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In 1914, prior to the start of the First World War, there were just over 15,000 cavalrymen [23] serving in 31 British Army cavalry regiments. [24] [nb 1] There were three Household Cavalry regiments and 28 line cavalry regiments consisting of seven dragoon guards, three dragoon, 12 hussar, and six lancer regiments. [24]
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 .
Cavalry regiments of the British Army in World War I (2 C, 51 P) Cheshire Regiment (2 C, 18 P) D. Devonshire Regiment (2 C, 33 P) E. East Lancashire Regiment (2 C, 16 P)
9th Cavalry Brigade was formed in France on 14 April 1915 with the 15th Hussars and the 19th Hussars. [10] These regular cavalry regiments had been serving on the Western Front since August 1914 as divisional cavalry squadrons assigned to infantry divisions. [11] The brigade remained with 1st Cavalry Division for the rest of the war. [10]
This is a list of numbered Regiments of Cavalry of the British Army from the mid-18th century until 1922 when various amalgamations were implemented. The Life Guards were formed following the end of the English Civil War as troops of Life Guards between 1658 and 1659. [ 1 ]
A British infantry battalion had 4 companies and a machine-gun section (two machine-guns). In August 1914 it included 30 officers and 977 other ranks. It had 25 carts and wagons, including 4 field kitchens. [18] The single cavalry division assigned to the BEF in 1914 consisted of 15 cavalry regiments in five brigades.
The heavy cavalry consisted of twelve regiments, the 1st to 7th Dragoon Guards and the 1st to 6th Dragoons—the missing regiment was the 5th Dragoons, disbanded for mutiny in 1799 without renumbering younger regiments—while the light cavalry consisted of the 7th through 29th Light Dragoons and two regiments of German cavalry on the British ...
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).