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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paardeberg" title="Battle of Paardeberg">Battle of Paardeberg</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_von_D%C3%B6rnberg" title="Wilhelm von Dörnberg">Wilhelm von Dörnberg</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Gough" title="Hubert Gough">Hubert Gough</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>3rd Cavalry Brigade</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. It served in the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> (notably at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>), in the <a href="/wiki/Boer_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer War">Boer War</a>, and in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_during_the_First_World_War" title="British Army during the First World War">First World War</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> where it was initially assigned to <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">The Cavalry Division</a> before spending most of the war with the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd Cavalry Division</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Napoleonic_Wars">Napoleonic Wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Napoleonic Wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From June 1809, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Wellington</a> organized his cavalry into one, later two, cavalry <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a> (<a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a>) for the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reid79_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reid79-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These performed a purely administrative, rather than tactical, role;<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the normal tactical headquarters were provided by brigades commanding two, later usually three, regiments.<sup id="cite_ref-Reid75_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reid75-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cavalry brigades were named for the commanding officer, rather than numbered.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Days" title="Hundred Days">Hundred Days Campaign</a>, he numbered his British cavalry brigades in a single sequence, 1st to 7th.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3rd Cavalry Brigade consisted of: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion" title="King's German Legion">1st Light Dragoons, King's German Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion" title="King's German Legion">2nd Light Dragoons, King's German Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Light_Dragoons" class="mw-redirect" title="23rd Light Dragoons">23rd Light Dragoons</a></li></ul> <p>It was commanded by <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_von_D%C3%B6rnberg" title="Wilhelm von Dörnberg">Sir Wilhelm von Dörnberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The brigade took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>. During the battle, the 1st Light Dragoons, KGL suffered 154 casualties (33 killed, 111 wounded, 10 missing), the 2nd Light Dragoons, KGL 77 (20 killed, 55 wounded, 2 missing) and the 23rd Light Dragoons 74 (14 killed, 28 wounded, 32 missing).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This represented a loss rate of about 22%.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Boer_War">Boer War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Boer War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The brigade was reformed for the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Boer War</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paardeberg" title="Battle of Paardeberg">Battle of Paardeberg</a>, the brigade commanded:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/9th_(Queen%E2%80%99s_Royal)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers">9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/16th_(Queen%E2%80%99s)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="16th (Queen’s) Lancers">16th (Queen’s) Lancers</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/O_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">O</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=R_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (page does not exist)">R</a> Batteries, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Horse_Artillery" title="Royal Horse Artillery">Royal Horse Artillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-Clarke55_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarke55-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mobilization">Mobilization</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mobilization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>3rd Cavalry Brigade was a peacetime formation of the British Army, based in <a href="/wiki/Irish_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Command">Irish Command</a>. At the outbreak of the war, it was <a href="/wiki/Headquarters_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Headquarters (military)">headquartered</a> at <a href="/wiki/Curragh_Camp" title="Curragh Camp">The Curragh</a> and commanded the <a href="/wiki/4th_(Queen%E2%80%99s_Own)_Hussars" class="mw-redirect" title="4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars">4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars</a> (at The Curragh), <a href="/wiki/5th_(Royal_Irish)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="5th (Royal Irish) Lancers">5th (Royal Irish) Lancers</a> (at <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>), <a href="/wiki/16th_(Queen%E2%80%99s)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="16th (Queen’s) Lancers">16th (Queen’s) Lancers</a> (The Curragh), and 3rd Signal Troop, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> (also at The Curragh). A number of units were attached to the brigade: the <a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a>-based <a href="/wiki/III_Brigade,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" title="III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery">III Brigade, RHA</a> (<a href="/wiki/D_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">D</a> and <a href="/wiki/E_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="E Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">E Batteries</a>), 4th Field Troop, Royal Engineers (The Curragh) and the <a href="/wiki/South_Irish_Horse" title="South Irish Horse">South Irish Horse</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Reserve_(militia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Reserve (militia)">Special Reserve</a> (based in Dublin).<sup id="cite_ref-Conrad_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On mobilization, 3rd Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance joined<sup id="cite_ref-Becke5_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the attached units departed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brigade joined <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">The Cavalry Division</a> along with <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st</a>, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/4th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">4th Cavalry Brigades</a> and moved to France in August 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke6_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_Actions">Early Actions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early Actions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With The Cavalry Division, the brigade took part in a number of actions during the early war of movement, notably the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons" title="Battle of Mons">Battle of Mons</a> (23–24 August) and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Cateau" title="Battle of Le Cateau">Battle of Le Cateau</a> (26 August).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke6_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke6-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 September, it joined the formerly independent <a href="/wiki/5th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th Cavalry Brigade</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gough%27s_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Gough's Command">Gough's Command</a> (under 3rd Cavalry Brigade's <a href="/wiki/Brigadier-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier-General">Br-Gen</a> <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Gough" title="Hubert Gough">Hubert Gough</a>). As part of Gough's Command, it took part in the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="First Battle of the Aisne">First Battle of the Aisne</a> (12–15 September). On 13 September, Gough's Command was redesignated as <a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd Cavalry Division</a> with the addition of divisional troops (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Horse_Artillery" title="Royal Horse Artillery">RHA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">RE</a>, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke14_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It remained with 2nd Cavalry Division on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> until the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke12_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke12-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2nd_Cavalry_Division">2nd Cavalry Division</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2nd Cavalry Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1914, the brigade, with the division, took part in <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">First Battle of Ypres</a>, notably the battle of Gheluvelt (29–31 October). In 1915, the division was in action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Battle of Neuve Chapelle</a> (10–12 March 1915) and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres" title="Second Battle of Ypres">Second Battle of Ypres</a> notable the Battle of St Julien (26 April–3 May) and the Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge (24–25 May).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke14_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 February 1916, a <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Squadron</a> was formed from the machine gun sections of the brigade's constituent regiments.<sup id="cite_ref-LLT_Cav_MGC_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LLT_Cav_MGC-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>1916 saw no notable actions, but in 1917 the division saw action in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)" title="Battle of Arras (1917)">Battle of Arras</a> (First Battle of the Scarpe, 9–11 April). and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)" title="Battle of Cambrai (1917)">Battle of Cambrai</a> (the Tank Attack of 20–21 November, the Capture of Bourlon Wood of 24–28 November and the German Counter-Attack of 30 November–3 December).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke14_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke14-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At other times, the brigade formed a dismounted unit and served in the trenches as a regiment under the command of the brigadier.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke11_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke11-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="War_of_movement">War of movement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: War of movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>1918 saw the return of the war of movement and the division took part in the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Somme_(1918)" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of the Somme (1918)">First Battle of the Somme</a> notably the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Michael#The_Battle_of_St._Quentin_(21_–_23_March_1918)" title="Operation Michael">Battle of St Quentin</a> (21–23 March), the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Lys_(1918)" title="Battle of the Lys (1918)">Battle of the Lys</a> (Battle of Hazebrouck of 14–15 April), the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)" title="Battle of Amiens (1918)">Battle of Amiens</a> (8–11 August) and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme_(1918)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of the Somme (1918)">Second Battle of the Somme</a> (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Albert_(1918)" title="Battle of Albert (1918)">Battle of Albert</a> of 21–23 August and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bapaume" title="Second Battle of Bapaume">Second Battle of Bapaume</a> of 31 August–3 September).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke15_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke15-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division was then split up with the 3rd Cavalry Brigade serving initially with <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Third Army (United Kingdom)">Third Army</a>. The brigade took part in the battles of the <a href="/wiki/Hindenburg_Line" title="Hindenburg Line">Hindenburg Line</a>, notably the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Canal_du_Nord" title="Battle of the Canal du Nord">Battle of the Canal du Nord</a> (27 September–1 October) and the <a href="/wiki/Pursuit_to_the_Selle" class="mw-redirect" title="Pursuit to the Selle">Pursuit to the Selle</a> (9–12 October, now with <a href="/wiki/First_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="First Army (United Kingdom)">First Army</a>). Its final action was to take part in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Advance_in_Picardy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Advance in Picardy (page does not exist)">Advance in Picardy</a> (17 October–11 November) including the capture of <a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a> (11 November, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Canadian_Division" title="3rd Canadian Division">3rd Canadian Division</a> with <a href="/wiki/5th_(Royal_Irish)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="5th (Royal Irish) Lancers">5th (Royal Irish) Lancers</a> and one section<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/D_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">D Battery, RHA</a>), still with First Army.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke15_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke15-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Armistice">Armistice</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Armistice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Germany">Armistice</a>, the brigade had reached <a href="/wiki/Havr%C3%A9,_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Havré, Belgium">Havré</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=St._Denis,_Belgium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="St. Denis, Belgium (page does not exist)">St. Denis</a> with First Army. On 15 November, the division was re-assembled near <a href="/wiki/Maubeuge" title="Maubeuge">Maubeuge</a> and ordered to advance into Germany as an advance screen for Fourth Army and form part of the Occupation Force. The move began on 17 November, <a href="/wiki/Ciney" title="Ciney">Ciney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rochefort,_Belgium" title="Rochefort, Belgium">Rochefort</a> were reached five days later.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke15_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke15-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late December, the division moved to winter quarters south and south-east of <a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a>. It remained here until 30 January 1919 when it exchanged regiments with <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a> and <a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Cavalry Divisions</a> then gradually moved back to England. The Division ceased to exist at midnight 31 March / 1 April 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke15_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke15-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Units_in_WWI">Units in WWI</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Units in WWI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg/220px-16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg/330px-16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg/440px-16th_Lancers_September_1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5570" data-file-height="3762" /></a><figcaption>The Retreat from <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons" title="Battle of Mons">Mons</a>: 16th Lancers on the march, September 1914.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Unit</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_(Queen%E2%80%99s_Own)_Hussars" class="mw-redirect" title="4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars">4th (Queen’s Own) Hussars</a></td> <td>Mobilization</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_(Royal_Irish)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="5th (Royal Irish) Lancers">5th (Royal Irish) Lancers</a></td> <td>Mobilization</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_(Queen%E2%80%99s)_Lancers" class="mw-redirect" title="16th (Queen’s) Lancers">16th (Queen’s) Lancers</a></td> <td>Mobilization</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1/1st_Leicestershire_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry">1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry</a></td> <td>4 April 1918<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/D_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">D Battery, RHA</a></td> <td>17 September 1914<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Signal_Troop,_Royal_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Signal Troop, Royal Engineers">3rd Signal Troop, Royal Engineers</a></td> <td>Mobilization</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance</td> <td>Mobilization</td> <td>13 September 1914<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">MGC</a></td> <td>29 February 1916<sup id="cite_ref-LLT_2_Cav_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LLT_2_Cav-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 3rd Cavalry Brigade had the following commanders during World War I:<sup id="cite_ref-Becke10_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke10-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>From</th> <th>Rank</th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mobilization</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier-General">Brigadier-General</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Gough" title="Hubert Gough">H. de la P. Gough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 September 1914</td> <td>Brigadier-General</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Vaughan_(major-general)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Vaughan (major-general)">J. Vaughan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 October 1915</td> <td>Brigadier-General</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Ambard_Bell-Smyth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Ambard Bell-Smyth (page does not exist)">J.A. 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href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This could be a source of confusion as brigades acquired new commanders, or they moved between brigades. For example, Fane's Brigade became <a href="/wiki/George_de_Grey,_3rd_Baron_Walsingham" title="George de Grey, 3rd Baron Walsingham">De Grey's</a> Brigade from 13 May 1810 when <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fane_(British_Army_officer)" title="Henry Fane (British Army officer)">Henry Fane</a> went to <a href="/wiki/Estremadura_Province_(historical)" title="Estremadura Province (historical)">Estremadura</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-Reid80_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reid80-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Grey's Brigade was broken up 29 January 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-Reid83_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reid83-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 May 1813, Fane took over <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Slade,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir John Slade, 1st Baronet">Slade's</a> Brigade;<sup id="cite_ref-Reid85_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reid85-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the second Fane's Brigade was unrelated to the original one although coincidentally, and to add to the potential confusion, the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Dragoon_Guards" title="3rd Dragoon Guards">3rd Dragoon Guards</a> served in both.<sup id="cite_ref-Reid7986_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reid7986-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The British cavalry included five regiments of the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion" title="King's German Legion">King's German Legion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1st Light Dragoons, KGL had a strength of 540, 2nd Light Dragoons, KGL 520, and 23rd Light Dragoons 341.<sup id="cite_ref-BoW_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BoW-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/III_Brigade,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" title="III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery">III Brigade, RHA</a> was assigned to <a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">The Cavalry Division</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Becke5_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 4th Field Troop, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> was assigned to the independent <a href="/wiki/5th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th Cavalry Brigade</a><sup id="cite_ref-Becke10_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke10-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Irish_Horse" title="South Irish Horse">South Irish Horse</a> was split up, initially providing a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(army)" title="Squadron (army)">squadron</a> to a composite Irish Horse Regiment (with two squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/North_Irish_Horse" title="North Irish Horse">North Irish Horse</a>) to serve with GHQ (General Headquarters) of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">BEF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-James15_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James15-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">A Subsection consisted of a single gun and limber drawn by six horses (with three drivers), eight gunners (riding on the limber or mounted on their own horses), and an ammunition wagon also drawn by six horses (with three drivers).<sup id="cite_ref-Clarke43_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarke43-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two Subsections formed a Section and in a six gun battery these would be designated as Left, Centre and Right Sections.<sup id="cite_ref-Clarke45_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clarke45-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/1/1st_Leicestershire_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry">1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry</a> was originally with <a href="/wiki/8th_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)">8th Cavalry Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Cavalry Division</a>. It left the brigade on 14 March 1918 to become a <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_infantry" title="Bicycle infantry">cyclist</a> unit, then to form a machine gun battalion with the <a href="/wiki/1/1st_North_Somerset_Yeomanry" class="mw-redirect" title="1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry">1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry</a>. The <a href="/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">German spring offensive</a> forestalled this plan and the regiment was remounted and sent to the 2nd Cavalry Division. From 4 April it was split up with a squadron joining each regiment in 3rd Cavalry Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-James22_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James22-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/D_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="D Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">D Battery, RHA</a> was permanently attached to 3rd Cavalry Brigade from the Division's <a href="/wiki/III_Brigade,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" title="III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery">III Brigade, RHA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke12_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke12-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">3rd Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance remained with 1st Cavalry Division when the brigade transferred to 2nd Cavalry Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke5_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke5-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2nd Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance transferred with the Brigade and joined 2nd Cavalry Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke12_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke12-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Cavalry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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