1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)

1st Cavalry Division
First World War division insignia
ActiveAugust 1914 – March 1919
31 October 1940 – 1 August 1941
Country United Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Army
TypeCavalry
SizeDivision

Second World War

11,097 men
6,081 horses
1,815 vehicles
Part ofCavalry Corps (First World War)
EngagementsFirst World War
Battle of Mons (1914)
Action of Elouges
Rearguard Action of Solesmes
Battle of Le Cateau
Rearguard Affair of Etreux
Affair of Nery
Rearguard Actions of Villers-Cotterets
Battle of the Marne
Battle of the Aisne
Actions on the Aisne Heights
First Battle of Ypres 1914
Second Battle of Ypres 1915
Battle of Flers-Courcelette 1916
Battle of Arras 1917
Battle of Cambrai 1917
First Battle of the Somme 1918
Battle of Amiens 1918
Second Battle of the Somme 1918
Hindenburg Line 1918
Final Advance in Artois
Final Advance in Picardy

Second World War

Anglo-Iraqi War
Syria–Lebanon campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

The 1st Cavalry Division was a regular Division of the British Army during the First World War where it fought on the Western Front. During the Second World War it was a first line formation, formed from Yeomanry Regiments. It fought in the Middle East before being converted to the 10th Armoured Division.

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