6th Lancers (Watson's Horse)

6th Lancers
(Watson's Horse)
Active1857–present
Country British India
 Pakistan
Branch British Indian Army
 Pakistan Army
TypeArmoured Regiment
SizeRegiment
EngagementsIndian Mutiny of 1857
Bhutan War 1864–65
Second Afghan War 1878–80
Anglo-Egyptian War 1882
The Boxer Rebellion 1900
First World War 1914–18
Third Afghan War 1919
Second World War 1939–45
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefPrince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (Son of Her Majesty Queen Victoria)
Senior Most CommandantLt. Gen Mian Muhammad Afzaal HI(M) SI(M) OA(M) SBt (Shaheed) (CGS)
Notable
commanders
General Sir John Watson VC GCB
Brigadier Francis Ingall DSO OBE

The 6th Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. Previously, it was known as the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse), and was a regular cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1921 by amalgamation of the 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse) and the 16th Cavalry. The regiment and its predecessors have seen active service on the North West Frontier, in Egypt during 1882, in China during the Boxer Rebellion, the two World Wars and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. On the Partition of India in 1947, the regiment was allotted to the Pakistan Army, where it remains in service today.[1]

13th (Duke of Connaught's) Bengal Lancers scouting. Painting by Harry Paine, 1890.
  1. ^ Gaylor, John (1991). Sons of John Company: The Indian and Pakistan Armies 1903–91. Stroud: Spellmount.