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The Royal Deccan Horse
(9th Horse)
 
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1921 20th/29th Horse
formed by amalgamation of 20th Deccan Horse, and 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)
1922 9th Royal Deccan Horse
1927 The Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse)
1947.08 allocated to India at partition and independence; Punjabi Mussalman sqn transferred to Probyn's Horse in exchange for its Dogra sqn
1950 The Deccan Horse
The Deccan Horse, by Kai Rikhye.
   
   

[combined battle honours of the  20th Deccan Horse, and 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse), plus:]

The Great War:1 Givenchy 1914, Somme 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Flers-Courcelette, Cambrai 1917, France and Flanders 1914-18, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1918

The Second World War:  Capture of Meiktila, Defence of Meiktila, Meiktila, Rangoon Road, Pyabwe, Burma 1942-45

Asal Uttar, Punjab 1965

1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.]

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