| 2nd Cavalry Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Active |
1809–1815 1914–1919 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Branch |
 British Army |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 1st Cavalry Division (World War I) |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Sir William Ponsonby John French, 1st Earl of Ypres Cecil Edward Bingham Beauvoir De Lisle |
The 2nd Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (2nd Union Cavalry Brigade), the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
The brigade was a pre-war formation based at Tidworth in England and originally consisted of three cavalry regiments, and an Royal Engineer signal troop. After the declaration of war in August 1914, the brigade was deployed to the Western Front in France, where an artillery battery joined the brigade the following September and a Machine Gun Squadron in February 1916.[1]
Formation[]
Napoleonic Wars[]
During the Battle of Waterloo, the brigade commanded:[2]
- 1st (Royal) Regiment of Dragoons
- 2nd Regiment of Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
- 6th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Dragoons
As the brigade consisted of regiments from England (1st Dragoons), Scotland (2nd Dragoons) and Ireland (6th Dragoons), it was known as the Union Brigade.
Boer War[]
During the Battle of Paardeberg, the brigade commanded:[3]
- 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners)
- 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
- 6th Dragons (Inniskillings)
- New Zealanders
- Australians
- G and P Batteries, Royal Horse Artillery[4]
World War I[]
- 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
- 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers
- 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars
- 2nd Signal Troop Royal Engineers
- H Battery, Royal Horse Artillery from 28 September 1914
- 2nd Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron Machine Gun Corps[1]
See also[]
- Order of battle of the Waterloo Campaign
- British Army during World War I
- British Cavalry Corps order of battle 1914
- British cavalry during the First World War
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "1st Cavalry Division". The Long Long Trail. http://www.1914-1918.net/1cavdiv.htm. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ "Wellington's Army in 1815". napolun.com. http://www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/British_Order_of_Battle_WATERLOO.html#britishcavalrycorps. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ↑ "Battle of Paardenburg". British Battles.com. http://www.britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/paardenburg.htm. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ Clarke 1993, p. 55
Bibliography[]
- Becke, Major A.F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: His Majesty's Stationary Office. ISBN 1-871167-09-4.
- Clarke, W.G. (1993). Horse Gunners: The Royal Horse Artillery, 200 Years of Panache and Professionalism. Woolwich: The Royal Artillery Institution. ISBN 09520762-0-9.
- Smith, Digby (1998). The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
External links[]
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