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The Light Horse Bar at the Saturday Club in Kolkata is named after the regiment. The club was founded in 1878 and is located on Wood Street. The bar houses a collection of regimental memorabilia. [5] The Calcutta Light Horse Bar at the Oriental Club in London is named after the regiment.
Operation Creek, also known as Operation Longshanks, was a covert military operation undertaken by Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War II on 9 March 1943. It involved a nighttime attack by members of the Calcutta Light Horse and the Calcutta Scottish against a German cargo ship, Ehrenfels, which had been transmitting information to U-boats from Mormugão Harbour in neutral ...
The head of the Indian section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) authorises attempts to kidnap and interrogate two known German agents, but these operations both fail. An approach is then made to a Territorial unit of British expatriates, the Calcutta Light Horse, to carry out the mission on its behalf. They all volunteer – all are ...
The regiment provided a detachment of four men for "Operation Creek", [2] a SOE operation against Axis shipping in Goa in 1942. The lead unit was the Calcutta Light Horse. [3] In 1946 the regiment was reorganised to consist of an HQ, two companies and four motor platoons, and was disbanded in 1947 upon India's independence. [1]
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Six people were staying in the Palmetto Dunes neighborhood house when the fire occurred. Fire at Hilton Head home rented by tourists leaves 1 person dead, another critically injured Skip to main ...
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Firefighters with Hilton Head Fire Rescue responded to reports of a house fire at the end of Calibogue Club Place at around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. The fire began on the porch in the backside of the ...