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{{ | {{Short description|Armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army}} | ||
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=={{anchor|3|23}}23rd Punjab Cavalry (Frontier Force)== | =={{anchor|3|23}}23rd Punjab Cavalry (Frontier Force)== | ||
The 23rd Cavalry was raised as the '''3rd Punjab Irregular Cavalry''' by Lieutenant WG Prendergast at Lahore in 1849, and it too saw extensive service on the Frontier with the Punjab Frontier Force. During the Second Afghan War, it was part of the [[ Kabul Field Force]], and took part in [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts]]' famous march from [[Kabul]] to [[Kandahar]] and fought in the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]]. During the First World War, the regiment served in [[Mesopotamia]] as part of the [[11th Indian Cavalry Brigade]] and was part of General [[Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend|Townsend]]'s failed advance towards Baghdad. It then served on the Tigris Front. Later on, it moved to the Euphrates Front and fought in the Battles of [[Action of Khan Baghdadi|Khan Baghdadi]] and [[Battle of Sharqat|Sharqat]]. One of its squadrons served in Persian [[Khuzestan|Arabistan]]. On their return to Indian they saw service in the [[Third Afghan War]] of 1919.<ref name="Effendi 2007" /><ref name="North 1934" /> | The 23rd Cavalry was raised as the '''3rd Punjab Irregular Cavalry''' by Lieutenant WG Prendergast at Lahore in 1849, and it too saw extensive service on the Frontier with the Punjab Frontier Force. During the Second Afghan War, it was part of the [[Kabul Field Force]], and took part in [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts]]' famous march from [[Kabul]] to [[Kandahar]] and fought in the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]]. During the First World War, the regiment served in [[Mesopotamia]] as part of the [[11th Indian Cavalry Brigade]] and was part of General [[Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend|Townsend]]'s failed advance towards Baghdad. It then served on the Tigris Front. Later on, it moved to the Euphrates Front and fought in the Battles of [[Action of Khan Baghdadi|Khan Baghdadi]] and [[Battle of Sharqat|Sharqat]]. One of its squadrons served in Persian [[Khuzestan|Arabistan]]. On their return to Indian they saw service in the [[Third Afghan War]] of 1919.<ref name="Effendi 2007" /><ref name="North 1934" /> | ||
* 1849 3rd Punjab Irregular Cavalry | * 1849 3rd Punjab Irregular Cavalry | ||
* 1851 3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | * 1851 3rd Regiment of Cavalry, Punjab Irregular Force | ||
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==Affiliations & Alliances== | ==Affiliations & Alliances== | ||
* {{flag icon|Pakistan}} The [[Frontier Force Regiment]] | * {{flag icon|Pakistan}} The [[9th Battalion of the Frontier Force Regiment]] | ||
* {{flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] | * {{flag icon|United Kingdom}} [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] | ||
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723033104/http://www.rydecemetery.org.uk/featuredgravesarticle.asp?featuredgravesid=15 General Sir Henry Dermot Daly] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723033104/http://www.rydecemetery.org.uk/featuredgravesarticle.asp?featuredgravesid=15 General Sir Henry Dermot Daly] | ||
{{Pakistan | {{Pakistan Armoured Corps}} | ||
{{British Indian Army Cavalry Regiments 1903 - 1946}} | {{British Indian Army Cavalry Regiments 1903 - 1946}} | ||
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[[Category:British Indian Army cavalry regiments]] | [[Category:British Indian Army cavalry regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]] | [[Category:Honourable East India Company regiments]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Armoured regiments of Pakistan]] | ||
[[Category:Indian World War I regiments]] | [[Category:Indian World War I regiments]] | ||
[[Category:Indian World War II regiments]] | [[Category:Indian World War II regiments]] | ||