3rd Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom)
3rd Mounted Brigade may refer to: * 3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade, designation given to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade while serving with the 2nd Mounted Division in the Gallipoli Campaign * 3rd Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom), also known as 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade * 3rd Mounted Brigade (Canada) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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3rd (Nottinghamshire And Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade
The Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade (later numbered as the 7th Mounted Brigade) was a yeomanry brigade of the British Army, formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1908. It served dismounted in the Gallipoli Campaign before being remounted to serve in the Salonika and Sinai and Palestine Campaigns in the First World War. In April 1918, it was merged with elements of the 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade to form 14th Cavalry Brigade. It remained in Palestine after the end of the war on occupation duties. Formation Under the terms of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw.7, c.9), the brigade was formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It consisted of three yeomanry regiments, a horse artillery battery and ammunition column, a transport and supply column and a field ambulance. As the name suggests, the units were drawn from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. First World War Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade The brigad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2nd Mounted Division
The 2nd Mounted Division was a yeomanry ( Territorial Army cavalry) division that served in the First World War. At the outbreak of war it was assigned to defence of the Norfolk coast. In March 1915 it formed a 2nd Line duplicate of itself, the 2/2nd Mounted Division. Leaving the 2/2nd on coastal defence, it then fought at Gallipoli from April to December 1915, under the command of Major General William Peyton, before being disbanded in January 1916. A different 2nd Mounted Division, was formed in Egypt in 1918 from the Indian elements of the 5th Cavalry Division in France, but then renumbered as the 5th Cavalry Division, served in Palestine and was a part of the Palestine Occupation Force. History Formation A decision was made to form a new mounted division from the mounted brigades in and around the Churn area of Berkshire. On 2 September 1914, 2nd Mounted Division, with Headquarters at Goring, came into being with three mounted brigades transferred from 1st Mount ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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3rd Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom)
3rd Mounted Brigade may refer to: * 3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade, designation given to the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade while serving with the 2nd Mounted Division in the Gallipoli Campaign * 3rd Mounted Brigade (United Kingdom), also known as 2/1st North Midland Mounted Brigade * 3rd Mounted Brigade (Canada) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |