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2nd Cavalry Division    2nd Cavalry Division was formed on the 13th of September 1914. The Division remained on the Western Front in France and Flanders throughout the war. It took part in most of the major actions. 1914 The Battle of the Aisne The Battle of Messines 1914 The Battle of Armentieres The Battle of Gheluvelt 1915 Winter Operations 1914-15 The Battle of Neuve Chapelle The Battle of St Julien The Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge 1916 No major engagements 1917 The First Battle of the Scarpe The Tank Attack The capture of Bourlon Wood The German counterattacks (Cambrai Operations) 1918 The Battle of St Quentin The Battle of Hazebrouck The Battle of Amiens The Battle of Albert The Second Battle of Bapaume The Battle of the Canal du Nord The Battle of the St Quentin Canal The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line The Battle of Cambrai 1918 The Pursuit to the Selle The Final Advance in Picardy The Division was selected to advance into Germany as an advance screen for Fourth Army and form part of the Occupation Force. The move began on 17 November, Cinet and Rochefort were reached five days later and the 5th Cavalry Brigade crossed the German border south of St Vith on 1 December. The Division ceased to exist at midnight 31st March / 1st of April 1919. Order of Battle of the 2nd Cavalry Division 3rd Cavalry Brigade joined on 13 September 1914 4th Hussars 5th Royal Irish Lancers 16th Lancers D Battery, RHA joined from III Brigade RHA 17 September 1914 3rd Signal Troop RE 3rd Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron MGC formed 29 February 1916 5th Cavalry Brigade joined on 13 September 1914 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 12th Lancers 20th Hussars E Battery, RHA joined from III Brigade RHA 17 September 1914 5th Signal Troop RE 5th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron MGC formed 26 February 1916 4th Cavalry Brigade joined from 1st Cavalry Division on 14 October 1914 Composite Regiment of Household Cavalry left 11 November 1914 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 3rd Hussars 1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars joined 11 November 1914 J Battery, RHA 4th Signal Troop RE 4th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron MGC formed 28 February 1916 Divisional Artillery III Brigade, RHA and III Brigade Ammunition Column, RHA joined from 1st Cavalry Division 17 September 1914; D Battery then placed under 3rd Cavalry Brigade and E Battery under 5th Cavalry Brigade. Brigade HQ then broken up and not reformed until March 1916 1/1st Warwickshire Battery, RHA joined 4 December 1914, left 14 April 1915 Royal Engineers 2nd Field Squadron joined 16 October 1914 2nd Signal Squadron formed about 28 September 1914 Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd Cavalry Field Ambulance joined with 3rd Cavalry Brigade 5th Cavalry Field Ambulance joined with 5th Cavalry Brigade 4th Cavalry Field Ambulance joined 16 October 1914 No 4 Sanitary Section joined 12 January 1915, retitled as 4A in December 1915 Royal Army Veterinary Corps 7th Mobile Veterinary Section joined 16 September 1914 8th Mobile Veterinary Section joined with 3rd Cavalry Brigade 9th Mobile Veterinary Section joined 15 October 1914 Other Divisional Troops 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry joined 14 March 1918, absorbed into regiments of 3rd Cavalry Brigade 4 April 1918 2nd Cavalry Divisional HQ ASC 424 (Horsed Transport) Company, formed 10 October 1914 2nd Cavalry Divisional Auxiliary (Horse) ASC 575 (Horsed Transport) Company, formed 25 September 1915 2nd Cavalry Divisional Supply Column ASC 46 and 413 (Mechanical Transport) Companies. 46 absorbed 413 on 10 October 1916. 772nd Divisional Employment Company formed on 16 September 1917 2nd Cavalry Division Field Ambulance Workshop joined by 26 February 1915, absorbed into Divisional Supply Column 16 April 1916 21st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 30th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   14th May 1915 In the Trenches 24th May 1915 Gas 27th of May 1915 Troops re-assigned 28th of May 1915 Quiet   31st of May 1915 "Careful Watch" Kept   4th September 1915 On the March  E Battery, RHA marched at 1000 and moved into bivouac near Le Quesnoy, 2 miles east of Bethune on attachment with other two batteries of 2nd Cavalry Division to 2nd Infantry Division. In bivouac at 2030hrs as not allowed through Bethune until after dark, about 23 miles E Battery, RHA war diary 7th of June 1916 Defences 18th of June 1916  19th May 1917 In Support   8th June 1917 In Action 7th July 1917 In Action Supporting 2nd Cavalry Division 14th of November 1918 Resting If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 2nd Cavalry Division? There are:15 items tagged 2nd Cavalry Division available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 2nd Cavalry Division during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. 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