Indian Cavalry: 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)

In Collaboration With Charles Griffin

History

In 1903 the Punjab Cavalry regiments were re-numbered to fall in line with the cavalry regiments of Bengal, Madras, Hyderabad and Bombay so that the 1st became the 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (FF).

Badges

Battle Honours since 1849

DELHI
LUCKNOW
AHMAD KHEL
AFGHANISTAN 1878-80

Predecessor Units
1849	1st Regiment of Punjab Cavalry
1851	1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force
1865	1st Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
1865	1st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Frontier Force
1901	1st (Prince Albert Victor's Own) Punjab Cavalry
Titles
1903	21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
1904	21st Prince Albert Victor's Own (Frontier Force) (Daly's Horse)
Successor Units
1921	21/23rd Cavalry
1922	11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force)
1927	Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (11th Frontier Force)
1947	to Pakistan, except the Sikh squadron

Further Reading

History of The 1st Punjab Cavalry
(Lahore 1887)

Punjab Frontier Force 1846-1924
by R North
1934

India's Army
by Major Donovan Jackson

Indian Army Uniforms Under the British from the 18th century to 1947 Cavalry
by W Y Carman
(Leonard Hill 1961)

Indian Cavalry Regiments 1880-1914
by A H Bowling
(Almark 1971)

The Armies of India
by Major G F MacMunn
(Adam and Charles Black 1911)

An Assemblage of Indian Army Soldiers and Uniforms
by Michael Glover
(Perpetua Press 1973)

The Indian Army
by Boris Mollo
(Blandford Press 1981)