In December, it was joined by a small body of independent cavalry of Punjabi Jat Muslims called the Tiwana Horse.

The regiment served in the Second Afghan War during 1879–80 and took part in the 1897 Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier of India.

In 1918, it moved to Egypt joining the 13th Cavalry Brigade and took part in General Edmund Allenby's campaign in Palestine.

During World War I, the regiment served in France in the 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade and participated in the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai.

The badge consisted of crossed lances with the cypher of King George V at the intersection, a crown above, and the title scroll below.

[2] During the Second World War, the 19th KGVO Lancers was the divisional Reconnaissance Regiment of 25th Indian Infantry Division and fought in the Third Arakan Campaign in Burma.

In May, a squadron of 19th KGVO Lancers took part in the seaborne assault landing near Rangoon, which led to the capture of the Burmese capital.

Although Japan surrendered in August, the operation proceeded as planned and the 25th Division along with 19th KGVO Lancers was the first formation to land in Malaya.

[7] Battle of Taku Forts (1860), Pekin 1860, Ahmad Khel, Afghanistan 1878–80, Tirah, Punjab Frontier, Somme 1916, Bazentin, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Cambrai 1917, France and Flanders 1914–18, Megiddo, Sharon, Damascus, Palestine 1918, Buthidaung, Mayu Valley, Myebon, Kangaw, Ru-Ywa, Dalet, Tamandu, Rangoon Road, Burma 1942–45, Chawinda 1965, Lower Dir and Swat (2017-2019).