6th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Lancers ( Watson ' s Horse ) The 6 Lancers is an armoured regiment of the Pakistan Army . Previously , it was known as the 6th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Lancers ( Watson ' s Horse ) , which was a regular cavalry regiment in the British Indian Army . It was formed in 1921 by amalgamation of the 13th Duke of Connaught ' s Lancers ( Watson ' s Horse ) and the 16th Cavalry . The regiment and its predecessors have seen active service on the North West Frontier , in Egypt during 1882 , in China during the Boxer Rebellion , the two World Wars and the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 . On the Partition of India in 1947 , the regiment was allotted to the Pakistan Army , where it remains in service today . 13th Duke of Connaught ' s Lancers ( Watson ’ s Horse ) . The 13th Duke of Connaught ' s Lancer was originally raised in 1857 , at Lahore , as the 4th Sikh Irregular Cavalry by Lieutenants H Cattley and John Watson VC . Watson was appointed the commandant but did not join until 1860 . He would go on to command the regiment for eleven years and is better known for introducing changes in the riding practices of the cavalry , whereby the rider would rise in the stirrups during the trot instead of bumping along in the saddle . The regiment served in the Second Afghan War of 1878 – 80 and in Egypt in 1882 , where it fought against Arabi Pasha at the Battle of Tel - el - Kebir . It so impressed the Duke of Connaught that he requested his mother , Queen Victoria , to appoint him as their Colonel - in - Chief . In 1897 , the regiment was engaged in suppressing the tribal uprisings on the Northwest Frontier . During the First World War , the regiment remained on the Northwest Frontier until July 1916 , when it moved to Mesopotamia for the relief of Kut - al - Amara . On its return , it served in Waziristan during the Third Afghan War in 1919 . 16th Cavalry . The 16th Cavalry was raised as the Rohilcund Horse at Haldwani in 1857 and spent the next two years pacifying the Rohilkhand . In 1864 , the regiment was sent to conquer Bhutan as part of the Bhutan Field Force . It was disbanded in 1882 when three regiments were broken up to provide an additional , fourth squadron for the other regiments . However , fears of a Russian invasion led to the approval for an increase in strength of the cavalry and the 16th Cavalry was reformed in 1885 at Ambala . In 1900 , the regiment went to China to relieve the international legations in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion . On relieving the American Legation , the 16th Cavalry was presented with the United States flag , which had flown over the building and , for many years , it had hung in the Officers ' Mess . During the First World War , the 16th Cavalry served in the Mesopotamian Campaign . After the war , it served in the Third Afghan War of 1919 . 6th Duke of Connaught ’ s Own Lancers ( Watson ’ s Horse ) . After the First World War , the number of Indian cavalry regiments was reduced from thirty - nine to twenty - one . However , instead of disbanding the surplus units , it was decided to amalgamate them in pairs . This resulted in renumbering and renaming of the entire cavalry line . The 13th Duke of Connaught ' s Lancers ( Watson ’ s Horse ) and 16th Cavalry were amalgamated at Meerut on 1 June 1921 as the 13th / 16th Cavalry ; becoming the 6th Duke of Connaught ’ s Own Lancers a year later . Their uniform was blue with scarlet facings , while the new badge was to be crossed lances with the figure ' 6 ' on the intersection and a scroll below , reading ' The Duke of Connaught ' s Own ' . Their composition was one squadron each of Punjabi Muslims , Sikhs and Dogras . During the Second World War , the 6th Duke of Connaught ' s Own Lancers , now mounted on armoured cars , served as the Reconnaissance Regiment of 8th Indian Division in the Italian Campaign . The regiment was engaged in a number of actions , most notably the Second Battle of Cassino , Monte Moro , crossing of the Rivers Po and Adige and the race to Venice . In August 1947 , on the Partition of India , the 6th DCO Lancers was allotted to Pakistan . The regiment ' s Jat Squadron went to the 7th Light Cavalry in exchange for their Punjabi Mussalman Squadron , while the Sikh Squadron was exchanged with the Punjabi Mussalmans of the 8th King George V ' s Own Light Cavalry . In 1956 , Pakistan became a republic and all titles pertaining to the British royalty were dropped . The regiment ' s new designation was 6 Lancers . During the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 , 6 Lancers spearheaded the Pakistan Army ' s advance in the Kasur Sector and captured the Indian town of Khem Karan under the dynamic leadership of their Commandant , Lieutenant Colonel Sahib Zad Gul , who fell in battle while leading his regiment . Battle honours . Afghanistan 1878 – 80 , Tel - el - Kebir , Egypt 1882 , Punjab Frontier , China 1900 , Shaiba , Kut al Amara 1915 , Ctesiphon , Tigris 1916 , Baghdad , Kut al Amara 1917 , Sharqat , Mesopotamia 1915 – 18 , NW Frontier , India 1915 , Afghanistan 1919 , The Trigno , Tuffilo , The Sangro , The Moro , Cassino II , Pignataro , Liri Valley , The Senio , Santerno Crossing , Italy 1943 – 45 , Khem Karan 1965 . Affiliations and alliances . Light Dragoons