1st Indian Cavalry Division
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The 1st Indian Cavalry Division was a division of the British Indian Army which was formed at the outbreak of the First World War. It served on the Western Front, and was renamed the 4th Cavalry Division on 26 November 1916. In March 1918, the 4th Cavalry Division was disbanded; the British units remained in France and the Indian units were sent to Egypt to help form the 1st Mounted Division.
Lt. Gen. Michael Rimington, commander of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and later of the Indian Cavalry Corps, riding with Sajjan Singh and Sir Partab Singh in Linghem, France, on 28 July 1915
English and Indian soldiers of the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade's Signal Troop relaxing in a farmyard at brigade headquarters, 28 July 1915
17th Lancers
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The 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1759 and notable for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War. The regiment was amalgamated with the 21st Lancers to form the 17th/21st Lancers in 1922.
cap badge of the 17th Lancers
Irish Cavalrymen, 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons, in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783
Officers of the 17th Lancers in 1825
Birch leading the 17th Dragoons in the Old South Meeting House, Boston (1775)