The British Cavalry in World War I

British Cavalry Regiments - Very comprehensive list of units and histories of each!

For images of the insignia and badges of nearly every unit listed here and many more (19 pages of badges!), check out the following link to the British Cavalry Badge Index: http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badges/cavindex.htm

The Fifth Royal Irish Lancers - The Royal Irish Lancers were one of three cavalry regiments that made up 3rd Cavalry Brigade, who in turn were part of 2nd Cavalry Division. 2nd Cavalry Division (also known as Gough's Command) were part of the initial British Expeditionary Force which landed in France in September 1914

The 13^th Hussars and the 17^th Lancers

(Regiments in italics served in the Crimean War.)

Title in 1854 Title in 1900 Title in 1971

1^st Life Guards 1^st Life Guards The Life Guards

2^nd Life Guards 2^nd Life Guards The Life Guards

Royal Horse Guards Royal Horse Guards The Blues & Royals

1^st (King's) Dragoon Guards 1^st (King's) Dragoon Guards 1^st Queen's Dragoon Guards

2^nd (Queen's) Dragoon Guards 2^nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 1^st Queen's Dragoon Guards

3^rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 3^rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys)

4^th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 4^th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 4^th/7^th Royal Dragoon Guards

5^th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 5^th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 5^th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

6^th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards 6^th (Carabiniers) Dragoon Guards Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys)

7^th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 7^th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards 4^th/7^th Royal Dragoon Guards

1^st (Royal) Dragoons 1^st (Royal) Dragoons The Blues & Royals

2^nd Royal North British Dragoons (Scots Greys) 2^nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys)

3^rd (King's Own) Light Dragoons 3^rd (King's Own) Hussars Queen's Own Hussars

4^th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons 4^th (Queen's Own) Hussars Queen's Royal Irish Hussars

5^th (Royal Irish) Dragoons
[disbanded 1799 until 1861, when reraised] 5^th (Royal Irish) Lancers 5^th/16^th Queen's Royal Lancers

6^th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 6^th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 5^th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

7^th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 7^th Queen's Own Hussars Queen's Own Hussars

8^th (King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 8^th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars Queen's Royal Irish Hussars

9^th (Queen's Royal) Light Dragoons (Lancers) 9^th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 9^th/12^th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's Own)

10^th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 10^th (Prince of Wales's Own) Hussars The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)

11^th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 11^th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)

12^th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 12^th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 9^th/12^th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's Own)

13^th Light Dragoons 13^th Hussars 13^th/18^th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

14^th (King's) Light Dragoons 14^th (King's) Hussars 14^th/20^th King's Hussars

15^th (King's) Light Dragoons (Hussars) 15^th (King's) Hussars 15^th/19^th King's Royal Hussars

16^th (Queen's) Light Dragoons (Lancers) 16^th (Queen's) Lancers 5^th/16^th Queen's Royal Lancers

17^th Light Dragoons (Lancers) 17^th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers 17^th/21^st Lancers

Regiments re-raised in 1858

18^th Light Dragoons (Hussars) [disbanded 1821] 18^th Hussars 13^th/18^th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

19^th Light Dragoons [disbanded 1821] 19^th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars 15^th/19^th King's Royal Hussars

20^th Light Dragoons [disbanded 1819] 20^th Hussars 14^th/20^th King's Hussars

21^st Light Dragoons [disbanded 1819] 21^st (Empress of India's) Lancers 17^th/21^st Lancers

The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) and British Cavalry Regiments

The Light Dragoons - England's Northern Cavalry

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