I SERVE (Ich Dien') Saga of The Eighteenth Cavalry" Maj Gen Gurcharn Singh Sandhu, PVSM (Retd) A book written by Maj Gen Gurcharn Singh Sandhu, PVSM (Retd) and published by Lancer International. The book covers the history of the 18th Cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army and its various campaigns, including the First and Second World Wars. It is divided into several chapters, beginning with the regiment's raising in 1857 and covering its early years in India, including its participation in the Second Afghan War and the Boxer Rebellion in China. The book then moves on to the First World War, where the regiment saw action in Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt, followed by the Second World War, where the regiment fought in the North African and Italian campaigns and later in Burma.