The Regular Cavalry Regiments of the British Indian Army

The Second World War and Independence

In 1941 the Indian Armoured Corps was raised consisting off all, in the meantime mechanized, cavalry regiments.

On partition in 1947 six regiments were allocated to Pakistan and twelve to India.

Titles in 1922		Titles in 1947			Titles in 2010
The Governor-General’s Bodyguard	→	The Governor-General’s Bodyguard	{	to India:	The President’s Bodyguard
to Pakistan:	The President’s Bodyguard
1^st Duke of York’s Own Skinner’s Horse	→	Skinner’s Horse	→	to India:	1^st Horse
2^nd Lancers	→	2^nd Royal Lancers	→	to India:	2^nd Lancers
3^rd Cavalry	→	3^rd Cavalry	→	to India:	3^rd Cavalry
4^th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Hodson’s Horse	→	Hodson’s Horse	→	to India:	4^th Horse
5^th King Edward’s Own Horse	→	Probyn’s Horse	→	to Pakistan:	5^th Horse
6^th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers	→	6^th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers	→	to Pakistan:	6^th Lancers
7^th Light Cavalry	→	7^th Light Cavalry	→	to India:	7^th Light Cavalry
8^th King George’s Own Light Cavalry	→	8^th King George V’s Own Light Cavalry	→	to India:	8^th Light Cavalry
9^th Royal Deccan Horse	→	The Royal Deccan Horse	→	to India:	The Deccan Horse
10^th Queen Victoria’s Own Corps of Guides Cavalry	→	The Guides Cavalry	→	to Pakistan:	The Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)
11^th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry	→	Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry	→	to Pakistan:	11^th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
12^th Cavalry ¹				in Pakistan:	12^th Cavalry (Frontier Force)
13^th Duke of Connaught’s Own Bombay Lancers	→	13^th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers	→	to Pakistan:	13^th Lancers
14^th Prince of Wales’s Own Scinde Horse	→	The Scinde Horse	→	to India:	14^th Horse
15^th Lancers ¹				in Pakistan:	15^th Lancers (Baloch)
16^th Light Cavalry	→	16^th Light Cavalry	→	to India:	16^th Light Cavalry
17^th Queen Victoria’s Own Poona Horse	→	The Poona Horse	→	to India:	17^th Horse
18^th King Edward’s Own Cavalry	→	18^th King Edward VII’s Own Cavalry	→	to India:	18^th Cavalry
19^th King George’s Own Lancers	→	19^th King George V’s Own Lancers	→	to Pakistan:	19^th Lancers
20^th Lancers ¹				in India: in Pakistan:	20^th Lancers 20^th Lancers (Haidri) (Punjab)
21^st King George’s Own Central India Horse	→	The Central India Horse	→	to India:	The Central India Horse
1941: 42^nd Cavalry	→ 1943: disbanded
1941: 43^rd Cavalry	→ 1946: disbanded
1941: 44^th Cavalry	→ 1943: disbanded
1941: 45^th Cavalry	→ 1946: disbanded
1941: 46^th Cavalry	→ 1942: disbanded
1941: 47^th Cavalry	→ 1943: disbanded
1941: 48^th Cavalry	→ 1947: disbanded

¹ 1937: training regiments, 1940: Regimental Centers of the Indian Armoured Corps, later disbanded

Titles in 1922

Titles in 1947

Titles in 2010

The Governor-General’s Bodyguard

→

The Governor-General’s Bodyguard

{

to India:

The President’s Bodyguard

to Pakistan:

The President’s Bodyguard

1^st Duke of York’s Own Skinner’s Horse