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[[File:DMLumsden.jpg|thumb|Colonel D.M. Lumsden]]<br />
'''Lumsden's Horse''', also known as '''Colonel Lumsden's Corps''', was the name given to the Indian Mounted Infantry Corps, which was formed in [[Calcutta]] in 1899 by Lieutenant-Colonel [[Dugald McTavish Lumsden]] of the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]. The new corps was raised from volunteers from various existing Indian regiments, including the Assam Valley Light Horse. Colonel Lumsden contributed 50,000 rupees.<br />
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The Corps left [[Calcutta]] 250 strong in February 1900 to take part in the [[Second Boer War]], under the command of Field Marshal [[Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|Lord Roberts]]. The Corps took part in the march to Bloemfontein, the occupation of [[Johannesburg]] and [[Pretoria]], the pursuit of de Wet, and the Barberton & De Kaap campaigns against the Boers.<br />
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[[Lord Curzon]], Viceroy and Governor General of India placed a memorial tablet in [[St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata|St.Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta]]. It lists those of the Corps who died in action and in sickness.<br />
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Lieutenant-Colonel [[Dugald McTavish Lumsden]] was formally appointed Commandant in March 1900, with Lieutenant-Colonel Eden Showers from the Surma Valley Light Horse as second in command.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27171 |page=1524 |date=6 March 1900}}</ref> Showers was succeeded by Major Henry Chamney in late April 1900.<br />
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This unit should not be confused with another horse regiment, the famous Guides Cavalry, which was founded by [[Harry Burnett Lumsden]], whose surname was eventually added to that regimental title too: Queen Victoria's Own Guides Cavalry (Lumsden's).<br />
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== References ==<br />
* Henry H S Pearse, ''The History of Lumsden's Horse'', Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1903.<br />
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[[Category:British Indian Army cavalry regiments]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations of the Second Boer War]]<br />
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