Household Cavalry Composite Regiment | |
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Active | 1882 1889–1900 4 August–11 November 1914 1939–1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Allegiance | British Crown |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Cavalry |
Size | Regiment |
Part of | 4th Cavalry Brigade (World War I and World War II) |
Engagements | Anglo-Egyptian War |
The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment was a temporary, wartime-only, cavalry regiment of the British Army consisting of personnel drawn from the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards. It was active in 1882 for service in the Anglo-Egyptian War, in 1889–1900 during the Second Boer War, from August to November, 1914 during the opening months of World War I and in World War II.