Queen's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry, 1914 (c)

Watercolour by Reginald Augustus Wymer (1849-1935), 1914 (c).

Cavalry charge by Queen's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry.

The Queen's Own Corps of Guides, formed in 1846 by Lieutenant Harry D Lumsden in Peshawar, were the first military force to adopt khaki as a service dress. The Guides consisted of a unique combination of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons. The North West Frontier where they operated was rarely quiet and although many other cavalry and infantry regiments served there, none was engaged more frequently than the elite Guides.

The Guides Cavalry served on the North West Frontier through most of World War One (1914-1918) but did serve in Mesopotamia with the 11th Indian Cavalry Brigade, from November 1917. After the war the Guides served in Persia, returning to India in 1921.