Rissaldar - Hyderabad Lancers
Worcestershire Regiment (29th and 36th Foot) by Richard Simkin
Paired with the carbine would be either a light curved sabre or a heavy straight sabre depending on the type of cavalry and battlefield role
Depicting the Light Brigade at the moment of reaching the Russian guns
Relief of the Light Brigade by Caton Woodville
Naik Darwan Singh Negi, The First Indian Soldier to Win The VC by Allan Stewart (P) NRG153 Rissaldar - Hyderabad LancersANT136P. Naik Darwan Singh Negi, The First Indian Soldier to Win The VC by Allan Stewart. Naik Darwan Singh Negi, of the 1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, won the VC on the night of the 23rd 24th November 1914. The enemys line of trenches had to be taken at all costs, and a gallant little party of two officers and some Afridis, well supplied with bombs, cleared the way for the attacking company. Then Naik Darwan Singh Negi went ahead of his section,