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2nd Royal
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| 1921 | 2nd/4th Cavalry formed by amalgamation of 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse), and 4th Cavalry with 1 sqn Rajputs, 1 sqn Jats, 1 sqn Hindustani Musalmans |
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| 1922 | 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) | |
| 1935 | 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse) | |
| 1947.08 | allocated to India at partition and independence; Hindustani Mussalman sqn transferred to ?; Rajput sqn transferred from 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry | |
| 1947? | new Hindustani Mussalman sqn raised, but transferred to 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry | |
| 1950 | 2nd Lancers (title Gardner's Horse continued to be used unofficially) |
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[combined battle honours of 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse), and 4th Cavalry, plus:] The Great War:1 La Bassée 1914, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert 1915, Somme 1916, Morval, Cambrai 1917, France and Flanders 1914-18, Egypt 1915, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918, Tigris 1916, Mesopotamia 1915-16 Afghanistan 19191 The Second World War: El Mechili, Point 171, North Africa 1940-43 1. awarded 1926 for services of predecessor regiments [q.v.] |
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