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Divisions

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Assigned Mounted Brigades

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Dates 2nd Mounted Division ANZAC Mounted Division Imperial Mounted Division
Australian Mounted Division
Yeomanry Mounted Division
1st Mounted Division
4th Cavalry Division
2nd Mounted Division
5th Cavalry Division
Independent
September 1914 1st South Midland 2nd South Midland Notts & Debry London            
August 1915 1st South Midland 2nd South Midland Notts & Debry London Yeomanry          
December 1915 1st South Midland 2nd South Midland Notts & Debry London            
March 1916   1st LH 2nd LH NZMR 3rd LH       5th Mtd
Corps Troops
6th Mtd
WFF
7th Mtd
Salonika
8th Mtd
Salonika
22nd Mtd
WFF
January 1917   1st LH 2nd LH NZMR 22nd Mtd 3rd LH 4th LH 5th Mtd 6th Mtd       7th Mtd
Corps Troops
8th Mtd
Salonika
 
June 1917   1st LH 2nd LH NZMR   3rd LH 4th LH 5th Mtd   6th Mtd 8th Mtd 22nd Mtd     7th Mtd
Corps Troops
 
March 1918   1st LH 2nd LH NZMR   3rd LH 4th LH 5th LH   6th Mtd 8th Mtd 22nd Mtd 5th Mtd 7th Mtd IS Cav  
July 1918   1st LH 2nd LH NZMR   3rd LH 4th LH 5th LH   10th Cav 11th Cav 12th Cav 13th Cav 14th Cav 15th (IS) Cav  

Assigned artillery batteries

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Dates 2nd Mounted ANZAC Mounted Imperial Mounted
Australian Mounted
Yeomanry Mounted
1st Mounted
4th Cavalry
2nd Mounted
5th Cavalry
Independent V Lowland RFA
September 1914 I RHA II RHA            
Warks RHA
B HAC
Berks RHA Notts RHA A HAC            
August 1915           B HAC Berks RHA Notts RHA A HAC  
December 1915 B HAC Berks RHA Notts RHA A HAC           Hants RHA Essex RHA West Riding RHA
March 1916   III RHA IV RHA          
Leics RHA Somerset RHA Ayr RHA Inverness RHA       B HAC Berks RHA Notts RHA A HAC Hants RHA Essex RHA West Riding RHA
January 1917   Leics RHA Somerset RHA Ayr RHA Inverness RHA Notts RHA A HAC B HAC Berks RHA       Hants RHA Essex RHA  
June 1917   XVIII RHA XIX RHA XX RHA      
Somerset RHA Inverness RHA Ayr RHA   Notts RHA A HAC B HAC   Berks RHA Hants RHA Leics RHA   Essex RHA
Corps Troops
   
March 1918   Somerset RHA Inverness RHA Ayr RHA   Notts RHA A HAC B HAC   Berks RHA Hants RHA Leics RHA Essex RHA      
July 1918   Somerset RHA Inverness RHA Ayr RHA   Notts RHA A HAC B HAC   Berks RHA Hants RHA Leics RHA Essex RHA      
September 1918   Somerset RHA Inverness RHA Ayr RHA   Notts RHA
detached
A HAC B HAC   Berks RHA Hants RHA Leics RHA Essex RHA Notts RHA
attached
   

Mounted Brigades

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1st Line Mounted Brigades

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Brigade Template Notes
Eastern Mounted Brigade Eastern Mounted Brigade
Highland Mounted Brigade Highland Mounted Brigade
London Mounted Brigade London Mounted Brigade
Lowland Mounted Brigade Lowland Mounted Brigade Add commanders
North Midland Mounted Brigade North Midland Mounted Brigade
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade
Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade War formed; Add commanders
South Eastern Mounted Brigade South Eastern Mounted Brigade
1st South Midland Mounted Brigade 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade
2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade
South Wales Mounted Brigade South Wales Mounted Brigade
1st South Western Mounted Brigade 1st South Western Mounted Brigade Add commanders
2nd South Western Mounted Brigade 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
Welsh Border Mounted Brigade Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
Yeomanry Mounted Brigade War formed
Yorkshire Mounted Brigade Yorkshire Mounted Brigade Add commanders

Composite

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1st Composite Mounted Brigade
2nd Composite Mounted Brigade

Dismounted

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Dismounted Infantry Notes
1st Dismounted Brigade
2nd Dismounted Brigade 229th Brigade (United Kingdom)
3rd Dismounted Brigade 230th Brigade (United Kingdom)
4th Dismounted Brigade 231st Brigade (United Kingdom) Already done; reformat?

Numbered

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31 March 1916 Original name Cavalry / Cyclist Renumbered
1st Mounted Brigade 2/1st Highland Mounted Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
2nd Mounted Brigade 2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade new 2nd Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade
3rd Mounted Brigade 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
4th Mounted Brigade 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
5th Mounted Brigade 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade 13th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)
6th Mounted Brigade 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade 10th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)
7th Mounted Brigade Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade 14th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)
8th Mounted Brigade London Mounted Brigade 11th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)
9th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade
10th Mounted Brigade 2/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade
11th Mounted Brigade 2/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade new 1st Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade
12th Mounted Brigade 2/1st London Mounted Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
13th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade
14th Mounted Brigade 2/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade new 3rd Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade
15th Mounted Brigade 2/1st South Western Mounted Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade
16th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Southern Mounted Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade
17th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade
18th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade
19th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade
20th Mounted Brigade 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade
21st Mounted Brigade 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade 14th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade
22nd Mounted Brigade North Midland Mounted Brigade 12th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)

Yeomanry Regiments

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Precedence

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# Regiment Peace time Mounted Brigade
1 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1st South Western Mounted Brigade
2 Warwickshire Yeomanry 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade
3 Yorkshire Hussars Yorkshire Mounted Brigade
4 Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade
5 Staffordshire Yeomanry North Midland Mounted Brigade
6 Shropshire Yeomanry Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
7 Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry Lowland Mounted Brigade
8 Cheshire Yeomanry Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
9 Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Yorkshire Mounted Brigade
10 Leicestershire Yeomanry North Midland Mounted Brigade
11 North Somerset Yeomanry 1st South Western Mounted Brigade
12 Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry att. Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
13 Lanarkshire Yeomanry Lowland Mounted Brigade
14 Northumberland Hussars att. Yorkshire Mounted Brigade
15 South Nottinghamshire Hussars Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade
16 Denbighshire Hussars Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
17 Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry att. Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
18 Pembroke Yeomanry South Wales Mounted Brigade
19 Royal East Kent Yeomanry South Eastern Mounted Brigade
20 Hampshire Yeomanry 1st South Western Mounted Brigade
21 Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade
22 Derbyshire Yeomanry Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade
23 Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry att. 1st South Western Mounted Brigade
24 Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade
25 Hertfordshire Yeomanry att. Eastern Mounted Brigade
26 Berkshire Yeomanry 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade
27 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars) London Mounted Brigade
28 Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
29 Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) Eastern Mounted Brigade
30 Royal North Devon Yeomanry 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
31 Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade
32 Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry South Eastern Mounted Brigade
33 West Somerset Yeomanry 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade
34 Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade
35 Montgomeryshire Yeomanry South Wales Mounted Brigade
36 Lothians and Border Horse Lowland Mounted Brigade
37 Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry att. Lowland Mounted Brigade
38 Lancashire Hussars att. Welsh Border Mounted Brigade
39 Surrey Yeomanry att. South Eastern Mounted Brigade
40 Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Highland Mounted Brigade
41 Norfolk Yeomanry Eastern Mounted Brigade
42 Sussex Yeomanry South Eastern Mounted Brigade
43 Glamorgan Yeomanry South Wales Mounted Brigade
Welsh Horse Yeomanry Formed 18 August 1914
44 Lincolnshire Yeomanry North Midland Mounted Brigade
45 City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) London Mounted Brigade
46 Westminster Dragoons att. London Mounted Brigade
47 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) London Mounted Brigade
48 Bedfordshire Yeomanry att. Eastern Mounted Brigade
49 Essex Yeomanry Eastern Mounted Brigade
50 Northamptonshire Yeomanry att. Eastern Mounted Brigade
51 East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry Yorkshire Mounted Brigade
52 1st Lovat Scouts Highland Mounted Brigade
53 2nd Lovat Scouts Highland Mounted Brigade
54 1st Scottish Horse att. Highland Mounted Brigade
55 2nd Scottish Horse att. Highland Mounted Brigade
3rd Scottish Horse Formed August 1914

Evolution of 2nd Line brigades

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# Regiment Mounted Brigade Numbered July 1916 November 1916 March 1917
1 2/1st Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 2/1st South Western Mounted Brigade 15th Mounted Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 4th Cyclist Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
2 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry 2/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade 10th Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 214th Brigade
3 2/1st Yorkshire Hussars 2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade 18th Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade
4 2/1st Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 2/1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade 9th Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade
5 2/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade
6 2/1st Shropshire Yeomanry 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade 17th Mounted Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade
7 2/1st Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade 20th Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade
8 2/1st Cheshire Yeomanry 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade 17th Mounted Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade
9 2/1st Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons 2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade 18th Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade
10 2/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade
11 2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry 2/1st South Western Mounted Brigade 15th Mounted Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 4th Cyclist Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
12 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade 21st Mounted Brigade 14th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade
13 2/1st Lanarkshire Yeomanry 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade 20th Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade
14 2/1st Northumberland Hussars att. 2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade Split up as divisional cavalry
15 2/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars 2/1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade 9th Mounted Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade
16 2/1st Denbighshire Hussars 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade 17th Mounted Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 1st Cyclist Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
17 2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade 21st Mounted Brigade 14th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade
18 2/1st Pembroke Yeomanry 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade 4th Mounted Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade YCR in 1st Cyclist Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
19 2/1st Royal East Kent Yeomanry 2/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade 14th Mounted Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 3rd Cyclist Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
20 2/1st Hampshire Yeomanry 2/1st South Western Mounted Brigade 15th Mounted Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 4th Cyclist Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
21 2/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry 2/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade 11th Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade
22 2/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry 2/1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade 9th Mounted Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade
23 2/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry 2/1st Southern Mounted Brigade 16th Mounted Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade
6th Cyclist Brigade
24 2/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 2/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade 10th Mounted Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 4th Cyclist Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
25 2/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry 2/1st Southern Mounted Brigade 16th Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade
214th Brigade
26 2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry 2/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade 11th Mounted Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 4th Cyclist Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
27 2/1st County of London Yeomanry 2/1st London Mounted Brigade 12th Mounted Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 2nd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
28 2/1st Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry 2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade YCR in 2nd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
29 2/1st Suffolk Yeomanry 2/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade 13th Mounted Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 3rd Cyclist Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
30 2/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry 2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade YCR in 2nd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
31 2/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars 2/1st South Midland Mounted Brigade 10th Mounted Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 4th Cyclist Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
32 2/1st Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry 2/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade 14th Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade YCR in 3rd Cyclist Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
33 2/1st West Somerset Yeomanry 2/2nd South Western Mounted Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade YCR in 2nd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
34 2/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars 2/2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade 11th Mounted Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade
35 2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade 4th Mounted Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade YCR in 1st Cyclist Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
36 2/1st Lothians and Border Horse 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade 20th Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade 9th Cyclist Brigade
37 2/1st Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry att. 2/1st Lowland Mounted Brigade Split up as divisional cavalry
38 2/1st Lancashire Hussars 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade 21st Mounted Brigade 14th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade 10th Cyclist Brigade
39 2/1st Surrey Yeomanry 2/1st Southern Mounted Brigade 16th Mounted Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 3rd Cyclist Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
40 2/1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 2/1st Highland Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade 6th Cyclist Brigade
41 2/1st Norfolk Yeomanry 2/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade 13th Mounted Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 3rd Cyclist Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
42 2/1st Sussex Yeomanry 2/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade 14th Mounted Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 3rd Cyclist Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade
43 2/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade 4th Mounted Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade YCR in 1st Cyclist Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
2/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry 2/1st South Wales Mounted Brigade as 4th regt Absorbed in 2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
44 2/1st Lincolnshire Yeomanry 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 3rd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade
45 2/1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 2/1st London Mounted Brigade 12th Mounted Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 2nd Cyclist Brigade 5th Cyclist Brigade
46 2/2nd County of London Yeomanry att. 2/1st London Mounted Brigade Absorbed in Tank Corps
47 2/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) 2/1st London Mounted Brigade 12th Mounted Brigade 4th Cyclist Brigade YCR in 2nd Cyclist Brigade 2nd Cyclist Brigade
48 2/1st Bedfordshire Yeomanry att. 2/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade 16th Mounted Brigade then split up as divisional cavalry
49 2/1st Essex Yeomanry 2/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade 13th Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 3rd Mounted Brigade 13th Cyclist Brigade
6th Cyclist Brigade
50 2/1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry att. 2/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade Split up as divisional cavalry
51 2/1st East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry 2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade 18th Mounted Brigade 11th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade 7th Cyclist Brigade
52 2/1st Lovat Scouts 2/1st Highland Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade YCR in 1st Cyclist Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
53 2/2nd Lovat Scouts 2/1st Highland Mounted Brigade 1st Mounted Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade YCR in 1st Cyclist Brigade 1st Cyclist Brigade
54 2/1st Scottish Horse 2/1st Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade 19th Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade
55 2/2nd Scottish Horse 2/1st Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade 19th Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade
2/3rd Scottish Horse 2/1st Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade 19th Mounted Brigade 12th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade 8th Cyclist Brigade

References

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