7th Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)
| 7th Cavalry Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1815– |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | cavalry |
| Size | brigade |
| Part of | 3rd Cavalry Division |
| Engagements | Napoleonic Wars Boer War First World War |
The 7th Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. The brigade served in the Napoleonic Wars, the Boer War and the First World War where it was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Division.
Only formed in September 1914, the brigade consisted of three cavalry regiments, and an Royal Engineer signal troop. The brigade landed at Zeebrugge 7 October 1914, and deployed to the Western Front in France, where an artillery battery joined the brigade followed by a Machine Gun Squadron in February 1916.[1]
Formation
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Waterloo 1815
First World War
- 1st Life Guards
- 2nd Life Guards
- Royal Horse Guards
- 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards
- 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
- 17th (Duke Of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers
- 1/1st Leicestershire (PAO) Yeomanry
- 17th Lancers
- K Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
- 7th Signal Troop Royal Engineers
- 7th Cavalry Bde Machine Gun Squadron Machine Gun Corps
Notes
- ^ "3rd Cavalry Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Battle ofWaterloo". Napolun.com. Retrieved 31 August 2012.