Musalmans and ½ squadron of Pathans; whereas the 10th Horse had 1 ¼ squadron of Sikhs, 1 squadron of Dogras, 1 squadron of Punjabi Musalmans and ½ squadron of Pathans. At present, the regiment is composed of two Sikh and one Dogra Squadrons. Notable officers Major William Stephen Raikes Hodson - Commanding officer on formation. General Sir Hugh Henry Gough – Was a Lieutenant in the Bengal European Light Cavalry, and serving in the Guides Cavalry - received the Victoria Cross for his acts of bravery during the mutiny, while serving in the Hodson's Horse. General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough, – Brother of Hugh Gough, joined the 8th Bengal Cavalry, and served in the Guides Cavalry - received the Victoria Cross for his acts of bravery during the mutiny, while serving in the Hodson's Horse. General Sir Henry Dermot Daly – Second Commandant of the Regiment Risaldar-Major Man Singh - Raised the first troop (risallah), decorated with the Order of Merit 1st class and the Order of British India 1st class. On 9 March 1866, he was appointed as the first Risaldar Major of the 9th Bengal Cavalry, a post he held until his retirement in 1877. Having left military service, he was made Honorary Magistrate at Amritsar and then manager of the Golden Temple at Amritsar. Colonel Osmond Barnes - Commanded the 10th Bengal (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers and was Herald, who proclaimed Queen Victoria as the Empress of India at the Great Imperial Assemblage on 1 January 1877. General Sir Arthur Power Palmer, - Commander-in-Chief, India between March 1900 and December 1902. Major General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor - Quartermaster General for the British Army in India, the head of the Intelligence Department for the British Indian Army and founder of the United Service Institution of India. Major General Sir Guy Archibald Hastings Beatty - Was Aide de Camp to King George V, commander of the 4th Indian Cavalry Brigade in August 1925 and Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian State Forces. Major-General Austin Timeous Miller Lieutenant General Thomas William Corbett, - General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 1st Indian Armoured Division and commanded the IV Corps during the Second World War. General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, - General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command, India in 1946 and 1947 and the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army. Colonel George Lindsay Garstin - Joined the 9th Bengal Cavalry on 3 August