Button, officer, 4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Hodson’s Horse, 1922-1947 (gilt)

Button, officer, 4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Hodson’s Horse, 1922-1947. Circular gilt button with crossed lances and King’s Crown, flanked by the initials ‘H H’. In 1921 the 9th Hodson’s Horse were amalgamated with the 10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse), forming the 4th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Hodson’s Horse in the following year. Both units had their origins in an irregular cavalry unit raised by Brevet Major William Hodson during the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Post-independence, the 4th (Hodson’s) Horse retained it’s founder’s name, as part of India’s armoured force. From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.