISPIECE


Officer.
British Indian Army.
7th Bombay Lancers.

1897. Pencil note identifies him as
Risaldar Mir Haider Shah Khan.
Illustration: FRONTISPIECE

This Article is one of an occasional series
on Uniforms of The British Indian Army.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, 14 February, 2024

    Wow! These uniforms (and leather gloves, and leather boots ). look like they would be intensely uncomfortable in the legendary summer India subcontinent heat! -Note by Dante P

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    1. ZephyrinusThursday, 15 February, 2024

      A most interesting observation, Dante P. Thank you.

      One assumes that one “suffered quietly for the good of the Regiment and for one's Queen and Country” ?

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