1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)

1st Cavalry Division
1st Cavalry Division
	First World War division insignia
Active	August 1914 – March 1919; 31 October 1940 – 1 August 1941
Country	United Kingdom
Allegiance	British Crown
Branch	British Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Division Second World War 11,097 men 6,081 horses 1,815 vehicles
Part of	Cavalry Corps (First World War)
Engagements	First World War Battle of Mons (1914) Action of Elouges Rearguard Action of Solesmes Battle of Le Cateau Rearguard Affair of Etreux Affair of Nery Rearguard Actions of Villers-Cotterets Battle of the Marne Battle of the Aisne Actions on the Aisne Heights First Battle of Ypres 1914 Second Battle of Ypres 1915 Battle of Flers-Courcelette 1916 Battle of Arras 1917 Battle of Cambrai 1917 First Battle of the Somme 1918 Battle of Amiens 1918 Second Battle of the Somme 1918 Hindenburg Line 1918 Final Advance in Artois Final Advance in Picardy Second World War Anglo-Iraqi War Syria–Lebanon campaign
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

The 1st Cavalry Division was a regular Division of the British Army during the First World War where it fought on the Western Front. During the Second World War it was a first line formation, formed from Yeomanry Regiments. It fought in the Middle East before being converted to the 10th Armoured Division.

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