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Drury-Lowe commanded the 17th Lancers for 12 years – most notably at the Battle of Ulundi, [5] [6] the last pitched battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. [7] On 5 June 1879, he led the 17th Lancers into battle with Zulu irregulars as part of the Zungeni Mountain skirmish , during which his adjutant, Frederick John Cokayne Frith , was killed and the ...
The 17th Lancers advancing, wearing their early-war uniform, postcard after Harry Payne Uniforms worn by the 17th between 1768 and 1914, by Richard Simkin. The regiment, which was based in Sialkot in India at the start of the First World War , landed in France as part of the 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division [ 51 ...
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers: 28 September 1857: Indian Mutiny: Bolandshahr [29] Paul Kenna: 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers: 2 September 1898: Mahdist War: Omdurman [19] Alexander Lafone: 1st County of London Yeomanry: 27 October 1917: First World War: El Buggar Ridge [49] Brian Lawrence: 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers: 7 August ...
John Farrell VC (March 1826, Dublin – 31 August 1865) was a British Army soldier and Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The 17th Lancers advancing, wearing their early-war uniform, postcard after Harry Payne. In September 1914, the brigade was mobilized as the 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade and assigned to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division. [4] With the division, it departed Bombay on 16 October 1914 and landed at Marseilles on 7 November.
Pages in category "17th Lancers soldiers" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. John Berryman (VC) F.
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"Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...