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rdfs:label | - 1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)
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rdfs:comment | - The 1st Cavalry Division was a regular Division of the British Army during the First World War where it fought on the Western Front. During the Second World War it was a second line formation, formed from Yeomanry Regiments. It fought in the Middle East before being converted to the 10th Armoured Division.
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Dates | - --10-31
- August 1914 – March 1919
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Battles | - World War I
:Battle of Mons
:Action of Elouges
:Rearguard Action of Solesmes
:Battle of Le Cateau
:Rearguard Affair of Etreux
:Affair of Nery
:Rearguard Actions of Villers-Cotterets
:Battle of the Marne
:Battle of the Aisne
:Actions on the Aisne Heights
:First Battle of Ypres 1914
:Second Battle of Ypres 1915
:Battle of Flers-Courcelette 1916
:Battle of Arras 1917
:Battle of Cambrai 1917
:First Battle of the Somme 1918
:Battle of Amiens 1918
:Second Battle of the Somme 1918
:Hindenburg Line 1918
:Final Advance in Artois
:Final Advance in Picardy
World War II
:Anglo-Iraqi War
:Syria-Lebanon Campaign
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Size | - Division
World War II
:11,097 men
:6,081 horses
:1,815 vehicles
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abstract | - The 1st Cavalry Division was a regular Division of the British Army during the First World War where it fought on the Western Front. During the Second World War it was a second line formation, formed from Yeomanry Regiments. It fought in the Middle East before being converted to the 10th Armoured Division.
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