Both regiments were regular cavalry units that had had long and distinguished records in the British Indian Army prior to their amalgamation.

During World War II the regiment was converted into an armoured car unit and served during the Burma campaign.

The 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry served in the South Yemen during World War I as part of the Aden Field Force.

British officers that understood the language, customs, and psychology of their men could not be quickly replaced, and the alien environment of the Western Front had some effect on the soldiers.

[5] In 1922, the two regiments were amalgamated to form the 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry, inheriting in the process, the traditions and rich heritages of two cultures.

Then came the Great War and the 26th King George's Own Light Cavalry was moved to South Yemen as part of the Aden Field Force, where, keeping in the traditions of the regiment, it performed brilliantly.

During this war, 30th Lancers saw action in France where, though being a cavalry regiment, it received a good taste of trench warfare.

[7] The history of mechanized warfare was re-written by the regiment in 1962, when it drove its AMX-13 tanks to the dizzying heights of 14,000 feet up the Nathu La pass road in Sikkim – a feat never performed or attempted before anywhere in the world.

The 1971 Indo-Pak war saw the regiment with their Vijayanta tanks among the Indian forces which had wrung the tactically fragile Chicken's Neck in the Akhnoor Sector.