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1385:15th Lancers
1264:32nd Lancers
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1184:17th Cavalry
1179:16th Cavalry
1159:12th Cavalry
1041:58th Cavalry
1036:57th Cavalry
1031:56th Cavalry
1026:55th Cavalry
1021:54th Cavalry
1016:53rd Cavalry
1011:52nd Cavalry
1006:51st Lancers
1001:42nd Lancers
986:39th Cavalry
981:38th Cavalry
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971:34th Lancers
966:33rd Cavalry
961:32nd Cavalry
956:31st Cavalry
951:30th Cavalry
946:29th Cavalry
941:28th Cavalry
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921:24th Cavalry
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911:22nd Cavalry
901:20th Lancers
896:19th Lancers
886:17th Lancers
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1325:3rd Cavalry
1139:8th Cavalry
1124:5th Cavalry
1119:4th Cavalry
841:8th Cavalry
836:7th Lancers
831:6th Lancers
821:4th Cavalry
430:during the
375:during the
365:Mesopotamia
337:Arabi Pasha
328:John Watson
294:during the
260:6th Lancers
133:Engagements
33:6th Lancers
1432:Categories
996:41st Horse
991:40th Horse
906:21st Horse
891:18th Horse
881:16th Horse
565:Khem Karan
415:Rohilkhand
373:Waziristan
231:commanders
182:Commanders
141:Bhutan War
846:9th Horse
826:5th Horse
553:6 Lancers
446:of 1919.
379:in 1919.
302:. On the
218:(Shaheed)
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81:Pakistan
520:in the
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248:DSO OBE
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163:1914–18
148:1878–80
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292:China
288:Egypt
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206:HI(M)
724:ISBN
703:ISBN
258:The
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158:1900
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125:Size
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