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1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
 
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1803 Skinner's Horse
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1896 1st Regiment of Bengal Lancers
1899 1st (The Duke of York's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers
1901 1st (Duke of York's Own) Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
1903 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)
1921 amalgamated with 3rd Skinner's Horse, to form 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse
pip 1st Bengal Lancers (Skinner's Horse), by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire)
   
   

Bhurtpore, Candahar 1842, Afghanistan 1879-80, Pekin 1900

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Afghanistan 19191

1. Awarded in 1926 to successor regiment.

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Honorary Colonel:
1899.10.04 HM King George V
Colonel in Chief:
1904.05.13 HM King George V
 
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Full Histories:
book Daniels, A. M. Skinner's Horse: the history of the 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) and the 3rd Skinner's Horse, now amalgamated under the designation the 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse. London : Hugh Rees, 1925.
book Daniels, A. M. Skinner's Horse: the history of the 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) and the 3rd Skinner's Horse, now amalgamated under the designation the 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse. [reprint] Uckfield : Naval & Military Press, 2006. ISBN: 1845743156
 
Short Histories:
book Roberts, H. A short history of the 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), 1803-1908. Lucknow : Indian Daily Telegraph, 1908.
   
Fiction:
book Mason, Philip. Skinner of Skinner's Horse : a fictional portrait. London : A. Deutsch, 1979. ISBN: 0233971203
book Mason, Philip. Skinner's Horse. New York : Harper & Row, 1979. ISBN: 0060130369
 
Special Topics:
book Rothero, Christopher. Skinner's Horse. London : Almark, Warren, Mich. : Distributed by Squadron/Signal, 1979.