Known as the Cavalry Division until
September 1914. The Cavalry division was not formed until the war
had started. The 1st Cavalry Brigade was at Aldershot, the 2nd Cavalry
Brigade at Tidworth, the 3rd Cavlary Brigade was in Ireland and the
4th Cavalry Brigade was in London and the south east. The Division
was formed in August 1914 and went to France between 15 and 18 August
1914. On 16 September the Cavalry Division became the 1st Cavalry
Division. At times during the war the division served in the trenches
as infantry, each Cavalry Brigade once dismounted formed a dismounted
regiment under the command of a Brigadier. The 1st Cavalry Division
served in France and Flanders until the Armistice.
Battles
and Engagements
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France
and Flanders
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Battle of Mons. 23 - 24 Aug 1914.
Action of Élouges. 24 Aug 1914.
Rearguard Action of Solesmes. 25 Aug 1914.
Battle of Le Cateau. 26 Aug 1914.
Affair of Néry. 1 Sep 1914.
Rearguard Actions of Villers Cottérêts.
1 Sep 1914.
Battle of the Marne. 7- 9 Sep 1914, including the
Passage of the Petit Morin and the Passage
of the Marne.
Battle of the Aisne. 12 - 15 Sep 1914, including the Passage
of the Aisne and Capture of the Aisne Heights and Chemin des
Dames.
Actions of the Aisne Heights. 20 Sep 1914.
Battle of La Bassée. 10 Oct - 2 Nov 1914.
Battle of Messines. 12 Oct - 2 Nov 1914.
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Battle of Frezenberg. 9 - 13 May 1915.
Battle of Bellewaarde. 24 May 1915.
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Battle of Flers - Courcelette.
15 Sep 1916.
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First Battle of the Scarpe. 9 - 12 Apr
1917.
The Tank Attack. 20 - 21 Nov 1917.
Capture of Bourlon Wood. 23 - 26 Nov 1917.
The German Counter Attacks. 30 Nov - 3 Dec 1917.
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Battle of St. Quentin. 21 - 23 Mar 1918.
First Battle of Bapaume. 24 - 25 Mar 1918.
Battle of Rosières. 26 - 27 Mar 1918.
Battle of Amiens. 8 - 10 Aug 1918.
Battle of Albert. 21 Aug 1918.
Battle of Cambrai. 8 Oct 1918.
The Persuit to the Selle. 9 - 12 Oct 1918.
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Cavalry
Units
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1st
Cavalry Brigade.
2nd Dragoon Guards. 04 Aug 1914
- 11 Nov 1918.
5th Dragoon Guards. 04 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
11th Hussars. 04 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
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2nd
Cavalry Brigade.
4th Dragoon Guards. 04 Aug 1914
- 11 Nov 1918.
9th Lancers. 04 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
18th Hussars. 04 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918. |
3rd
Cavalry Brigade. (Placed under the command of Brigadier
Gough on 06 Sep 1914 and then transfered to the 2nd
Cavalry Division on its formation on 13 Sep 1914).
4th Hussars. 04 Aug 1914 - 06
Sep 1914. To the 2nd Cavalry Division.
5th Lancers. 04 Aug 1914 - 06 Sep 1914. To the 2nd
Cavalry Division.
16th Lancers. 04 Aug 1914 - 06 Sep 1914. To the 2nd
Cavalry Division.
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4th
Cavalry Brigade. (Transfered to the 2nd
Cavalry Division 14 Oct 1914).
Composite Regt of Household Cavalry.
04 Aug 1914 - 14 Oct 1914. To the 2nd
Cavalry Division.
6th Dragoon Guards. 04 Aug 1914 - 14 Oct 1914. To the 2nd
Cavalry Division.
3rd Hussars. 04 Aug 1914 - 14 Oct 1914. to the 2nd
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9th
Cavalry Brigade. (Formed 14 Apr 1915).
8th Hussars. 10 Mar 1918 - 11
Nov 1918.
15th Hussars. 14 Apr 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
19th Hussars. 14 Apr 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bedfordshire Yeomanry. 12 Jun 1915 - 10 Mar 1918. To the
Cavalry Corps Cyclist Reserve.
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Attached
Troops
HQ and C Sqn 1st Duke of Lancaster's
Own Yeomanry. 20 Apr 1916 - 04 May 1916. To the III Corps
Cavalry.
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. 31 Oct 1914 - 11 Nov 1914.
To the 2nd Cavalry Division
23rd Divisional Cyclist Coy. 20 Apr 1916 - 09 May 1916. To the
IV Corps Cyclist Bn.
33rd Divisional Cyclist Coy. 20 Apr 1916 - 09 May 1916. to the
XI Corps Cyclist Bn.
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