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This list includes cavalry regiments assigned to Corps of the British Army in the period 1916–19. On the outbreak of World War I the establishment of a British infantry division included a cavalry squadron for reconnaissance and escort duties. From 1915 these were primarily provided by mounted units of the Special Reserve or Yeomanry regiments of the Territorial Force. Early in 1916 the divisional cavalry squadrons were transferred to Army Corps level and formed into composite regiments.[1] However, Trench warfare conditions on the Western Front reduced the utility of mounted troops, and in 1917 most of the corps cavalry regiments were dismounted and drafted as infantry reinforcements, converted into corps cyclist battalions or machine gun battalions. A few were reinstated (at squadron strength) during 1918. On the other fighting fronts corps cavalry units continued until demobilisation in 1919. The corps cavalry units formed during the war were as follows:[2][3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Edmonds, 1916, Vol I, pp. 58–9.
  2. ^ Frederick, pp. 22–3.
  3. ^ James, pp. 15–34.
  4. ^ Moberley, Appendix XXXVI.
  5. ^ Sainsbury, p. 182.
  6. ^ a b c d Sainsbury, pp. 179–80.
  7. ^ a b Edmonds & Davies, Italy, Appendix I.
  8. ^ Becke, pp. 199–203.
  9. ^ Becke, pp. 205–8.
  10. ^ Becke, pp. 215–20.
  11. ^ Becke, pp. 63–8.
  12. ^ Becke, pp. 229–31.
  13. ^ Becke, pp. 233–8.
  14. ^ Becke, pp. 247–50.
  15. ^ Becke, pp. 251–5.
  16. ^ Sainsbury, pp. 165–79.
  17. ^ Becke, pp. 257–60.
  18. ^ Becke, p. 261.
  19. ^ Becke, p. 263.

References

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  • Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-43-6.
  • Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986, ISBN 0-946998-02-7/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2021, ISBN 978-1-78331-615-1.
  • Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Maj-Gen H.R. Davies, History of the Great War: Military Operations, Italy 1915–1919, London: HM Stationery Office, 1949/Imperial War Museum, 1992, ISBN 978-0-901627742.
  • J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
  • Brig E.A. James, British Regiments 1914–18, London: Samson Books, 1978, ISBN 0-906304-03-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9.
  • Brig-Gen F.J. Moberly, History of the Great War: The Campaign in Mesopotamia, Vol III, London: HM Stationery Office, 1925/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1997, ISBN 978-089839289-0.
  • Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury, The Hertfordshire Yeomanry: An Illustrated History 1794–1920, Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Historical Trust/Hart Books, 1994, ISBN 0-948527-03-X.
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