A Forgotten Hero: James Skinner - The “Father of Indian Cavalry”

Skinner was indeed an enormous character bigger than life, it would be a great movie his life. Great video mate, thanks for sharing, and on top of it we heard you speak Hindi, best regards.

Trying to find Skinner's House in the Summer was not nothing. Good job.

Great video, Chris! Very informative, what a character Skinner was! thank you for bringing him to light.

Skinner was an amazing man, great video.

How cool, last night I was trying to figure out where a lieutenant-colonel Joseph Wakefield of the 39th regiment might be buried in India in 1840 (died of fever along with his wife) Kamptee cemetery Nagpur

17.00 minutes in , a great accolade well said . Whole video was great 👍👏👏

Bless you for marching yourself through India in Summer. Treat yourself to some rest and good job. This history was absolutely worth hearing, thank you.

I'm an Indian Army (Armoured Corps) veteran. It was a pleasant surprise to see your channel and commentry about Skinners Horse. Wish you had contacted the regiment, would have gladly shown you the memorabilia in their officers mess. Excellent 👍👍 Jai Maa Bharti 😊👍🙏🇮🇳

Great to hear you're doing some episodes about some of the mercenary Europeans who were around India at the time. Perhaps also a look at the East India's European regiments?

I believe that you might find that being Indian or of mixed British and Indian ancestry was less of a disadvantage up to the early 19th Century than it was from the middle of the 19th Century on. You might also find that Indian culture was more respected by the British and other Europeans up to the early 19th Century than it was later.

I've read that, as well as the Christian Church you showed, Skinner built places of worship for both the Muslims and the Hindus who served in his regiment.

James skinner was an outstanding adventurer ,romantic revolutionary military genius and a brillant General,it was simply because of people like him that only 45,000 Britishers living in India till 1947 ,managed to rule over 350 million Indians , silmiarly they ruled over the largest empire in the history of the world, they produced the finest of explorers, traders,scientists ,soldiers, social workers, scholars, administrators, etc, we admire their out of proportion contribution to human civilization and social progress

Have you covered the Indian 4th Division in WW2? I've always thought they were somewhat overshadowed by 7th Armoured. I recall reading Compton McKenzie's (he of Whisky Galore fame) regimental history as a kid. Come to think of it, a lot of the Commonwealth units of the 8th Army get a bit of a short straw.

Incredible story well delivered. 👍

Excellent mate. What a character

This guy was very cool! I wonder if a Britain vs. China video (First Opium War, Seven Nation Army, etc.) could be a good idea.

Great Story Chris you need a pith helmet

Nice one Chris. A very informative video

I hope you do a series on The Crimean War

Lovely video. Just a small point that stands out. The man you are depicting as Holkar in the painting is in fact Ranjit Singh of Punjab. Holkar is in fact the man sitting across Ranjit Singh in that painting.