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The 36th Jacob's Horse were a unit of cavalry of the

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

Origins

They were raised by Lieut. John Jacob of the Bombay Artillery, as a unit of Irregular Horse, originally in 1839 (reformed 1846) to patrol the area of ' Scinde' (now

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

province of

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) and its restive frontier with

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. They then served in guarding the marches of Southern Afghanistan during the

First Anglo-Afghan War The First Anglo-Afghan War ( fa, جنگ اول افغان و انگلیس) was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan, Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842. The British initially successfully invaded the country taking si ...

and later under Sir Charles Napier in the annexation of Scinde/Sindh. Like all regiments of the Indian Army, the 36th Jacob's Horse underwent many name changes in the various reorganisations. They are listed below.

History

*1839/1846 2nd Regiment of Scinde Irregular Horse *1860 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse *1861 9th Regiment of Scinde Silladar Cavalry *1861 2nd Regiment of Scinde Horse *1885 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob-Ka-Rissallah) *1888 6th Bombay Cavalry (Jacob's Horse) *1903 Jacob's Horse *In 1922 the 36th Jacob's Horse was amalgamated with the 35th Scinde Horse as the 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse.

Honours of Battle

The 2nd Scinde Horse, or Jacob's Horse (14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse) had the following principal battle honours, as a regiment of British Indian cavalry, until the Independence and Partition of

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and

in 1947:Gaylor, p.90. Also see Col Mansell, ''Prince of Wales's Own, Scinde Horse, 1839-1922'', London, 1926 and Lt Col KR Brooke, ''The Scinde Horse, 1922-1947'', Haslemare, 1957 Meeanee, Hyderabad, Cuthchee (Scinde/Sindh campaigns); Mooltan, Goojerat, Punjaub (Punjab, Anglo-Sikh Wars); Central India; Afghanistan 1878-80; Morvai, Cambrai 1917, France and Flanders 1914–18, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918; North West Frontier, India 1914–15, 1918. They did not receive any battle honours of the

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Origins

History

Honours of Battle

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