| 1st Cavalry Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1815 1899–1902 1914–1919 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 1st Cavalry Division (World War I) |
| Engagements | Napoleonic Wars |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Lord Edward Somerset Baker Russell John French, 1st Earl of Ypres Charles James Briggs Horace Sewell[1] |
The 1st Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Army. It served in the Napoleonic Wars (1st Household Cavalry Brigade), the Anglo-Egyptian War (1st (Heavy) Cavalry Brigade), the Boer War and in the First World War when it was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division.
Prior to World War I the brigade was based at Aldershot in England and originally consisted of three cavalry regiments, and a Royal Engineers signal troop. After the declaration of war in August 1914, the brigade was deployed to the Western Front in France, where an artillery battery joined the brigade the following September and a Machine Gun Squadron in February 1916.[2]
One of the brigade's early battles was the action at Néry on 1 September 1914 when, acting alone, the brigade defeated the German 4th Cavalry Division. As a result of this action three men from the artillery battery – Captain Edward Bradbury, Sergeant-Major George Dorrell and Sergeant David Nelson – were awarded the Victoria Cross.
- ^ "World War One — Part 1". 1st Queens Dragoon Guards. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "1st Cavalry Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 30 August 2012.