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1192:17th Cavalry
1187:16th Cavalry
1167:12th Cavalry
1049:58th Cavalry
1044:57th Cavalry
1039:56th Cavalry
1034:55th Cavalry
1029:54th Cavalry
1024:53rd Cavalry
1019:52nd Cavalry
1014:51st Lancers
1009:42nd Lancers
994:39th Cavalry
989:38th Cavalry
984:37th Cavalry
979:34th Lancers
974:33rd Cavalry
969:32nd Cavalry
964:31st Cavalry
959:30th Cavalry
954:29th Cavalry
949:28th Cavalry
944:27th Cavalry
939:26th Cavalry
934:25th Cavalry
929:24th Cavalry
924:23rd Cavalry
919:22nd Cavalry
909:20th Lancers
904:19th Lancers
894:17th Lancers
884:15th Lancers
879:14th Lancers
874:13th Lancers
869:12th Cavalry
864:11th Cavalry
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538:1956 5 Horse
515:
511:
505:
502:Independence
484:Stuart tanks
477:
452:
410:
407:12th Cavalry
400:
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288:12th Cavalry
287:
283:
275:
263:
261:
247:Alan Hartley
245:General Sir
236:General Sir
227:General Sir
47:1857–present
1333:3rd Cavalry
1147:8th Cavalry
1132:5th Cavalry
1127:4th Cavalry
849:8th Cavalry
844:7th Lancers
839:6th Lancers
829:4th Cavalry
736:, volume 4
340:Mesopotamia
170:Mesopotamia
144:Engagements
128:Nickname(s)
1438:Categories
1004:41st Horse
999:40th Horse
914:21st Horse
899:18th Horse
889:16th Horse
575:References
569:Pekin 1860
565:Taku Forts
252:Gul Hassan
238:Hugh Gough
224:commanders
190:Commanders
854:9th Horse
834:5th Horse
563:Lucknow,
488:Lee tanks
462:Muslims,
264:5th Horse
177:1939-45 (
168:1914-18 (
480:Risalpur
421:Ethiopia
286:and the
268:regiment
136:Motto(s)
123:Regiment
76:Pakistan
512:5 Horse
506:On the
460:Punjabi
392:Uniform
304:Lucknow
270:of the
222:Notable
163:1878-80
154:1860-61
52:Country
718:
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683:
559:, 1867
551:Major
494:using
468:Dogras
320:Peking
103:
91:
82:Branch
73:
61:
44:Active
464:Sikhs
401:kulla
312:China
179:Burma
716:ISBN
695:ISBN
681:ISBN
486:and
466:and
262:The
120:Size
112:Type
470:.
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567:,
557:VC
555:,
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242:VC
240:,
233:VC
231:,
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