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5th Cavalry Division (India)

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The division remained in Palestine on occupation duties after the end of the war. However, demobilization began immediately and most of the British war time units had left by the middle of 1919. 14th Cavalry Brigade was broken up in September 1919, and the 15th (I.S.) Cavalry Brigade in January
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Cavalry Brigades. The sub units (Signal Troops, Combined Cavalry Field Ambulances and Mobile Veterinary Sections) were renumbered on the same date.
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
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standard whereby brigades only retained one British regiment or battalion and most support units were Indian (artillery excepted).
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5A. The Divisions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and those in East Africa
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GHQ Order of 12 April 1918, the mounted troops of the EEF were reorganised when the Indian Army units arrived in
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the Field Ambulances and Mobile Veterinary Sections merged with their Indian counterparts.
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1920. The division (and 13th Cavalry Brigade) was finally broken up in April 1920.
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Cavalry Regiment. They were replaced by Indian Cavalry Regiments from France.
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7th Field Squadron, RE was renumbered as 5th Field Squadron, RE.
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On 22 July 1918, the 2nd Mounted Division was renumbered as the
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Gloucester Yeomanry march through Damascus on 2 October 1918
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
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Other divisional elements were raised for the new division.
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The 2nd Mounted / 5th Cavalry Division served with the
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and ammunition column joined with 7th Mounted Brigade.
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1918 establishments in British-administered Palestine
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1920
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Machine Gun Squadron 377:18th King George's Own Lancers 1: 1395:British Indian Army divisions 221:) and British units (notably 1400:Indian World War I divisions 1283:Sinai and Palestine campaign 464:Nottinghamshire Battery, RHA 273:3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade 245:Egyptian Expeditionary Force 178:Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1118:2nd Indian Cavalry Division 1113:1st Indian Cavalry Division 603:Australian Mounted Division 444:15th Kathiawar Signal Troop 296:1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry 269:Australian Mounted Division 215:2nd Indian Cavalry Division 190:2nd Indian Cavalry Division 176:that served as part of the 33:2nd Indian Cavalry Division 1436: 1205:mountain artillery battery 768:Becke, Major A.F. (1936). 487:5th Cavalry Division Train 485: 470: 453: 428: 399: 360: 27:For earlier formations in 26: 1415:British cavalry divisions 789:British Regiments 1914–18 419:20th Machine Gun Squadron 267:was transferred from the 1147:27th (Bangalore) Brigade 791:. 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Index

5th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)
World War I
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
2nd Mounted Division
India
British Indian Army
Cavalry
Division
World War I
Palestine 1918
Affair of Abu Tellul
Battle of Megiddo
Capture of Damascus
Occupation of Aleppo
Maj.-Gen.
H.J.M. Macandrew
cavalry
division
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Palestine
World War I
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
Western Front
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
Canadian Cavalry Brigade
7th Dragoon Guards
8th Hussars
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X Batteries
RHA

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