Cavalry Corps (United Kingdom)

Cavalry Corps
ActiveOctober 1914 – March 1916
September 1916 – 1919
Country United Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Army
TypeCavalry
SizeCorps
Part ofBritish Expeditionary Force
EngagementsFirst World War
Western Front
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Edmund Allenby

The Cavalry Corps was a cavalry corps of the British Army in the First World War. The corps was formed in France in October 1914, under General Sir Edmund Allenby. It was later broken up in March 1916, but re-established in the following September.[1] It served as part of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front throughout its existence.