British First World War cavalry generals
Cavalry generals
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British First World War cavalry generals

Section Title: Cavalry generals
Table Section Text: This indicates a member of the British Indian Army This indicates a member of the Special Reserve or Territorial Force yeomanry

Name	Rank	Command	Regiment

Edmund Allenby	General	Egyptian Expeditionary Force	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Anthony Ashley-Cooper	Brigadier-General	1st South Western Mounted Brigade	North Irish Horse

James Babington	Lieutenant-General	XIV Corps	16th (The Queen's) Lancers

George Baille-Hamilton	Brigadier-General	41st Brigade	Royal Horse Guards

Edward Baird	Brigadier-General	179th (2/4th London) Brigade	Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars

Guy Baldwin	Brigadier-General	Derajat Brigade	25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Reginald Barnes	Major-General	57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division	10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars

George Barrow	Major-General	4th Cavalry Division	35th Scinde Horse

Charles Bates	Brigadier-General	Director of Remounts EEF	Northumberland Hussars

Desmond Beale-Brown	Brigadier-General	2nd Cavalry Brigade	9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Guy Beatty	Brigadier-General	8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade	9th Hodson's Horse

Lionel Beatty	Brigadier-General	31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers

Charles Beckett	Brigadier-General	66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division	2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

John Bell-Smyth	Brigadier-General	3rd Cavalry Brigade	1st (King's) Dragoon Guards

Hugh Bethell	Major-General	66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division	7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Charles Briggs	Lieutenant-General	British Salonika Army	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Cecil Bingham	Major-General	1st Cavalry Division	1st Life Guards

William Birdwood	General	Fifth Army	12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers

Robert Broadwood	Lieutenant-General	57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division	12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers

William Bromley-Davenport	Brigadier-General	22nd Mounted Brigade	Staffordshire Yeomanry

Howard Brown	Brigadier General	South Eastern Mounted Brigade	12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers

Robert Browne-Clayton	Brigadier-General	59th Brigade	South Irish Horse

George Bridges	Major-General	19th (Western) Division	4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Charles Bulkeley-Johnson	Brigadier-General	8th Cavalry Brigade	2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

Alfred Burt	Brigadier-General	7th Cavalry Brigade	3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

John Burn-Murdoch	Major-General	The Cyclist Division	1st (Royal) Dragoons

Julian Byng	General	Third Army	10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars

Robert Cassels	Brigadier-General	11th Indian Cavalry Brigade	32nd Lancers

Alexander Cambridge	Major-General	Head of mission Belgian Army	2nd Life Guards

Charles Campbell	Brigadier-General	5th Cavalry Brigade	16th (The Queen's) Lancers

David Campbell	Major-General	21st Division	4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

Frederick Cavendish	Brigadier-General	Head of mission French Army	9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Oswald Chance	Brigadier-General	General Staff officer War Office	5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Philip Chetwode	Lieutenant-General	XX Corps	19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

Goland Clarke	Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

Bertie Clay	Brigadier-General	34th Brigade	5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

George Cookson	Major-General	2nd Indian Cavalry Division	29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)

Francis Commeline	Brigadier-General	Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade	2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)

Anthony Courage	Brigadier-General	2nd Tank Brigade	15th (The King's) Hussars

Sydney Crocker	Major-General	Mesopotamia Cavalry Division	9th Hodson's Horse

Frederick Davies	Brigadier-General	1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade	Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides

Beauvoir De Lisle	Lieutenant-General	XV Corps	1st (Royal) Dragoons

FitzJames Edwards	Brigadier-General	7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade	33rd Queen's Own Light Cavalry

Raleigh Gilbert Egerton	Lieutenant-General	14th Indian Division	Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides

William Fasken	Brigadier-General	8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade	10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers

Hew Fanshawe	Lieutenant-General	V Corps	2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

Bertie Fisher	Brigadier-General	8th Brigade	17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers

Percy FitzGerald	Brigadier-General	5th Mounted Brigade	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

Simon Fraser	Major-General	4th Mounted Division	1st Life Guards

John French	Field-Marshal	British Expeditionary Force	19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

Frederick Fryer	Brigadier-General	22nd Mounted Brigade	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Moreton Gage	Brigadier-General	8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade	5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

Francis Garratt	Brigadier-General	Director of Remounts BEF	6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)

Wilfrith Green	Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	36th Jacob's Horse

Walter Greenly	Major-General	2nd Cavalry Division	19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars

Charles Gregory	Brigadier-General	11th Cavalry Brigade	19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)

Charles Godwin	Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force)

Hubert Gough	General	Fifth Army	16th (The Queen's) Lancers

Douglas Haig	Field Marshal	British Expeditionary Force	17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers

Neil Haig	Brigadier-General	5th Cavalry Brigade	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Cyril Harbord	Brigadier-General	15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade	29th Lancers (Deccan Horse)

Percival Hambro	Major-General	DA&QMG	15th (The King's) Hussars

Anthony Harman	Major-General	3rd Cavalry Division	3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

John Hardress-Lloyd	Brigadier-General	3rd Tank Brigade	4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

Maxwell Henderson	Brigadier-General	Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade	26th King George's Own Light Cavalry

Edmund Herbert	Brigadier-General	Welsh Border Mounted Brigade	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Reginald Hoare	Brigadier-General	229th Brigade	4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Henry Hodgson	Major-General	Australian Mounted Division	15th (The King's) Hussars

George Holdsworth	Brigadier-General	Remount Service	7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Pomeroy Holland-Prior	Brigadier-General	6th Indian Cavalry Brigade	1st Duke of York’s Own Lancers (Skinner’s Horse)

Herbert Holman	Major-General	DA&QMG Fourth Army	16th Cavalry

Archibald Home	Brigadier-General	Brigadier-General General Staff	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

William Horwood	Brigadier-General	Provost Marshal BEF	5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Philip Howell	Brigadier General	General Staff II Corps	4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Richard Howard-Vyse	Brigadier-General	10th Cavalry Brigade	Royal Horse Guards

Havelock Hudson	Major-General	8th Division	19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)

Robert Hutchison	Major-General	Director of Organisation War Office	4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

William James	Major-General	Administrative Staff	21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry

James Jardine	Brigadier-General	97th Brigade	5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Leslie Jones	Major-General	Mesopotamia Cavalry Division	5th Cavalry

Charles Kavanagh	Lieutenant-General	Cavalry Corps	10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars

Philip Kelly	Brigadier-General	13th Cavalry Brigade	3rd (The King's Own) Hussars

Paul Kenna	Brigadier-General	3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade	21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Alfred Kennedy	Major-General	4th Cavalry Division	3rd (The King's Own) Hussars

Stuart Kirby	Brigadier-General	9th Cavalry Brigade	6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)

Wyndham Knight	Major-General	Commandant Embarkation India	4th Cavalry

Frederick Lance	Brigadier-General	7th Mounted Brigade	19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)

Herbert Lawrence	Lieutenant-General	Chief of the General Staff BEF	King Edward's Horse

Algernon Lawson	Brigadier-General	2nd Cavalry Brigade	2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

Henry Leader	Lieutenant-General	1st Indian Cavalry Division	6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)

D'Arcy Legard	Brigadier-General	9th Cavalry Brigade	17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers

Malcolm Orme Little	Brigadier-General	2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade	9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Arthur Lloyd	Brigadier-General	Commander Canal Zone	Shropshire Yeomanry

Walter Long	Brigadier-General	56th Brigade	2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

William Lowe	Brigadier-General	3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade	7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards

Osbert Lumley	Brigadier-General	Inspector of Cavalry	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

Henry Macandrew	Major-General	5th Cavalry Division	5th Cavalry

Bryan Mahon	Lieutenant-General	Commander-in-Chief, Ireland	8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars

Angus McNeill	Brigadier-General	230th Brigade	2nd Lovat Scouts

Ernest Makins	Brigadier-General	6th Cavalry Brigade	1st (Royal) Dragoons

Laurence Maxwell	Brigadier-General	2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade	2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)

Andrew Mcculloch	Brigadier-General	64th Brigade	14th (King's) Hussars

Alfred Miller	Brigadier-General	DA&QMG	2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

George Milner	Brigadier-General	Lowland Mounted Brigade	5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Noel Money	Brigadier-General	159th (Cheshire) Brigade	Shropshire Yeomanry

Colquhoun Morrison	Brigadier-General	General Staff	1st (Royal) Dragoons

Richard Mullens	Major-General	1st Cavalry Division	4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

John Nicholson	Brigadier-General	Le Havre Base	7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Norman Nickalls	Brigadier-General	63rd Brigade	17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers

Charles Norton	Brigadier-General	7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade	7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Edmund O'Brien	Brigadier-General	2/1st Western Mounted Brigade	14th (King's) Hussars

Reginald O'Bryan Taylor	Brigadier-General	187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade	19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)

Thomas Packenham	Brigadier-General	2nd (2nd South Midland) Mounted Brigade	2nd Life Guards

Arthur Parker	Brigadier-General	5th Tank Brigade	5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Ewing Paterson	Brigadier-General	6th Cavalry Brigade	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Arthur Peck	Major-General	DA&QMG	25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)

William Peyton	Lieutenant-General	Fifth Army	15th (The King's) Hussars

Arthur Phayre	Lieutenant-General	9th (Secunderabad) Division	3rd Skinner's Horse

Ivor Philipps	Major-General	38th (Welsh) Division	Pembrokeshire Yeomanry

Charles Pirie	Major-General	3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade	15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis)

Duncan Pitcher	Brigadier-General	1st Brigade Royal Flying Corps	39th King George's Own Central India Horse

Thomas Pitman	Major-General	2nd Cavalry Division	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

Thomas Pitt	Brigadier-General	6th Mounted Brigade	2nd County of London Yeomanry

Robert Poore	Brigadier-General	Jhansi Brigade	7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Bertram Portal	Brigadier-General	7th Cavalry Brigade	17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers

Charles Rankin	Brigadier-General	3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade	4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Michael Rimington	Lieutenant-General	Indian Cavalry Corps	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Hereward Roberts	Brigadier-General	4th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade	1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)

William Robertson	General	Chief Imperial General Staff	3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

Claude Rome	Brigadier-General	8th Mounted Brigade	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

William Rycroft	Major-General	32nd Division	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

Lionel Sadleir-Jackson	Brigadier-General	54th Brigade	9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

John Seely	Brigadier-General	Canadian Cavalry Brigade	Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)

Horace Sewell	Brigadier-General	1st Cavalry Brigade	7th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Archibald Seymour	Brigadier-General	8th Cavalry Brigade	2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

John Shea	Major-General	60th (2/2nd London) Division	35th Scinde Horse

Walter Smithson	Brigadier-General	2/1st Yorkshire Mounted Brigade	13th Hussars

Oswald Smith-Bingham	Brigadier-General	Inspector General of Cavalry	3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

Nevill Smyth	Major-General	59th (2nd North Midland) Division	6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)

Robert Smyth	Brigadier-General	7th Cyclist Brigade	21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

Arthur Solly-Flood	Major-General	42nd (East Lancashire) Division	4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

Edward Spears	Brigadier-General	Liaison officer French GHQ	8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars

John Stewart-Murray	Brigadier-General	Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade	Royal Horse Guards

Archibald Stirling	Brigadier-General	Highland Mounted Brigade	2nd Lovat Scouts

Frederick Sykes	Major-General	Chief of the Air Staff	15th (The King's) Hussars

Harold Tagart	Major-General	DA&QMG	15th (The King's) Hussars

Arthur Taylor	Brigadier-General	8th Mounted Brigade	13th Hussars

Charles Thompson	Major-General	GOC Sierra Leone	7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards

James Turner	Major-General	1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade	4th Cavalry

Julian Tynedale-Biscoe	Brigadier-General	Yeomanry Mounted Brigade	11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

John Vaughan	Major-General	3rd Cavalry Division	10th (Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars

Berkeley Vincent	Brigadier-General	35th Brigade	6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons

Richard Wapshare	Major-General	4th (Quetta) Division	1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse)

Frederick Wadeson	Brigadier-General	9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade	37th Lancers (Baluch Horse)

Thomas Ward	Brigadier-General	Denbighshire Hussars

William Watson	Major-General	Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade	39th King George's Own Central India Horse

George Weir	Brigadier-General	84th Brigade	3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards

Adrian de Wiart	Brigadier-General	134th (2/1st Hampshire) Brigade	4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

John Wigan	Brigadier-General	7th Mounted Brigade	Berkshire Yeomanry

Edgar Wiggin	Brigadier-General	1st (1st South Midland) Mounted Brigade	13th Hussars

Thomas Wight-Boycott	Brigadier-General	2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade	Warwickshire Yeomanry

Coventry Williams	Brigadier-General	22nd Mounted Brigade	13th Hussars

Frank Wormald	Brigadier-General	5th Cavalry Brigade	12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

Ralph Yorke	Brigadier-General	Western Desert Force	Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

George Younghusband	Major-General	7th (Meerut) Division	Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides

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The commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War, John French came from the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.

final_sentence: The commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War, John French came from the 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars.