Cavalry Corps (United Kingdom)

Cavalry Corps

Active| October 1914 – March 1916
September 1916 – 1919
Country|  United Kingdom
Allegiance| British Crown
Branch|  British Army
Type| Cavalry
Size| Corps
Part of| British Expeditionary Force
Engagements| First World War

Western Front
Commanders
Notable
commanders| Edmund Allenby

Military unit

The Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps of the British Army in the First World War. The corps was formed in France in October 1914, under General Sir Edmund Allenby. It was later broken up in March 1916, but re-established in the following September.[1] It served as part of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front throughout its existence.

## Formation[edit]

Further information: British cavalry during the First World War and British Cavalry Corps order of battle 1914

Edmund Allenby, the first commander

The Corps consisted of the three cavalry divisions serving in France, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd divisions.[2]

The cavalry division consisted of cavalry regiments in brigades. They were armed with rifles, unlike their French and German counterparts, who were only armed with the shorter range carbine. The cavalry division also had a high allocation of artillery compared to foreign cavalry divisions, with 24 13-pounder guns organised into two brigades and two machine guns for each regiment. However, when dismounted, the cavalry division was the equivalent of two weakened infantry brigades with less artillery than the infantry division.[3]

## Battles[edit]

* Battle of La Bassee
* Battle of Messines (1914)
* Battle of Arras (1914)
* Battle of Cambrai (1917)
* The Battles of the Hindenburg Line

## Commanders[edit]

Rank  | Name  | Dates  | Notes  | Ref.

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Lieutenant-General | E. H. H. Allenby | 10 October 1914 – 19 April 1915  | Sick 19/4/15  | [4]
Major-General | Hon. Sir J. H. G. Byng | 19 April – 4 May 1915  | Acting
Lieutenant-General  | E. H. H. Allenby  | 4 May – 7 May 1915  |
Lieutenant-General  | Hon. Sir J. H. G. Byng  | 7 May – 16 August 1915  |
Lieutenant-General  | H. D. Fanshawe | 16 August – 23 October 1915  |
Lieutenant-General  | Hon. C. E. Bingham | 23 October 1915 – 12 March 1916  |
Lieutenant-General  | C. T. McM. Kavanagh | 4 September 1916 – 1919  |

## See also[edit]

* British Army during World War I
* British Cavalry Corps order of battle 1914
* British cavalry during the First World War

## References[edit]

1. ^ Gudmundsson & Anderson 2007, p. 21
2. ^ Gudmundsson & Anderson 2007, p. 29
3. ^ Badsey 2008, p. 198
4. ^ Becke 1945, p. 123.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Badsey, Stephen (2008). Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry 1880-1918. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-6467-3.
* Becke, Major A.F. (1945). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 4. The Army Council, GHQs, Armies and Corps 1914–1918. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-16-7.
* Gudmundsson, Bruce I.; Anderson, Duncan (2007). The British Army on the Western Front 1916. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-111-3.

## External links[edit]

* The British Corps of 1914-1918 on The Long, Long Trail

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British cavalry regiments of the First World War

Household Cavalry|

* 1st Life Guards
* 2nd Life Guards
* Royal Horse Guards
* Household Cavalry Composite Regiment

Dragoon Guards|

* 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
* 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)
* 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
* 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
* 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
* 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
* 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards

Dragoons|

* 1st (Royal) Dragoons
* 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
* 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Hussars|

* 3rd (King's Own) Hussars
* 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars
* 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
* 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
* 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
* 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
* 13th Hussars
* 14th (King's) Hussars
* 15th (The King's) Hussars
* 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars
* 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars
* 20th Hussars

Lancers|

* 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
* 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
* 16th (The Queen's) Lancers
* 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
* 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
* 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Special Reserve|

* North Irish Horse
* South Irish Horse
* King Edward's Horse (The King's Own Overseas Dominion Regiment)

Yeomanry|

* Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment)
* Warwickshire Yeomanry
* Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own)
* Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
* Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)
* Shropshire Yeomanry
* Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry
* Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's)
* Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons
* Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own)
* North Somerset Yeomanry
* Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
* Lanarkshire Yeomanry
* Northumberland Hussars
* Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
* Denbighshire Hussars
* Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry
* Pembroke Yeomanry (Castlemartin)
* Royal East Kent Yeomanry (The Duke of Connaught's Own)
* Hampshire Yeomanry
* Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars
* Derbyshire Yeomanry
* Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry
* Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
* Hertfordshire Yeomanry
* Berkshire Yeomanry
* 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)
* Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry
* Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars)
* Royal North Devon Yeomanry
* Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars
* Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
* West Somerset Yeomanry
* Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
* Montgomeryshire Yeomanry
* Lothians and Border Horse
* Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire)
* Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry
* Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)
* Fife and Forfar Yeomanry
* Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment)
* Sussex Yeomanry
* Glamorganshire Yeomanry
* Welsh Horse Yeomanry
* Lincolnshire Yeomanry
* City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
* 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
* 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
* Bedfordshire Yeomanry
* Essex Yeomanry
* Northamptonshire Yeomanry
* East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry
* Lovat Scouts
* Scottish Horse

Reserve|

* 1st Life Guards
* 2nd Life Guards
* Royal Horse Guards
* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th

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British Empire artillery of the First World War

Armoured vehicle guns|

* QF 3-pounder Vickers
* QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
* QF 6-pounder 6 cwt

Infantry guns|

* 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II

Field artillery|

* BL 12-pounder 6 cwt
* QF 12-pounder 8 cwt
* QF 12-pounder 18 cwt
* QF 13-pounder
* BL 15-pounder
* BLC 15-pounder
* QF 15-pounder
* QF 18-pounder
* QF 4-inch gun Mk III
* BL 4-inch gun Mk VII
* QF 4.5-inch howitzer

Medium & heavy artillery|

* QF 4.7-inch gun
* BL 5-inch howitzer
* BL 5.4-inch howitzer
* BL 60-pounder gun
* BLC 6-inch siege gun
* BL 6-inch gun Mk VII
* BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX
* BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
* BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer
* BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I – V
* BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII

Siege artillery|

* BL 7.5-inch Mk III naval gun
* BL 9.2-inch howitzer
* BL 9.2-inch Mk X naval gun
* BL 12-inch howitzer
* BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun
* BL 15-inch howitzer

Mountain artillery|

* RML 2.5-inch mountain gun
* BL 10-pounder mountain gun
* BL 2.75-inch mountain gun
* QF 2.95-inch mountain gun
* QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer

Mortars|

* Garland trench mortar
* 3-inch Stokes mortar
* Vickers 1.57-inch mortar
* 2-inch medium mortar
* Newton 6-inch mortar
* 9.45-inch Heavy Mortar

Smoke and chemical weapons|

* 4-inch Stokes Mortar
* Livens Projector
* Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector

Anti-aircraft guns|

* QF 1-pounder pom-pom
* QF 2-pounder "pom-pom" Mk II
* 75 mm AA gun
* QF 12-pounder 12 cwt
* QF 13-pounder 6 cwt
* QF 13-pounder Mk IV
* QF 13-pounder 9 cwt
* QF 3-inch 20 cwt
* QF 18-pounder
* QF 4-inch Mk V

Coastal artillery|

* QF 12-pounder 12 cwt
* QF 4-inch naval gun Mk I – III
* BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
* BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
* RML 9-inch

Railway guns|

* BL 9.2-inch railway gun
* BL 12-inch railway gun
* BL 12-inch railway howitzer
* BL 14-inch railway gun

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