| The 2nd Cavalry Division | ||||||||||||
| A Regular Army Division | ||||||||||||
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| Summary history of the division | ||||||||||||
Known as Gough's Command up to 13 September 1914, this formation comprised 3rd and 5th Cavalry Brigades from 6 September 1914 and was constituted as a Division on 13 September 1914. It took part in most of the major actions where cavalry were used as a mounted mobile force, and also many where the troops were dismounted and effectively served as infantry. The First Battles of the Somme 1918 The Second Battles of the Somme 1918 On 11 November 1918, units of the Division were east and northeast of Mons, in Belgium. Orders were received that the Division would lead the advance of Fourth Army into Germany, a move that was begin on 17 November. On 1 December, it crossed the frontier south of St Vith. Winter was spent south of Liege, and demobilisation commenced. The Division ceased to exist on 31 March 1919. |
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| Order of Battle | ||||||||||||
3rd Cavalry Brigade Brigade joined Gough's Command from Cavalry Division, 13 September 1914 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars (joined September 1914) 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers (joined September 1914) 16th (The Queen's) Lancers (joined September 1914) 3rd Signal Troop RE (joined September 1914) 3rd Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron (formed 29 February 1916) 4th Cavalry Brigade Brigade transferred from 1st Cavalry Division, 14 October 1914 Household Cavalry Composite Regiment (joined October 1914, broken up November 1914) 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) (joined October 1914) 3rd (King's Own) Hussars (joined October 1914) 1/1st Oxfordshire Yeomanry (joined 11 November 1914) 4th Signal Troop RE (joined September 1914) 4th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron (formed 28 February 1916) 5th Cavalry Brigade Brigade moved to France with original BEF as an independent command. Joined on 13 September 1914. 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) (joined September 1914) 20th Hussars (joined September 1914) 12th (Prince of Wales's) Lancers (joined September 1914) 5th Signal Troop RE (joined September 1914) 5th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron (formed 26 February 1916) All units of the Royal Horse Artillery unless shown III Brigade RHA (comprising D and E Batteries, joined from Cavalry Division on 17 September 1914. D was attached to 3rd Cavalry Brigade, E to 5th Cavalry Brigade) IV Brigade RHA (joined 5th Cavalry Brigade August 1914) J Battery RHA (joined with 4th Cavalry Brigade October 1914) 1st Warwickshire Battery RHA (joined 4 December 1914, left for 1st Cavalry Division 14 April 1915) 2nd Cavalry Divisional Ammunition Park (comprised 56 MT Company, ASC joined August 1914, left December 1917) Divisional Engineers All units of the Royal Engineers 2nd Field Squadron (joined 16 October 1914 2nd Signal Squadron (joined 28 September 1914) Divisional Transport All units of the Army Service Corps 2nd Cavalry Divisional Train (No. 424 HT Company) 2nd Cavalry Divisional Auxiliary (Horse) Company (No. 575 HT Company, formed 25 September 1915) 2nd Cavalry Divisional Supply Column (Nos. 46 and 413 MT Companies; 413 was absorbed into 46 on 10 October 1916. Became 1st Cavalry Divisional Motor Transport Company on 12 March 1918) Field Ambulances All units of the Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Cavalry FA (joined 13 September 1914) 4th Cavalry FA (joined from 1st Cavalry Division on 16 October 1914) 5th Cavalry FA (joined 13 September 1914) Mobile Veterinary Sections All units of the Army Veterinary Corps 7th MVS (joined 16 September August 1914) 8th MVS (joined from 1st Cavalry Division on 16 September 1914) 9th MVS (joined from 1st Cavalry Division on 15 October 1914) Other Divisional Troops 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry (briefly, March-April 1918) 772nd Divisional Employment Company (formed 16 September 1917) No. 4 Sanitary Section (joined 12 January 1915, renumbered 4A January 1916) 2nd Cavalry Division Field Ambulance Workshop (joined by 26 February 1915, absorbed into Divisional Supply Column 16 April 1916 |
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