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3rd Skinner's Horse
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Not to be confused with 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry.
The 3rd Skinner's Horse was a cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was originally raised at Hansi by Lt.-Col. James Skinner as the 2nd Regiment of Skinner's Horse in 1814, the various changes and amalgamations are listed below.
- 1814 2nd Regiment of Skinner's Horse
- 1821 Baddeley's Frontier Horse
- 1823 4th (Baddeley's) Local Horse
- 1840 4th Irregular Cavalry
- 1861 3rd Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
- 1901 3rd Bengal Cavalry (Skinner's Horse)
- 1903 3rd Skinner's Horse.
- 1921 1st/3rd Skinner's Horse.
- 1922 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
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Active | 1814ā1921 |
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Type | Cavalry |
Battle honours | Afghanistan Ghuznee 1839 Khelat Maharajpore Moodkee Ferozeshah 1845 Aliwal Kandahar 1880 Afghanistan 1879-80 Punjab Frontier The Great War France and Flanders, 1914-15-16 Baluchistan, 1918 The Third Aghan War |
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