page_title: 5th Horse
section_title: 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)
hierarchical_section_title: 5th Horse / 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)
caption_attribution_description: English: Risaldar Major, 11th King Edward’s Own Lancers (Probyn’s Horse), now 5 Horse, Pakistan Army. Watercolour by AC Lovett, 1910.
context_page_description: The 5th Horse is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army. It was previously known as the 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse, which was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of the 11th King Edward's Own Lancers and the 12th Cavalry.
context_section_description: The regiment known as 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) was originally raised on 1 August 1857 by Captain Frederick Wale as Wale's Horse during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and served at Lucknow. Captain Wale was killed in action on 1 March 1858, while leading the regiment in the pursuit of rebels, and was replaced by Major Dighton Probyn, VC. In 1860 the regiment was dispatched to China to take part in the Second Opium War. It participated in the advance on Peking and returned to India in 1861 with a good reputation. The regiment saw service in the Second Afghan War of 1878-80 and then took part in the Black Mountains Expedition; it went to Chitral and formed part of the Malakand Field Force. During the First World War, the regiment served in Mesopotamia.
  1857   Wale's Horse
  1857   1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry
  1858   1st Sikh Irregular Cavalry (Probyn's Horse)
  1861   11th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry
  1864   11th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry (Lancers)
  1874   11th Regiment of Bengal Lancers
  1876   11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bengal Lancers
  1901   11th (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers
  1903   11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers
  1904   11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)
  1906   11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)
caption: Risaldar-Major, 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse). Watercolour by AC Lovett, 1910
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