British Empire Title


11th Bengal Lancers

Sowar 1886


Circa 1886. Note the leather equipment with carbine slung on the cross-brace on his back and the stirrup-hilted sword in a frog at his left side. The 9ft bamboo India pattern lance has a ball finial and a hollow ground triangular section head. National Army Museum


11th Bengal Lancers' Uniforms


Armed Forces | Art and Culture | Articles | Biographies | Colonies | Discussion | Glossary | Hiking | Home | Library | Links | Map Room | Sources and Media | Science and Technology | Search | Student Zone | Timelines | TV and Film | Wargames

Donate by Stephen Luscombe