| British Cavalry Regiments 1st Life Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Hyde Park. One Sqn to the Household Cavalry Composite Regt. The rest of the regiment joined the 7th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. 2nd Life Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Regent's Park. One Sqn to the Household Cavalry Composite Regt. The rest of the regiment joined the 7th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Royal Horse Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Windsor. One Sqn to the Household Cavalry Composite Regt. The rest of the regiment joined the 7th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Household Cavalry Composite Regiment. Regular. Formed from one Squadron from each of the Household Cavalry Regiments. Joined the 4th Cavalry Brigade. 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Lucknow in the Lucknow Cavalry Brigade. 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Aldershot in the 1st Cavalry Brigade. 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Cairo. 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Tidworth in the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. Regular.04 Aug 1914 at Aldershot in the 1st Cavalry Brigade. 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Canterbury in the 4th Cavalry Brigade. 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Secunderabad in the Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade. 1st (Royal) Dragoons. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Potchefstroom, South Africa. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at York in the 5th Cavalry Brigade. 3rd (King's Own) Hussars. Regular.04 Aug 1914 at Shorncliffe in the 4th Cavalry Brigade. 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at the Curragh in the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 Dublin in the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Muttra in the Mhow Cavalry Brigade. 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Bangalore. 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Ambala in the Ambala Cavalry Brigade. 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Tidworth in the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 Potchefstroom, South Africa. 11th (Price Albert's Own) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Aldershot in the 1st Cavalry Brigade. 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Norwich in the 5th Cavalry Brigade. 13th Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Meerut in the Meerut Cavalry Brigade. 14th (King's) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Mhow. 15th (The King's) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Longmoor. The regiment was split on mobilisation to form Divisional Cavalry. A Sqn to the 3rd Division, B Sqn to the 2nd Division and C Sqn to the 1st Division. 16th (The Queen's) Lancers. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at the Curragh in the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Sialkot in the Sialkot Cavalry Brigade. 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Tidworth in the 2nd Cavalry Brigade. 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Hounslow. The regiment was split on mobilisation to form Divisional Cavalry. A Sqn to the 5th Division, B Sqn to the 4th Division and C Sqn to the 6th Division. 20th Hussars. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Colchester in the 5th Cavalry Brigade. 21st (Empress Of India's) Lancers. Regular. 04 Aug 1914 at Rawalpindi. |