Cap badge 16th Light Cavalry India

During World War II the regiment was employed in the defence of India having converted from horses to armour at Quetta in 1941.

In 1945 they were selected to undertake operations in Burma. Within three weeks the Regiment covered a distance of 3,500 miles from Quetta to the banks of Irrawady River and was personally complimented by General Slim, the Fourteenth Army commander.

In Burma the regiment were 14th Army troops and were also attached to the 255th Indian Tank Brigade, the brigade formation was;

• • 116 Royal Armoured Corps (formed from the Gordon Highlanders) - Sherman tanks.
  • 7th Light Cavalry - Stuart
  • 16th Light Cavalry - Humber and Daimler armoured cars (B squadron).