1st Indian Cavalry Division

1st Indian Cavalry Division
ActiveSeptember 1914 – March 1918
CountryBritish India
AllegianceBritish Crown
BranchBritish Indian Army
TypeCavalry
SizeDivision
Part ofIndian Cavalry Corps
EngagementsWestern Front in World War I
Battle of Cambrai
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Henry Peregrine Leader
Michael Rimington

The 1st Indian Cavalry Division was a division of the British Indian Army which was formed at the outbreak of the First World War. It served on the Western Front, and was renamed the 4th Cavalry Division on 26 November 1916.[1] In March 1918, the 4th Cavalry Division was disbanded; the British units remained in France and the Indian units were sent to Egypt to help form the 1st Mounted Division.[2]

  1. ^ Perry 1993, p. 14
  2. ^ Perry 1993, p. 16