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Charge and Pursue by Mark Churms. The Queens Bays engage enemy foot and horse outside Luknow, led by Major Percy Smith. The regiment was given the order to charge and pursue. The Bays thundered into action accompanied by the second Punjab cavalry. In the action Major Percy Smith was killed along with two corporals. |
Sowar of Probyns Horse Engages Mutineers at Lucknow, 1857 by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue. |
Officer of Probyns Horse Engages Mutineers, Lucknow 1857 by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue. |
Melee Between the Queens Bays and Bombay Light Cavalry at Lucknow, 1857 by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue. |
Officer 16th Lancers India, 1846 by Mark Churms. The 16th Lancers were part of General Sir Harry Smith's army consisitng of the British and Bengali army of 12,000 men and 30 guns against the Sikh army of 30,000 men and 67 guns of Ranjodh Singh during the First Sikh War which was fought on the 28th January 1848 in the Punjab in the North West of India. This painting depicts the 16th Lancers which were part of Brigadier Macdowell's brigade consisitng of the 16th Queen's Lancers, 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry and 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry. The 16th Lancers charged several times during the action, breaking a number of Sikh infantry squares and overrunning a battery of Sikh artillery. The Lancers are shown wearing over their chapkas the white cotton cover which had been adopted for service in the tropics. |
Sikander Sahib's Yellow Boys by Mark Churms. The colour and pageantry of the Raj is exemplified by a full-dress review in honour of the Viceroys visit to Luknow in 1899. The famous regiment of Bengal Lancers known as Skinners Horse, or Sikander Sahibs Yellow Boys receive the salutes from British Army staff officers. Also present are the 3rd Hussars. |
Officer of the Queens Bays, Lucknow 1857 by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue. |
Lucknow 1857 - Queens Bays Trooper Engaging Mutinous Officer by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue. |
2nd Dragoon Guards Officer by Mark Churms. No text for this item |
Officer, Skinner's Horse 1905 by Mark Churms. The Founders Church of St. James, Dehli, illustrates its association with this famous regiment of Bengal Lancers. |
Lucknow 1857, Trooper and Trumpeter of the Queens Bays by Mark Churms. (P) Study for the original painting Charge and Pursue. |
Charge of the 16th Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal by Mark Churms. The 16th Lancers were part of General Sir Harry Smith's army consisitng of the British and Bengali army of 12,000 men and 30 guns against the Sikh army of 30,000 men and 67 guns of Ranjodh Singh during the First Sikh War which was fought on the 28th January 1846 in the Punjab in the North West of India. This painting depicts the 16th Lancers which were part of Brigadier Macdowell's brigade consisitng of the 16th Queen's Lancers, 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry and 4th Bengal Irregular Cavalry. The 16th Lancers charged several times during the action, breaking a number of Sikh infantry squares and overrunning a battery of Sikh artillery. The Lancers are shown wearing over their chapkas the white cotton cover which had been adopted for service in the tropics. |
Original Oil Study of Officer Skinner's Horse painting by Mark Churms. (P) No text for this item |
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