20th Lancers (British Indian Army)

This article is about the British Indian Army unit. For other regiments of the same name, see 20 Lancers (India) and 20th Lancers (Pakistan).
20th Lancers
Active1922 - 1937
CountryBritish Raj British India
Branch British Indian Army
SizeRegiment
EngagementsIndian Mutiny of 1857
Bhutan War 1864-65
Second Afghan War 1878-80
First World War 1914-18
Battle honoursCharasiah, Kabul 1879, Afghanistan 1878-80, Neuve Chapelle, France and Flanders 1914-15, Kut al Amara 1917, Sharqat, Mesopotamia 1916-18, Persia 1916-19, NW Frontier, India 1915.[1]

The 20th Lancers was a regiment of the British Indian Army.

It was formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 14th Murray's Jat Lancers and the 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis).[2]

  1. ^ Rodger, Alexander. (2003). Battle Honours of the British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces 1662-1991. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press.
  2. ^ Gaylor, John (1991). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91. Stroud: Spellmount.