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The British cavalry were the first British Army units to see action during the First World War. Captain Hornby of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards is reputed to have been the first British soldier to kill a German soldier, using his sword, and Corporal Edward Thomas of the same regiment is reputed to have fired the first British shot ...
Pages in category "Cavalry regiments of the British Army in World War I" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The two cavalry officers that commanded the British Expeditionary Force, Generals John French and Douglas Haig, flank the French General Joseph Joffre.. The British First World War cavalry generals, by the end of the war belonged to one of the smallest arms of the British Army, they did however, including those belonging to the British Indian Army, provided some of its highest ranking commanders.
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (1st Household Cavalry Brigade), the Anglo-Egyptian War (1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade), the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
The cavalry brigades were named for the commanding officer, rather than numbered. [a] For the Hundred Days Campaign, he numbered his British cavalry brigades in a single sequence, 1st to 7th. [b] The 2nd Cavalry Brigade consisted of: 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons; 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
List of military divisions — List of British divisions in the First World War. This page is a list of British divisions that existed in the First World War. Divisions were either infantry or cavalry. Divisions were categorised as being 'Regular Army' (professional), 'Territorial Force' (part-time) or 'New Army' (wartime). The 'Territorial ...
Cavalry regiments of the British Army in World War I (2 C, 51 P) Cheshire Regiment (2 C, 18 P) D. ... Yeomanry regiments of the British Army in World War I (18 C, 60 P)
The Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps of the British Army in the First World War. The corps was formed in France in October 1914, under General Sir Edmund Allenby. It was later broken up in March 1916, but re-established in the following September. [1] It served as part of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front throughout its ...