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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 .
XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (later renumbered as IV Brigade, RHA) K Battery, RHA C Battery, RHA from 19 October G Battery, RHA from 25 November XV (later IV) RHA Brigade Ammunition Column
British capture Fricourt during the Second Battle of Albert. July 2 Middle Eastern: Ottoman counter-attack into Persia reaches Kermanshah. July 2–25 Caucasian: Battle of Erzincan. July 3–7 Western: British capture La Boisselle during the Second Battle of Albert. July 3–12 Western
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 British Army during the First World War was the largest military force that Britain had put into the field up to that point.On the Western Front, the British Expeditionary Force ended the war as the strongest fighting force, more experienced than the United States Army and its morale was in better shape than the French Army. [182] [b]
30 April 2009 – British Army withdraws from Iraq, Operation Telic continues mainly by Royal Navy personnel. 10 July 2009 – Five men from 9 Plt, C Coy, 2 RIFLES died and ten were wounded, over half of the entire patrol, in what was the worst casualty toll for a British foot patrol during the war in Afghanistan. [22]
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)