Mounted Brigades

7th Mounted Brigade

  • Brigadier General F Fitz H Lance
  • Feb-16: from Egypt
  • Jun-17: to Egypt
  • 1/1st Sherwood Rangers
  • 1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars
  • 1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry (to HQ Troops, Jun-17)

8th Mounted Brigade

  • Brigadier General A H M Taylor DSO
  • Nov-16: from Egypt
  • Jun-17: to Egypt
  • 1/1st County of London Yeomanry
  • A & D Squadrons, 1/1st Lothians and Border Horse (from 22nd & 26th Divisions, 29-Nov-16, to Headquarters Troops, 11 & 14-Jan-17)
  • 1/1st City of London Yeomanry
  • 1/3rd County of London Yeomanry
Water for man and beast: a typical scene in Salonika. An illustration dated 1917 from one of the many part works of the period, showing British Yeomanry watering their horses at a fountain in the city.
‘Water for man and beast: a typical scene in Salonika’. An illustration dated 1917 showing British Yeomanry watering their horses, from one of the many part works of the period.


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