The 3rd Cavalry Division was a division of the British Army in the First World War. It was formed at Ludgershall, Wiltshire England in September 1914 under the command of Major-General the Hon. Julian
British cavalryman in Belgium, 13 October 1914
The British cavalry were the first British Army units to see action during the First World War. Captain Hornby of the 4th Dragoon Guards is reputed to have been the first British soldier to kill a Ger
3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)
…British Cavalry Corps order of battle 1914 British cavalry during the First World War Becke, Archibald F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1–The Regular British Divisions. London: HMSO. OCLC 4405016…
A squadron from the 1st Life Guards, August 1914
A painting of the 17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers at the Battle of Moddersfontein, 1901
A defensive position built by the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards in August 1914
A dismounted section from the 1st Life Guards in 1914. Note the cavalry ammunition bandoliers and the swords, carried on their belts.