5th Horse (Probyn's Horse)
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The 5th Horse is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was previously known as the 5th King Edward's Own Lancers Probyn's Horse, which was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army
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Risaldar-Major, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse). Watercolour by AC Lovett, 1910
Major Dighton Probyn, VC, 1867
Dighton Probyn
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General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Britis
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…served at Lucknow. Captain Wale was killed in action on 1 March 1858, while leading the regiment in the pursuit of rebels, and was replaced by Major Dighton Probyn, VC. In 1860 the regiment was dispatched to China to take part in the Second Opium War. It participated in the advance on Peking and returned to India…
General Sir Dighton Probyn with Queen Mary, July 1918
'Dighton Probyn, 2nd Punjab Cavalry, in Indian dress', 1857 (c).