indian cavalry | Red Army Screaming

Posted on May 4, 2021May 9, 2021 by Erik Chipchase

TOP: Indian Army Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers, 2nd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force. Oil on canvas by Gordon Hayward (1890).

BELOW: The photograph the painting was based on (1859).

The sitters are Rissaldars Bishan Singh and Hakdad Khan; Daffadars Bishan Singh, Sarmukh Singh and Panjab Singh; and Jemadars Jamyat Singh, Jiwan Singh and Sher Singh. Jamyat or Jumeeyuyt Singh, standing at the back on the right was responsible for saving the life of Captain (later Major-General Sir) Dighton Probyn early in the Mutiny and on 31 August 1858 he was one of the three men who saved Captain (later General Sir) Samuel Browne at Seerporah, in the action for which the latter won the VC but lost his arm.

Courtesy National Army Museum.

Posted on December 11, 2018December 18, 2018 by Erik Chipchase

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2nd Bengal Lancers Officer’s WW1 Turban Head Dress with Pagri/Lungi

Posted on December 11, 2018February 1, 2021 by Erik Chipchase

somersetbond:

2nd Bengal Lancers Officer’s WW1 Turban Head Dress with Pagri/Lungi

Posted on March 25, 2018December 8, 2018 by Erik Chipchase

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17th Indian Cavalry on parade: Kajiado, 1915.

(IWM)

Posted on March 19, 2018December 8, 2018 by Erik Chipchase

victoriansword:

Indian Cavalry Lance, 19th Century

On its original male bamboo haft. Cruciform section leaf shaped point on tapered socket with a fine raised retailer’s or arsenal badge. The butt with original iron grounding spike. Haft with mottled old arsenal paint mixed with preservative.

Posted on March 19, 2018February 1, 2021 by Erik Chipchase

victoriansword:

Indian Cavalry Lance, 19th Century

On its original male bamboo haft. Cruciform section leaf shaped point on tapered socket with a fine raised retailer’s or arsenal badge. The butt with original iron grounding spike. Haft with mottled old arsenal paint mixed with preservative.

Posted on March 14, 2018December 8, 2018 by Erik Chipchase

viktor-sbor:

Soldiers of the Queen – Indian Cavalry Officers Queens Jubilee 1887 – Lena Singh

Woordi Major (Adjutant) Lena Singh of the 2nd Central India Horse. Lena Singh was veteran and the Second Anglo-Afghan War and took part in Gereal Frederick Sleigh
Robert’s epic 300 mile forced march from Kabul to relieve the besieged city of Kandahar in 1880. He wears the Queen’s 1887 Jubilee Medal, The Second Anglo-Afghan War Medal
with the clasp “Kandahar” and Robert’s bronze Kabul to Kandahar star made from gun metal of captured Afghan artillery.

Posted on March 14, 2018February 1, 2021 by Erik Chipchase

viktor-sbor:

Soldiers of the Queen – Indian Cavalry Officers Queens Jubilee 1887 – Lena Singh

Woordi Major (Adjutant) Lena Singh of the 2nd Central India Horse. Lena Singh was veteran and the Second Anglo-Afghan War and took part in Gereal Frederick Sleigh
Robert’s epic 300 mile forced march from Kabul to relieve the besieged city of Kandahar in 1880. He wears the Queen’s 1887 Jubilee Medal, The Second Anglo-Afghan War Medal
with the clasp “Kandahar” and Robert’s bronze Kabul to Kandahar star made from gun metal of captured Afghan artillery.