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1857 Hodson's Horse
raised at Delhi by William Stephen Raikes Hodson from Sikhs, Muslims and Afghans of the Punjab
1858.08.26 1st Regiment of Hodson's Horse
surplus personnel separated to form 2nd Regt of Hodson's Horse and 3rd Regt of Hodson's Horse
1861 9th Regiment of  Bengal Cavalry
1886 9th Regiment of  Bengal Lancers
1901 9th Bengal Lancers (Hodson's Horse)
1903 9th Hodson's Horse
1921.09.03 amalgamated with 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse), to form 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse
pip Deployment and Service

Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Suakin 1885, Chitral, Punjab Frontier

The Great War1: Givenchy 1914, Somme 1916, Bazentin, Flers-Courcelette, Cambrai 1917, France and Flanders 1914-18, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918

1. awarded to successor Hodson's Horse in 1926

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  • Hodson's Horse, photo by Felice Beato, 1858/9 (The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art)
   
   
     
   
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  Commandant, Hodson's Horse:
1857 Maj. William Stephen Raikes Hodson
  1858
1859.04.29 Lt-Col. H. Daly, CB
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Colonel:
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1912.12.10 Maj-Gen. Frederick William Packenham Angelo
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Full Histories:
book Cardew, F. G. (Francis Gordon) ; Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes). Hodson's Horse, 1857-1922. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood, 1928.
book Cardew, F. G. (Francis Gordon) ; Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes). Hodson's Horse, 1857-1922. [reprint] Uckfield : Naval & MIlitary Press, 2006. ISBN: 1845743219
 
First World War:
book Rowcroft, C.H. With Hodson's Horse in Palestine. Bombay : Thacker & Co., [1919?]
 
Short Histories:
book Willoughby, Charles. A short history of Hodson's horse (4th Duke of Cambridge's own lancers) 1857-1940. Aldershot : Printed by Gale & Polden, 1945.
   
Special Topics:
book Hodson's Horse : late 9th Hodson's Horse and 10th D.C.O. Lancers (Hodson's Horse) : nominal roll of officers who have served with the regiment, 1857-1928. [s.l. : s.n.], "Civil and Military Gazette" Press), 1929.
book 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) : nominal rolls, 1857-1912. Calcutta : Thacker Spink & Co., 1913.
book Hodson's Horse : late 9th Hodson's Horse and 10th D.C.O. Lancers (Hodson's Horse) : nominal roll of officers who have served with the regiment, 1857-1928. [s.l. : s.n.], "Civil and Military Gazette" Press), 1929.
book Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Twelve years of a soldier's life in India ; being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson ; including a personal narrative of the siege of Delhi and capture of the king and princes. London : John W. Parker and Son, 1859.
book Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Twelve years of a soldier's life in India: being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson. 2nd ed. London : J.W. Parker and Son, 1859.
book Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Twelve years of a soldier's life in India: being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson ... including a personal narrative of the siege of Delhi and capture of the king and princes. 3rd and el. ed. London : J.W. Parker, 1859 [American ed.: Boston :Ticknor and Fields, 1860; reprinted 1864]
book Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Hodson of Hodson's horse, or, Twelve years of a soldier's life in India : being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson ... 4th ed. London : Kegan Paul, Trench, 1883.
book Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Hodson of Hodson's horse; or Twelve years of a soldier's life in India, being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson. 5th ed. London : K. Paul, Trench, 1885.
book Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Hodson of Hodson's Horse, or, Twelve years of a soldier's life in India. New and cheaper ed. London : K. Paul, Trench & Co., 1889.
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Hodson, W. S. R. (William Stephen Raikes) ; Hodson, George H. Twelve years of a soldier's life in India : extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson... Lahore, Pakistan : Wajidalis, 1983. (Wajidalis Asian historical reprints from Pakistan) [reprint of 3rd ed.]

book Trotter, Lionel James. A leader of Light horse. Life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse. Edinburgh, London : W. Blackwood and sons, 1901.
book Trotter, Lionel James. The life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse. London : J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1910. (Everyman's library, Biography; no. 401)
book Trotter, Lionel James. The life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse. [new ed.] London : J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1927. (Everyman's library, Biography; no. 401)
book Cork, Barry Joynson. Rider on a grey horse; a life of Hodson of Hodson's Horse. London, Cassell,1958.
book Pressinger, Selwyn Philip Hodson. Hodson : descendents of the Ven. George Hodson including Hodson of Hodson's Horse. London : Sandilands Press, 1997. ISBN: 190126601X
book Pressinger, Selwyn Philip Hodson. Hodson of Hodson's Horse : and other descendants of the venerable George Hodson, 1788-1973. [new ed.] London : Sandilands, 1998. ISBN: 1901266044
book Pressinger, Selwyn Philip Hodson. Hodson of Hodson's Horse : and other descendants of the venerable George Hodson, 1788-1973. [new ed.] London : Sandilands, 1999. ISBN: 1901266060
book Pressinger, Selwyn Philip Hodson. Major W.S.R. Hodson, 1821-1858 : in memoriam. London : Sandilands, 2000.
book Pressinger, Selwyn Philip Hodson. Major W.S.R. Hodson of Hodson's Horse, 1821-1858 : in memoriam. [Rev. ed.] London : Sandilands, 2002. ISBN: 1901266117
   
Manuscripts and Archives:
book Narrative of war service : 9th Hodson's Horse, 1914-1921. Typescript, [1922?]