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4th Cavalry
Active	1838-1922
Country	India
Allegiance	Oudh State (1840-1858) East India Company (1840-1858) British India (1858-1922)
Branch	Oudh State (1838-1840) Bengal Army (1840-1895)  British Indian Army (1895-1922)
Type	Cavalry
Size	Regiment

The4th Cavalry was acavalryregiment ofAwadh (1838-40), theBengal Army (1838-1895) and theBritish Indian Army (1895-1922).

The 4th Cavalry was raised in 1838 in the service of theNawab of Awadh and underwent numerous reorganisations and amalgamations as listed below.

In 1840, the regiment was converted to the service of theEast India Company as the 6th Bengal Irregular Cavalry. The regiment was granted an Honorary Standard for its service in Sind in 1844, wearing the device of a lion 'passantregardant'.

As part of the 1861 reforms it was add to the regular establishment as the 4th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry. The regiment earned its first battle honour "Afghanistan NWF 1879-80" for service during theSecond Anglo-Afghan War.

The regiment went through four changes of title between 1900 and 1904, initially owing to the regiment being rearmed with the lance. The regiment was stationed at theBareilly Cantonment whenWorld War I broke out in 1914.

In August 1914, the regiment was mobilised as the divisional cavalry regiment of the7th (Meerut) Division, and landed in France in October 1914

In November 1915 they left the front and entrained forMarseille, however they did not sail until the end of December. They were transferred to Mesopotamia, arriving in January 1916. They were transferred to serve with the6th Indian Cavalry Brigade. They left Mesopotamia and returned to India in late 1917. In late 1920 the 4th Cavalry were sent toPalestine on occupation duties, not returning toBombay, India until January 1922.

In April 1922, the 4th was amalgamated with the2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) to form the 2nd–4th Cavalry. However this title was short-lived and the new unit was retitled 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) by October 1922.

• 1837 1st Regiment Oudh Light Auxiliary Force Horse
• 1840 6th Bengal Irregular Cavalry
• 1861 4th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
• 1900 4th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
• 1901 4th Bengal Lancers
• 1903 4th Lancers
• 1904 4th Cavalry
• 1922 Amalgamated with 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse), to initially form 2nd-4th Cavalry then2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)^[1]

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• Indian Army List, various dates

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