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1/1st
August
1914: in Winchester, part of the 1st South Western Mounted Brigade.
March
1916 : Regiment split up: RHQ and B Squadron joined 60th
Division and moved to France 25 June 1916. A few days later RHQ joined
IX Corps Cavalry and B Squadron joined XVII Corps Cavalry; A Squadron
joined 58th Division; C Squadron joined 61st
Division; this Squadron also had a brief attachment in late May /
early June 1916 to 1st Cavalry Division.
Late
June 1916: C Squadron joined IX Corps Cavalry (other units being two squadrons
of the 1/1st Wiltshire Yeomanry).
January
1917 : RHQ, A and B Squadrons also join IX Corps Cavalry.
25
August 1917 : Regiment is dismounted and moves to an infantry training
depot.
27
September 1917 : men join a battalion which is immediately redesignated
15th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Bn, the Hampshire Regiment.
2/1st
Formed
September 1914, and remained in UK until May 1918 when moved to Ireland.
Converted into a cyclist unit in July 1916.
3/1st
Formed
in 1915. Remained in United Kingdom. Converted into infantry when 1/1st
Regiment converted, in August 1917.
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