The Cavalry Corps was a formation of the British Army during World War I

British Army during World War I

The British Army during World War I fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. Unlike the French and German Armies, its units were made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts—at the beginning of the conflict...

. and part of the British Expeditionary Force. 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.

Formation

The Corps consisted of the three cavalry divisions serving in France, the 1st, 2nd

2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)

The 2nd Cavalry Division was a regular British Army division that saw service in World War I. It also known as Gough's Command, after its commanding General and was part of the initial British Expeditionary Force which landed in France in September 1914....

, 3rd divisions.

The cavalry division consisted of cavalry regiments in brigades. They were armed with rifles, unlike their French and German counterparts, who were only armed with the shorter range carbine

Carbine

A carbine , from French carabine, is a longarm similar to but shorter than a rifle or musket. Many carbines are shortened versions of full rifles, firing the same ammunition at a lower velocity due to a shorter barrel length....

. The cavalry division also had a high allocation of artillery compared to foreign cavalry divisions, with 24 13-pounder guns

Ordnance QF 13 pounder

The Ordnance QF 13-pounder quick-firing field gun was the standard equipment of the British Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World War I.-History:...

 organised into two brigades and two machine guns for each regiment. However, when dismounted, the cavalry division was the equivalent of two weakened infantry brigades with less artillery then the infantry division.

Battles

• Battle of La Bassee
  Race to the Sea
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• Battle of Messines
  Battle of Messines
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• Battle of Arras
  Battle of Arras
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• Battle of Cambrai
  Battle of Cambrai
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• The Battles of the Hindenburg Line
  Hundred Days Offensive
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