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Queen's Own Corps
of Guides (Punjab Frontier Force) - Cavalry on Parade, 1897
The cavalry of the Corps
of Guides were granted the status of Lancers in 1896 but
there is no evidence of lances being carried here. All the
mounted men carry an unsheathed sword. They comprised one
squadron of Sikhs, one of Pathans, a half squadron of mixed
Dogras and Punjabi Hindus and a half squadron of Punjabi
Musalmans.
The mounted officer on the extreme left of the picture commands
the cavalry perhaps with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Behind him on a grey horse is a bugler. Coming towards the
forground, parallel with the cavalry commander is the officer
commanding the infantry with a standing bugler behind him.
The native infantry officers stand spaced out on the right
of the picture, holding swords. An infantry major is in
front of them mounted on a horse with a docked tail.
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