2nd Mounted Division

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unit_name= 2nd Mounted Division


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dates= World War I
August 1914 - January 1916
country= United Kingdom
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branch= Yeomanry
type= Cavalry
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battles=Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Sari Bair
Battle of Scimitar Hill
notable_commanders=General Sir William Eliot Peyton KCB KCVO DSO
anniversaries=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 second-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.

Formation

; 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade :
*1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Regiment
*1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry Regiment
*1/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars Regiment

In January 1916 the brigade was renamed the 5th Mounted Brigade and moved to the Imperial Mounted Division.

; 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade :
*1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry Regiment
*1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Regiment
*1/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry Regiment

In January 1916 the brigade was renamed the 6th Mounted Brigade and moved to the Imperial Mounted Division.

; Scottish Horse Brigade :
*1/1st Scottish Horse Regiment
*1/2nd Scottish Horse Regiment
*1/3rd Scottish Horse Regiment

The brigade joined the division at Suvla in September 1915 and was then merged with the 1st Dismounted Brigade in February 1916.

; London Mounted Brigade :
*1/1st City of London Yeomanry
*1/1st County of London Yeomanry Regiment
*1/3rd County of London Yeomanry Regiment

In January 1916 the brigade was renamed the 8th Mounted Brigade and moved to the Yeomanry Mounted Division.

; Notts & Derby Mounted Brigade :
*1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)
*1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars)
*1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
*1/1st Nottinghamshire Battery RHA (left in April 1915 for Imperial Mounted Division)

In January 1916 the brigade was renamed the 7th Mounted Brigade and was moved to Salonika as an independent unit.

; Yeomanry Mounted Brigade :
*1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry
*1/2nd County of London Yeomanry

In December 1915 the brigade was combined with the 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade to form the 5th Mounted Brigade.

Unit history

Attacks across the salt lake at Suvla to capture and lose Scimitar Hill for the final time.

Battles

*Battle of Gallipoli
**Battle of Sari Bair
***Battle of Scimitar Hill

ee also

*List of British divisions in WWI

External links

* [http://www.1914-1918.net/CAVALRY/2mtddiv.htm The British Army in the Great War: The 2nd Mounted Division]