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The Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army which served in the North West Frontier and had a unique composition of being part infantry and part cavalry. It evolved through the 20th century to become the Guides Cavalry. It is now a regiment of the modern Pakistan Army. ==History== The brainchild of Sir Henry Lawrence, the Corps had Lt. Harry Lumsden as its commandant and W.S.R. Hodson (the Hodson of ''Hodson's Horse'') as second-in-command. On 6 February 1847 Lumsden wrote to his father " I have just been nominated to raise the corps of Guides. It will be the finest appointment in the country".〔'Lumsden of the Guides'(London, 1899) by P. Lumsden and G. Elsmie; p.28.〕 A few months later, on 16 September 1847 Hodson wrote to his brother "..of my good fortune... I am to be the Second-in-Command with the Corps of Guides".〔'Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India; being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson' (London, 1859), edited by George H. Hodson; p.47.〕 The Corps had modest beginnings. When it was raised at Kalu Khan, on the Yusufzai Plain, in the Peshawar Valley region by Lt. Lumsden in December 1846, it comprised just one troop of cavalry and two companies of infantry. The first action was at Mughdara, in the Panitar Hills. Within two years, the small force of Guides had established a name for itself, under Lumsden, its founder, and Hodson . When the Second Sikh War broke out in 1848, the unit was given authorisation for a three-fold increase in size, to six companies of infantry and three troops of cavalry. The Guides maintained the quirky 'cavalry and infantry combined in the same regiment' format for many years, and even when split into two separate components, the name lingered in both elements. The Corps of Guides became the garrison unit of a key post on the frontier, the new fort of (Hoti ~) Mardan. The building of the fort in 1854 was organised and supervised by Hodson 〔'Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India; being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson' (London, 1859), edited by George H. Hodson; pp 149, 153〕 who had been promoted commandant of the regiment in 1852.〔'Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India; being extracts from the letters of the late Major W.S.R. Hodson' (London, 1859), edited by George H. Hodson; p.128〕 In 1857 the unit was called urgently to help relieve the Siege of Delhi. In just over three weeks the Guides marched nearly six hundred miles during the hottest month of the year, crossing five great rivers and fighting four small actions. The march coincided with the month of Ramadan meaning that the muslim soldiers in the force could neither eat nor drink during the hours of daylight. On arrival at Delhi, the force of 600 Guides were almost immediately called upon to join the defence of the city. Men who had just completed a march of some 580 miles were thrown into a battle of such intensity that no fewer than 350 of the 600 became casualties within an hour of their arrival in Delhi. The Corps of Guides was part of the Frontier Force brigade and developed a reputation of being an elite unit. They were the first unit in the Indian or British Armies to dress in "khaki" uniform, first introduced in 1848.〔"Khaki Uniform 1848-49: First Introduction by Lumsden and Hodson", Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, JSAHR 82 (Winter 2004) pp 341-347〕 Typically, the Guides were often used in small detachments, usually supported by other Frontier Force troops. The designations of the Corps of Guides changed over time as follows: * The Corps of Guides (1846) * The Corps of Guides, Punjab Irregular Force (1857) * Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force (1865) * Queen's Own Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force (1876) * Queen's Own Corps of Guides (1901) * Queen's Own Corps of Guides (Lumsden's) (1904) * Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) (1911).〔''Quarterly Indian Army List January 1919'', p. 964〕 In 1911 the cavalry and infantry components were designated as such. The cavalry then became, successively:- * Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Cavalry (1911) * 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps Of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) (1922) * The Guides Cavalry (10th Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force) (1927)〔Gaylor, p.81〕 and the infantry:- * Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) Infantry (1911) * 5th Bn (QVO Corps of Guides) 12th Frontier Force Regiment (1922)〔Gaylor, p. 171-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corps of Guides (India)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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