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Skinner's
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| 1921 | 1st/3rd Horse formed by amalgamation of 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), and 3rd Skinner's Horse |
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| 1922 | 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse | |
| 1927 | Skinner's Horse (1st Duke of York's Own) | |
| 1947.08 | allocated to India at partition and independence; Mussalman sqn transferred to 19th King George V's Own Lancers in exchange for their Sikh sqn | |
| 1950 | 1st Horse (title Skinner's Horse continued to be used unofficially) |
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[combined battle honours of 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse), and 3rd Skinner's Horse, plus:] The Great War:1 France and Flanders 1914-15, N.W Frontier India 1915, Baluchistan 1918 Afghanistan 19191 The Second World War: Agordat, Keren, Amba Alagi, Abyssinia 1940-41, Senio Floodbank, Italy 1943-45 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.] |
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| 1924.09.09 | F.M. HM King George V | |
| 1937.05.11 | F.M. HM King George VI | |
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Lieutenant Colonel Charles Robert Douglas Gray, OBE, by Piers Allison. | |
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Skinner, M. A. R. (Michael Alexander Robert). Sworn to die. New Delhi : Lancer International, 1984. | |
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Haynes, E. G. The last days of horsed cavalry : an account of Skinner's Horse between the wars. Typescript, ca. 1939. | |
