Captain. A. Lingaraj Urs. IOM, Mysore Lancers in WW1

Risaldar A.Lingaraj Urs. IOM. of Mysore Lancers in WW 1.

The following  princely states, among the many Indian Princely States, sent their forces with their men , animals and materials to fight for the British Empire in the First World War, during 1914-18. Some of them had Lancers as well as Infantry with transport. Generally one or more British Special Service Officers were attached to these State forces.

Alwar, Bahawalpur, Bharatpur, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Bikaner, Faridkot, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Idar, Indore, Jaipur, Jind, Jodhpur, Junagadh, Kapurthala, Kashmir,

While no information is available on the date of birth of Shri. Lingaraj Urs, ( son of Shri  Basavaraje Urs of Mysore)

After Mysore Lancers landed in Suez Canal area, they were assigned the duty of guarding the Suez from the East Bank from the Ottoman and Germans who were regularly attacking this area.  . In October 1915, in the eastern  parts of Kantarah area, Mysore Lancers  saw  60 camel mounted Turkish troops, with  a back up of 200 more,  advancing.  They were engaged, chased 7 miles, eastwards. The notorious Bedouin leader Rizkalla Salim, famed for most raids on the canal, was engaged in a hand to hand fight, and was killed by  Jemadar A. Lingaraj Urs., and after Salim's death the attempts on the canal entirely ceased.  For this bravery, Lingaraj Urs was awarded  Indian Order of Merit (2nd Class)

After the successful operations by the British Forces in Haifa and Megiddo, the surviving forces of the Ottoman Yildirim Army Group, began fleeing from Judean Hills, towards Damascus to group afresh there. The chasing offensive was  by Australian Mounted Division . On 25th October 1918, serious fighting broke out at Aleppo in Syrian area.  This resulted in a loss of  lives of thirteen brave soldiers of Mysaore Lancers, in which Lingaraj Urs was also one of them. His mortal remains are kept in CWGC  Basra Memorial  Panel 68

He was the son-in-law of Col. B. Chamaraje Urs, who was the Field Commander of Mysore Lancers in the Sinai/Palestine  campaign. Shri  T.V. Nagaprasanna Raje Urs, grandson of Risaldar A. Lingaraj Urs was also  honoured in  the Centenary Celebrations of Haifa War  held in  Mysore/Bangalore  in 2018.

 

 

The  names of all the  13 "Mysore Lancers"  Warriors who sacrificed  their lives in the Aleppo War(Syria)   on 26  October 1918,in WW I, whose memorials  are  displayed  at  CWGC  Basra Memorial  in Iraq.  all in Panel:   68

Name	Medal	Rank	Service #	Relations
ABDUL RAHMAN KHAN		Sowar	'1158'	S/o Abdul Sattar Khan, of Yathanpilli, Srinivaspur, Kolar, Mysore.
ANNAJI RAO	I D S M	Lance Daffadar	'782'	S/o Sundar-Ji Rao, of Thali, Hospur, Salem, Madras.
GANPATH RAO MAHADIK		Sowar	'1031'	S/o Raghu-Nath Rao Mahadik, of Maralavari, Kankanhalli, Bangalore, Mysore.
LINGARAJ URS.A	I O M	Risaldar		S/o Basawa Ji Urs, of Mysore.
MAHADEVA RAO BOBADE		Sowar	'1027'	S/o Ran-Jit Bobad, of Gayadagere, Yedatore, Mysore.
MIR ASHRAF ALI	I D S M	Daffadar Major	'958'	S/o Mir Ghulam Ali, of Bangalore, Mysore.
MUHAMMAD ABDUL SATTAR		Lance Daffadar	'875'	S/o Muhammad Abdul Rahman, of Srinivaspur, Kolar, Mysore.
NARAYANA RAO SINDHIA		Sowar	'738'	S/o Chandar-Rao Siddhi, of Kankanhalli, Bangalore, Mysore.
RAGHUNATHA RAO BIRJI		Lance Daffadar	'666'	S/o Subba-Rao Birjai, of Masti, Malur, Kolar, Mysore.
RAMA RAO GAIKWAD		Sowar	'1030'	S/o Krishna-Ji Rao Gaikwad, of Belagola, Hassan, Mysore.
SHEIKH IBRAHIM		Sowar	'802'	S/o Sheikh Ahmad, of Kaggere, Tumkur, Mysore.
VENKATA RAO MANAI		Daffadar	'628'	S/o Subba Rao Mana, of Muruganalla, Chintamani, Kolar, Mysore.
YESWANTHA RAO SAILKE		Sowar	'1226'	S/o Venkoba Rao Salku, of Hanomanthapur, Kankanhalli, Bangalore, Mysore.