British Cavalry Corps order of battle 1914

Command

Commander Lieutenant-General Edmund AllenbyChief of Staff Colonel John VaughanColonel G S Brigadier-General George BarrowBrigadier-General Royal Artillery B. F. Drake

1st Cavalry Division

1st Cavalry Division commanded just two brigades until the 9th Cavalry Brigade was formed on 14 April 1915.

Major-General Beauvoir De LisleGSO 1 Lieutenant-Colonel A F Home

1st Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General Charles James Briggs2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars1st Signal Troop

2nd Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General R L Mullens4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars from 31 October to 11 November2nd Signal Troop

1st Division troops

VII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery1st Field Squadron Royal Engineers1st Signal Squadron Royal Engineers1st Cavalry Division Supply Column Army Service Corps1st Cavalry Field Ambulance3rd Cavalry Field Ambulance

2nd Cavalry Division

Major-General Hubert GoughGSO 1 Lieutenant-Colonel W H Greenly

3rd Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General John Vaughan4th (Queen's Own) Hussars5th (Royal Irish) Lancers16th (The Queen's) Lancers3rd Signal Troop

4th Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General Cecil Edward BinghamHousehold Cavalry Composite Regiment to 11 November6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)3rd (King's Own) Hussars1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars from 11 November4th Signal Troop

5th Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General Philip Chetwode2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers20th Hussars5th Signal Troop

2nd Division troops

III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery2nd Field Squadron Royal Engineers2nd Signal Squadron Royal Engineers2nd Cavalry Division Supply Column Army Service Corps2nd Cavalry Field Ambulance4th Cavalry Field Ambulance5th Cavalry Field Ambulance

3rd Cavalry Division

Joined the Cavalry Corps 25 October

Major-General Julian ByngGSO 1 Lieutenant-Colonel M F GageCommander RHA Lieutenant-Colonel C H de Rougemont

6th Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General Ernest Makins3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards1st (Royal) Dragoons10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars to 20 November1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry from 13 November

7th Cavalry Brigade

Brigadier-General Charles Kavanagh1st Life Guards2nd Life GuardsRoyal Horse Guards to 20 November1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry from 12 November

8th Cavalry Brigade

Formed 20 NovemberBrigadier-General Charles Bulkeley Bulkeley-JohnsonRoyal Horse Guards10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars1/1st Essex Yeomanry from 10 December

3rd Division troops

XV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (later renumbered as IV Brigade, RHA)3rd Field Squadron Royal Engineers3rd Signal Squadron Royal Engineers3rd Cavalry Division Supply Column6th Cavalry Field Ambulance7th Cavalry Field Ambulance