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8th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)

Field	Value
unit_name	8th Cavalry Brigade
dates	1914–1918
country	UKGBI
branch
type	Cavalry
size	Brigade
command_structure	[3rd Cavalry Division](3rd-cavalry-division-united-kingdom)
battles	World War I

:Western Front The 8th Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Army in World War I. It was formed in Belgium in 1914 and served on the Western Front as part of the 3rd Cavalry Division. It left the 3rd Cavalry Division on 14 March 1918.

World War I

Formation

The 3rd Cavalry Division began forming at Ludgershall, Wiltshire in September 1914 with just two cavalry brigades (the 6th and the 7th). To bring the division up to the standard strength of three brigades, the 8th Cavalry Brigade was formed in Belgium on 20 November 1914. With the addition of its third brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division obtained a third Cavalry Field Ambulance (8th, from England on 23 December) and a third Mobile Veterinary Section (20th, from England on 9 March 1915).

The brigade was initially formed with the 10th Royal Hussars from 6th Cavalry Brigade{{efn|10th Hussars was replaced in 6th Cavalry Brigade with the 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry from 1st South Western Mounted Brigade in England. On 29 February 1916, a Machine Gun Squadron was formed from the machine gun sections of the brigade's constituent regiments.

Chronicle

The brigade served with the 3rd Cavalry Division on the Western Front until March 1918. It joined the division too late to take part in any of the 1914 actions, but in 1915 the division saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres (Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, 11–13 May) and the Battle of Loos (26–28 September). 1916 saw no notable actions, but in 1917 the division took part in the Battle of Arras (First Battle of the Scarpe, 9–12 April).

In March 1918, the 4th (formerly 1st Indian) and 5th (formerly 2nd Indian) Cavalry Divisions were broken up in France. The Indian elements were sent to Egypt where they formed part of the new 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions which played a major part in the successful conclusion of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. The British and Canadian units remained in France and most of them were transferred to the 3rd Cavalry Division causing it to be extensively reorganized.

The yeomanry regiments were concentrated in the 8th Cavalry Brigade; it left the 3rd Cavalry Division on 14 March 1918, the day after the Canadian Cavalry Brigade joined from 5th Cavalry Division. Leicestershire and North Somerset Yeomanry) were slated to be converted to cyclist units, G Battery, RHA was posted to XVII Brigade, RHA, and 8th MG Squadron joined 7th Cavalry Brigade.

Units

Unit	From	To
Royal Horse Guards	20 November 1914	7 November 1917
[10th (Prince Of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars](10th-prince-of-wales-s-own-royal-hussars)	20 November 1914	12 March 1918
[1/1st Essex Yeomanry](1-1st-essex-yeomanry)	11 December 1914	14 March 1918
[1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry](1-1st-leicestershire-yeomanry)	7 November 1917	14 March 1918
[1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry](1-1st-north-somerset-yeomanry)	13 March 1918	14 March 1918
G Battery, RHA	25 November 1914	13 March 1918
8th Signal Troop Royal Engineers	20 November 1914
8th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, MGC	29 February 1916	11 March 1918

Commanders

The 8th Cavalry Brigade had the following commanders:

From	Rank	Name
23 November 1914	Brigadier-General	C.B. Bulkeley-Johnson (killed, 11 April 1917)
11 April 1917	Lieutenant-Colonel	Lord Tweedmouth (acting)
14 April 1917	Brigadier-General	A.G. Seymour

Notes

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References

{{harvnb. Becke. 1935
and the [[Royal Horse Guards]] from 7th Cavalry Brigade{{efn. [[Royal Horse Guards]] was replaced in [[7th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom). V Brigade, RHA]] of [[8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom). Becke. 1935
Baker, Chris. "Cavalry units of the Machine Gun Corps". The Long Long Trail.
Becke. 1935
{{harvnb. Perry. 1993
It appears to have been dissolved at this point as the constituent regiments (the [[1/1st Essex Yeomanry. James. 1978
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{{harvnb. James. 1978
{{harvnb. Frederick. 1984
{{harvnb. Becke. 1935

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