Indian Cavalry Corps order of battle in the First World War

The Indian Cavalry Corps was formed 18 December 1914.

Command

 * Commander Lieutenant-General Michael Rimington
 * Brigadier-General General Staff Henry Macandrew
 * Brigadier-General Royal Artillery Robert Lecky

Corps Troops

 * Jodhpur Lancers
 * 1st Indian Signal Squadron
 * Jodhpur Cavalry Field Ambulance

1st Indian Cavalry Division
Arrived in France 7 November 1914
 * Major-General M.F. Rimington
 * Major-General H.D. Fanshawe from 22 December 1914
 * GSO 1 Lieutenant-Colonel H.J.M. Macandrew
 * Lieutenant-Colonel R. O'Bryan Taylor from 26 December 1914
 * Commander Royal Horse Artillery Colonel R St C Leeky
 * Lieutenant-Colonel H Rouse from 11 December 1914
 * Commander Royal Engineers Colonel C E Baddeley
 * Lieutenant-Colonel C A J Leslie from 11 December 1914

2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade

 * Brigadier-General H.P. Leader


 * 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
 * 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry
 * 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)
 * Signal Troop

3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade

 * Major-General C.P.W. Pirie


 * 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
 * 9th Hodson's Horse
 * 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse)
 * Signal Troop

8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade

 * Major-General G.A. Cookson
 * Brigadier-General W.H. Fasken from 9 December 1914


 * 1st King's Dragoon Guards
 * 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)
 * 36th Jacob's Horse
 * Signal Troop

1st Indian Cavalry Division Troops

 * I Indian Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
 * A Battery, RHA
 * Q Battery, RHA
 * U Battery, RHA
 * I Indian Brigade Ammunition Column
 * B Section
 * C Section
 * G Section
 * 2nd Indian Field Troop Royal Engineers
 * 2nd Indian Signal Squadron
 * 1st Indian Supply Column
 * Sialkot Field Ambulance
 * Ambala Field Ambulance
 * Lucknow Field Ambulance

2nd Indian Cavalry Division
Arrived in France 14 December 1914
 * Commander Major-General G.A. Cookson
 * GSO 1 Lieutenant-Colonel L.C. Jones
 * Commander Royal Horse Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel H F Askwith
 * Commander Royal Engineers Lieutenant-Colonel H J M Marshall

5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade

 * Colonel M E Willoughby


 * 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
 * 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
 * 38th King George's Own Central India Horse
 * Signal troop

7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade

 * Brigadier-General FitzJ.M. Edwards


 * 13th Hussars
 * 3rd Skinner's Horse
 * 18th King George's Own Tiwana Lancers
 * Signal Troop

9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade
Arrived in France with the Indian Corps 12 October 1914 attached Indian Cavalry Corps 23 December 1914.
 * Brigadier-General F.W.G. Wadeson


 * 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
 * 20th Deccan Horse
 * 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
 * Signal Troop

2nd Indian Cavalry Division Troops

 * II Indian Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
 * N Battery, RHA, arrived in France with the 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade
 * V Battery, RHA
 * X Battery, RHA
 * II Brigade Ammunition Column
 * E Section arrived 5 January 1915
 * F Section arrived 5 January 1915
 * H Section
 * 1st Indian Field Troop Royal Engineers
 * 3rd Indian Signal Squadron
 * 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column
 * Mhow Cavalry Field Ambulance
 * Meerut Cavalry Field Ambulance
 * Secunderabad Cavalry Field Ambulance, arrived in France with the 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade