2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade

Sialkot Cavalry Brigade
2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade
2nd Indian Cavalry Brigade
Sialkot Brigade Area
Active12 April 1904 – March 1918
June 1920 – January 1940
Country British India
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Indian Army
TypeCavalry
SizeBrigade
Part of2nd (Rawalpindi) Division
1st Indian Cavalry Division
Peacetime HQSialkot
EngagementsFirst World War
Western Front
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Br.-Gen. B.T. Mahon

The Sialkot Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1904 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It was mobilized as 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War as part of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and departed for France. It served on the Western Front with the division until it was broken up in March 1918.

The brigade was reformed in June 1920 and broken up in January 1940.