British First World War cavalry generals

Two British and one French General leading a group of four British officers across a small wooden bridge

The two cavalry officers that commanded the British Expeditionary Force, Generals John French and Douglas Haig, flank the French General Joseph Joffre.

The British First World War cavalry generals, by the end of the war belonged to one of the smallest arms of the British Army, they did however, including those belonging to the British Indian Army, provided some of its highest ranking commanders.

The cavalry were well represented among the British Army's higher ranks, with five of the ten officers who would command the five armies on the Western Front being cavalrymen.^[1] In the British Army the term "cavalry" was only used for regular army units. The other mounted regiments in the army, which were part of the Territorial Force reserve, were the yeomanry and special reserve regiments of horse.^[2] However the yeomanry formations were commanded by cavalry or ex-cavalry officers.

The two commanders of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War, Field Marshals John French and Douglas Haig, came from the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars and 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars respectively.^[3]^[4] William Robertson, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, who rose in rank from private to field marshal,^[5] was the Quartermaster General, then Chief of Staff of the British Expeditionary Force,^[6]^[7] before becoming the Chief of the Imperial General Staff in December 1915.^[8]

Edmund Allenby, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, who started the war as the commander of the Cavalry Division, went on to command the Cavalry Corps, then V Corps, the Third Army, and the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.^[9] He was replaced as commander of the Third Army by Julian Byng, 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars who had previously commanded the Canadian Corps.^[9] Hubert Gough of the 16th (The Queen's) Lancers, known before the war for his involvement in the Curragh incident mutiny,^[10] started the war as a brigade commander, became the commander of the I Corps, then the Fifth Army.^[9] He was replaced by William Birdwood, 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers, who had previously commanded the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign.^[11] Charles Briggs, 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards, commanded the British Salonika Army. William Peyton, 15th (The King's) Hussars, commanded the Western Desert Force during the Senussi Campaign.^[12] He later transferred to the Western Front, where he was temporarily commander of the Fifth Army before taking over command of the X Corps.^[13]

Cavalry generals

Key ^{[nb 1]}
Rank	Commanded
Field-Marshal	Army group
General	Army
Lieutenant-General	Corps
Major-General	Division
Brigadier-General	Brigade

This indicates a member of the British Indian Army
This indicates a member of the Special Reserve or Territorial Force yeomanry

Name ^{[nb 2]}	Rank ^{[nb 3]}	Command ^{[nb 4]}	Regiment
001 !Edmund Allenby	002 !General	Egyptian Expeditionary Force	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[14]
002 !Anthony Ashley-Cooper	005 !Brigadier-General	1st South Western Mounted Brigade	302 !North Irish Horse ^[15]
003 !James Babington	003 !Lieutenant-General	XIV Corps	136 !16th (The Queen's) Lancers ^[16]
004 !George Baille-Hamilton	005 !Brigadier-General	41st Brigade	103 !Royal Horse Guards ^[17]
005 !Edward Baird	005 !Brigadier-General	179th (2/4th London) Brigade	429 !Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars ^[14]
006 !Guy Baldwin	005 !Brigadier-General	Derajat Brigade	225 !25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) ^[18]
007 !Reginald Barnes	004 !Major-General	57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division	130 !10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars ^[14]
008 !George Barrow	004 !Major-General	4th Cavalry Division	235 !35th Scinde Horse ^[14]
009 !Charles Bates	005 !Brigadier-General	Director of Remounts EEF	414 !Northumberland Hussars ^[14]
010 !Desmond Beale-Brown	005 !Brigadier-General	2nd Cavalry Brigade	129 !9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers ^[14]
011 !Guy Beatty	005 !Brigadier-General	8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade	209 !9th Hodson's Horse ^[14]
012 !Lionel Beatty	005 !Brigadier-General		231 !31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers ^[19]
013 !Charles Beckett	005 !Brigadier-General	66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division	112 !2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) ^[20]
014 !John Bell-Smyth	005 !Brigadier-General	3rd Cavalry Brigade	111 !1st (King's) Dragoon Guards ^[14]
015 !Hugh Bethell	004 !Major-General	66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division	127 !7th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[14]
016 !Charles Briggs	003 !Lieutenant-General	British Salonika Army	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[14]
017 !Cecil Bingham	004 !Major-General	1st Cavalry Division	101 !1st Life Guards ^[14]
018 !William Birdwood	002 !General	Fifth Army	132 !12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers ^[14]
019 !Robert Broadwood	003 !Lieutenant-General	57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division	132 !12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers ^[21]
020 !William Bromley-Davenport	005 !Brigadier-General	22nd Mounted Brigade	405 !Staffordshire Yeomanry ^[22]
021 !Howard Brown	005 !Brigadier General	South Eastern Mounted Brigade	132 !12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers ^[23]
022 !Robert Browne-Clayton	005 !Brigadier-General	59th Brigade	303 !South Irish Horse ^[14]
023 !George Bridges	004 !Major-General	19th (Western) Division	124 !4th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[24]
024 !Charles Bulkeley-Johnson	005 !Brigadier-General	8th Cavalry Brigade	112 !2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) ^[14]
025 !Alfred Burt	005 !Brigadier-General	7th Cavalry Brigade	113 !3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[14]
026 !John Burn-Murdoch	004 !Major-General	The Cyclist Division	121 !1st (Royal) Dragoons ^[25]
026 !Julian Byng	002 !General	Third Army	130 !10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars ^[14]
027 !Robert Cassels	005 !Brigadier-General	11th Indian Cavalry Brigade	232 !32nd Lancers ^[26]
028 !Alexander Cambridge	004 !Major-General	Head of mission Belgian Army	102 !2nd Life Guards ^[14]
029 !Charles Campbell	005 !Brigadier-General	5th Cavalry Brigade	136 !16th (The Queen's) Lancers ^[27]
030 !David Campbell	004 !Major-General	21st Division	114 !4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ^[14]
031 !Frederick Cavendish	005 !Brigadier-General	Head of mission French Army	129 !9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers ^[14]
032 !Oswald Chance	005 !Brigadier-General	General Staff officer War Office	125 !5th (Royal Irish) Lancers ^[28]
033 !Philip Chetwode	003 !Lieutenant-General	XX Corps	139 !19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars ^[14]
034 !Goland Clarke	005 !Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	446 !City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) ^[29]
035 !Bertie Clay	005 !Brigadier-General	34th Brigade	115 !5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[14]
036 !George Cookson	004 !Major-General	2nd Indian Cavalry Division	229 !29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) ^[14]
037 !Francis Commeline	005 !Brigadier-General	Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade	202 !2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) ^[30]
038 !Anthony Courage	005 !Brigadier-General	2nd Tank Brigade	135 !15th (The King's) Hussars ^[14]
039 !Sydney Crocker	004 !Major-General	Mesopotamia Cavalry Division	209 !9th Hodson's Horse ^[31]
040 !Frederick Davies	005 !Brigadier-General	1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade	240 !Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides ^[32]
041 !Beauvoir De Lisle	003 !Lieutenant-General	XV Corps	121 !1st (Royal) Dragoons ^[33]
042 !FitzJames Edwards	005 !Brigadier-General	7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade	233 !33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry ^[33]
043 !Raleigh Gilbert Egerton	003 !Lieutenant-General	14th Indian Division	240 !Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides ^[34]
044 !William Fasken	005 !Brigadier-General	8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade	210 !10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers ^[33]
045 !Hew Fanshawe	003 !Lieutenant-General	V Corps	112 !2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) ^[33]
046 !Bertie Fisher	005 !Brigadier-General	8th Brigade	137 !17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers ^[33]
047 !Percy FitzGerald	005 !Brigadier-General	5th Mounted Brigade	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[35]
048 !Simon Fraser	004 !Major-General	4th Mounted Division	101 !1st Life Guards ^[36]
049 !John French	001 !Field-Marshal	British Expeditionary Force	139 !19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars ^[33]
050 !Frederick Fryer	005 !Brigadier-General	22nd Mounted Brigade	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[37]
051 !Moreton Gage	005 !Brigadier-General	8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade	115 !5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[33]
052 !Francis Garratt	005 !Brigadier-General	Director of Remounts BEF	116 !6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) ^[33]
053 !Wilfrith Green	005 !Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	236 !36th Jacob's Horse ^[38]
054 !Walter Greenly	004 !Major-General	2nd Cavalry Division	139 !19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars ^[33]
055 !Charles Gregory	005 !Brigadier-General	11th Cavalry Brigade	219 !19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) ^[33]
056 !Charles Godwin	005 !Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	223 !23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) ^[39]
057 !Hubert Gough	002 !General	Fifth Army	136 !16th (The Queen's) Lancers ^[33]
058 !Douglas Haig	001 !Field Marshal	British Expeditionary Force	137 !17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers ^[33]
059 !Neil Haig	005 !Brigadier-General	5th Cavalry Brigade	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[33]
060 !Cyril Harbord	005 !Brigadier-General	15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade	229 !29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) ^[40]
061 !Percival Hambro	004 !Major-General	DA&QMG	135 !15th (The King's) Hussars ^[33]
062 !Anthony Harman	004 !Major-General	3rd Cavalry Division	113 !3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[33]
063 !John Hardress-Lloyd	005 !Brigadier-General	3rd Tank Brigade	114 !4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ^[33]
064 !Maxwell Henderson	005 !Brigadier-General	Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade	226 !26th King George's Own Light Cavalry ^[41]
065 !Edmund Herbert	005 !Brigadier-General	Welsh Border Mounted Brigade	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[42]
066 !Reginald Hoare	005 !Brigadier-General	229th Brigade	124 !4th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[33]
067 !Henry Hodgson	004 !Major-General	Australian Mounted Division	135 !15th (The King's) Hussars ^[43]
068 !George Holdsworth	005 !Brigadier-General	Remount Service	127 !7th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[44]
069 !Pomeroy Holland-Prior	005 !Brigadier-General	6th Indian Cavalry Brigade	201 !1st Duke of York’s Own Lancers (Skinner’s Horse) ^[45]
070 !Herbert Holman	004 !Major-General	DA&QMG Fourth Army	216 !16th Cavalry ^[33]
071 !Archibald Home	005 !Brigadier-General	Brigadier-General General Staff	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[33]
072 !William Horwood	005 !Brigadier-General	Provost Marshal BEF	125 !5th (Royal Irish) Lancers ^[33]
073 !Philip Howell	005 !Brigadier General	General Staff II Corps	124 !4th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[46]
074 !Richard Howard-Vyse	005 !Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	102 !Royal Horse Guards ^[47]
075 !Havelock Hudson	004 !Major-General	8th Division	219 !19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) ^[33]
076 !Robert Hutchison	004 !Major-General	Director of Organisation War Office	114 !4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ^[48]
077 !William James	004 !Major-General	Administrative Staff	221 !21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry ^[49]
078 !James Jardine	005 !Brigadier-General	97th Brigade	125 !5th (Royal Irish) Lancers ^[50]
079 !Leslie Jones	004 !Major-General	Mesopotamia Cavalry Division	205 !5th Cavalry ^[50]
080 !Charles Kavanagh	003 !Lieutenant-General	Cavalry Corps	130 !10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars ^[50]
081 !Philip Kelly	005 !Brigadier-General	13th Cavalry Brigade	123 !3rd (The King's Own) Hussars ^[51]
082 !Paul Kenna	005 !Brigadier-General	3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade^[52]	141 !21st (Empress of India's) Lancers ^[50]
083 !Alfred Kennedy	004 !Major-General	4th Cavalry Division	123 !3rd (The King's Own) Hussars ^[50]
084 !Stuart Kirby	005 !Brigadier-General	9th Cavalry Brigade	116 !6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) ^[50]
085 !Wyndham Knight	004 !Major-General	Commandant Embarkation India	204 !4th Cavalry ^[53]
086 !Frederick Lance	005 !Brigadier-General	7th Mounted Brigade	219 !19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) ^[54]
087 !Herbert Lawrence	004 !Major-General	Chief Intelligence Officer BEF	301 !King Edward's Horse ^[50]
088 !Algernon Lawson	005 !Brigadier-General	2nd Cavalry Brigade	112 !2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) ^[50]
089 !Henry Leader	003 !Lieutenant-General	1st Indian Cavalry Division	116 !6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) ^[50]
090 !D'Arcy Legard	005 !Brigadier-General	9th Cavalry Brigade	137 !17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers ^[50]
090a !Malcolm Orme Little	005 !Brigadier-General	2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade	129 !9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers ^[42]
091 !Arthur Lloyd	005 !Brigadier-General	Commander Canal Zone	406 !Shropshire Yeomanry ^[55]
092 !Walter Long	005 !Brigadier-General	56th Brigade	122 !2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) ^[56]
093 !William Lowe	005 !Brigadier-General	3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade	117 !7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards ^[57]
094 !Osbert Lumley	005 !Brigadier-General	Inspector of Cavalry	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[58]
095 !Henry Macandrew	004 !Major-General	5th Cavalry Division	205 !5th Cavalry ^[50]
096 !Bryan Mahon	003 !Lieutenant-General	Commander-in-Chief, Ireland	128 !8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars ^[50]
097 !Angus McNeill	005 !Brigadier-General	230th Brigade	454 !2nd Lovat Scouts ^[59]
098 !Ernest Makins	005 !Brigadier-General	6th Cavalry Brigade	121 !1st (Royal) Dragoons ^[50]
099 !Laurence Maxwell	005 !Brigadier-General	2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade	202 !2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) ^[50]
100 !Andrew Mcculloch	005 !Brigadier-General	64th Brigade	134 !14th (King's) Hussars ^[50]
110 !Alfred Miller	005 !Brigadier-General	DA&QMG	122 !2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) ^[60]
111 !George Milner	005 !Brigadier-General	Lowland Mounted Brigade	125 !5th (Royal Irish) Lancers ^[61]
112 !Noel Money	005 !Brigadier-General	159th (Cheshire) Brigade	406 !Shropshire Yeomanry ^[62]
113 !Colquhoun Morrison	005 !Brigadier-General	General Staff	121 !1st (Royal) Dragoons ^[63]
114 !Richard Mullens	004 !Major-General	1st Cavalry Division	114 !4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ^[50]
116 !John Nicholson	005 !Brigadier-General	Le Havre Base	127 !7th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[50]
117 !Norman Nickalls	005 !Brigadier-General	63rd Brigade	137 !17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers ^[64]
118 !Charles Norton	005 !Brigadier-General	7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade	127 !7th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[65]
119 !Edmund O'Brien	005 !Brigadier-General	2/1st Western Mounted Brigade	134 !14th (King's) Hussars ^[66]
120 !Reginald O'Bryan Taylor	005 !Brigadier-General	187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade	219 !19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) ^[67]
121 !Thomas Packenham	005 !Brigadier-General	2nd (2nd South Midland) Mounted Brigade	102 !2nd Life Guards ^[50]
122 !Arthur Parker	005 !Brigadier-General	5th Tank Brigade	125 !5th (Royal Irish) Lancers ^[68]
123 !Ewing Paterson	005 !Brigadier-General	6th Cavalry Brigade	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[68]
124 !Arthur Peck	004 !Major-General	DA&QMG	225 !25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) ^[68]
125 !William Peyton	003 !Lieutenant-General	Fifth Army	135 !15th (The King's) Hussars ^[68]
126 !Arthur Phayre	003 !Lieutenant-General	9th (Secunderabad) Division	203 !3rd Skinner's Horse ^[69]
127 !Ivor Philipps	004 !Major-General	38th (Welsh) Division	418 !Pembrokeshire Yeomanry ^[68]
128 !Charles Pirie	004 !Major-General	3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade	215 !15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) ^[68]
129 !Duncan Pitcher	005 !Brigadier-General	1st Brigade Royal Flying Corps	239 !39th King George's Own Central India Horse ^[68]
130 !Thomas Pitman	004 !Major-General	2nd Cavalry Division	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[68]
131 !Thomas Pitt	005 !Brigadier-General	6th Mounted Brigade	447 !2nd County of London Yeomanry ^[70]
132 !Robert Poore	005 !Brigadier-General	Jhansi Brigade	127 !7th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[71]
133 !Bertram Portal	005 !Brigadier-General	7th Cavalry Brigade	137 !17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers ^[68]
134 !Charles Rankin	005 !Brigadier-General	3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade	124 !4th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[68]
135 !Michael Rimington	003 !Lieutenant-General	Indian Cavalry Corps	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[68]
136 !Hereward Roberts	005 !Brigadier-General	4th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade	201 !1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) ^[72]
137 !William Robertson	002 !General	Chief Imperial General Staff	113 !3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[68]
138 !Claude Rome	005 !Brigadier-General	8th Mounted Brigade	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[73]
139 !William Rycroft	004 !Major-General	32nd Division	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[68]
140 !Lionel Sadleir-Jackson	005 !Brigadier-General	54th Brigade	129 !9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers ^[68]
141 !John Seely	005 !Brigadier-General	Canadian Cavalry Brigade	420 !Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers) ^[68]
142 !Horace Sewell	005 !Brigadier-General	1st Cavalry Brigade	127 !7th (Queen's Own) Hussars ^[68]
143 !Archibald Seymour	005 !Brigadier-General	8th Cavalry Brigade	112 !2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) ^[68]
144 !John Shea	004 !Major-General	60th (2/2nd London) Division	235 !35th Scinde Horse ^[68]
145 !Walter Smithson	005 !Brigadier-General	2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade	133 !13th Hussars ^[74]
146 !Oswald Smith-Bingham	005 !Brigadier-General	Inspector General of Cavalry	113 !3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[75]
147 !Nevill Smyth	004 !Major-General	59th (2nd North Midland) Division	116 !6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers) ^[68]
148 !Robert Smyth	005 !Brigadier-General	7th Cyclist Brigade	141 !21st (Empress of India's) Lancers ^[76]
149 !Arthur Solly-Flood	004 !Major-General	42nd (East Lancashire) Division	114 !4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ^[68]
150 !Edward Spears^{[nb 5]}	005 !Brigadier-General	Liaison officer French GHQ	128 !8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars ^[68]
151 !John Stewart-Murray	005 !Brigadier-General	Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade	103 !Royal Horse Guards ^[78]
152 !Archibald Stirling	005 !Brigadier-General	Highland Mounted Brigade	454 !2nd Lovat Scouts ^[79]
153 !Frederick Sykes	004 !Major-General	Chief of the Air Staff	135 !15th (The King's) Hussars ^[68]
154 !Harold Tagart	004 !Major-General	DA&QMG	135 !15th (The King's) Hussars ^[80]
155 !Arthur Taylor	005 !Brigadier-General	8th Mounted Brigade	133 !13th Hussars ^[81]
156 !Charles Thompson	004 !Major-General	GOC Sierra Leone	117 !7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards ^[82]
157 !James Turner	004 !Major-General	1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade	204 !4th Cavalry ^[83]
158 !Julian Tynedale-Biscoe	005 !Brigadier-General	Yeomanry Mounted Brigade	131 !11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars ^[80]
159 !John Vaughan	004 !Major-General	3rd Cavalry Division	130 !10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars ^[80]
160 !Berkeley Vincent	005 !Brigadier-General	35th Brigade	126 !6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons ^[80]
161 !Richard Wapshare	004 !Major-General	4th (Quetta) Division	201 !1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) ^[84]
162 !Frederick Wadeson	005 !Brigadier-General	9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade	237 !37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) ^[80]
163 !Thomas Ward	005 !Brigadier-General		416 !Denbighshire Hussars ^[85]
164 !William Watson	004 !Major-General	Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade	239 !39th King George's Own Central India Horse ^[86]
165 !George Weir	005 !Brigadier-General	84th Brigade	113 !3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards ^[80]
166 !Adrian de Wiart	005 !Brigadier-General	134th (2/1st Hampshire) Brigade	114 !4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards ^[87]
167 !John Wigan	005 !Brigadier-General	7th Mounted Brigade	426 !Berkshire Yeomanry ^[80]
168 !Edgar Wiggin	005 !Brigadier-General	1st (1st South Midland) Mounted Brigade	133 !13th Hussars ^[80]
169 !Thomas Wight-Boycott	005 !Brigadier-General	2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade	402 !Warwickshire Yeomanry ^[88]
170 !Coventry Williams	005 !Brigadier-General	22nd Mounted Brigade	133 !13th Hussars ^[89]
171 !Frank Wormald	005 !Brigadier-General	5th Cavalry Brigade	132 !12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers ^[80]
172 !Ralph Yorke	005 !Brigadier-General	Western Desert Force	424 !Royal Gloucestershire Hussars ^[90]
173 !George Younghusband	004 !Major-General	7th (Meerut) Division	240 !Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides ^[91]

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Footnotes

↑ As a rule of thumb only, some junior ranking generals did at times command larger formations, than indicated by their rank.
↑ Alphabetical by surname.
↑ This is their highest rank during the war, some advanced to higher ranks post war.
↑ This is their last command, some generals rose from brigade to army commands during the conflict.
↑ Changed name from Edward Louis Spiers by deed poll in 1918.^[77]

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British cavalry regiments of World War I

Household Cavalry	1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse Guards Household Cavalry Composite Regiment

Dragoon Guards	1st (King's) Dragoon Guards 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards

Dragoons	1st (Royal) Dragoons 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Hussars	3rd (King's Own) Hussars 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars 13th Hussars 14th (King's) Hussars 15th (The King's) Hussars 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 20th Hussars

Lancers	9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers 16th (The Queen's) Lancers 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Special Reserve	North Irish Horse South Irish Horse King Edward's Horse (The King's Own Overseas Dominion Regiment)

Yeomanry	Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment) Warwickshire Yeomanry Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) Shropshire Yeomanry Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Leicestershire Yeomanry (Prince Albert's Own) North Somerset Yeomanry Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Lanarkshire Yeomanry Northumberland Hussars Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Denbighshire Hussars Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Pembroke Yeomanry (Castlemartin) Royal East Kent Yeomanry (The Duke of Connaught's Own) Hampshire Yeomanry Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Derbyshire Yeomanry Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Hertfordshire Yeomanry Berkshire Yeomanry 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars) Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Suffolk Yeomanry (The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars) Royal North Devon Yeomanry Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry West Somerset Yeomanry Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Lothians and Border Horse Lanarkshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire) Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Norfolk Yeomanry (The King's Own Royal Regiment) Sussex Yeomanry Glamorganshire Yeomanry Welsh Horse Yeomanry Lincolnshire Yeomanry City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) Bedfordshire Yeomanry Essex Yeomanry Northamptonshire Yeomanry East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry Lovat Scouts Scottish Horse

Reserve	1st Life Guards 2nd Life Guards Royal Horse Guards 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th

British Indian Army Cavalry Regiments 1903–1946

Pre 1922 reforms	1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) 3rd Skinner's Horse 4th Cavalry 5th Cavalry 6th King Edward's Own Cavalry 7th Hariana Lancers 8th Cavalry 9th Hodson's Horse 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) 12th Cavalry 13th Duke of Connaught's Lancers (Watson's Horse) 14th Murray's Jat Lancers 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) 16th Cavalry 17th Cavalry 18th King George's Own Lancers 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) 20th Royal Deccan Horse Guides Cavalry 21st Prince Albert Victor’s Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry (Frontier Force) 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) 24th not formed 25th Cavalry (Frontier Force) 26th King George’s Own Light Cavalry 27th Light Cavalry 28th Light Cavalry 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) 30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers 32nd Lancers 33rd Queen Victoria's Own Light Cavalry 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse 35th Scinde Horse 36th Jacob's Horse 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) 38th King George's Own Central Indian Horse 39th King George's Own Central Indian Horse

Post 1922 reforms	1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) 3rd Cavalry 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse 5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse) 7th Light Cavalry 8th King George's Own Light Cavalry 9th Royal Deccan Horse 10th Queen Victoria's Own Corps Of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force) 12th Cavalry (Frontier Force) 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse 15th Lancers 16th Light Cavalry 17th Queen Victoria's Own Poona Horse 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry 19th King George's Own Lancers 20th Lancers The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse)

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