page_title: 2nd Indian Cavalry Division
section_title: Order of battle
hierarchical_section_title: 2nd Indian Cavalry Division / Order of battle
caption_attribution_description: English: 13th Hussars horselines and bivouacs [Aire, France].
context_page_description: The 2nd Indian Cavalry Division was a division of the British Indian Army formed at the outbreak of World War I. It served on the Western Front, being renamed as 5th Cavalry Division on 26 November 1916. In March 1918, the 5th Cavalry Division was broken up. The British and Canadian units remained in France and the Indian elements were sent to Egypt to help constitute 2nd Mounted Division.
context_section_description: 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade (left on 15 September 1915 for 1st Indian Cavalry Division)
  6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons
  2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse)
  38th King George's Own Central India Horse
  X Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
  7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade (left in June 1916 for Mesopotamia)
  13th Hussars
  3rd Skinner's Horse
  18th King George's Own Tiwana Lancers (transferred in June 1916 to 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade)
  30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) (joined in June 1916 from 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade)
  V Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
  15th Machine Gun Squadron (joined in February 1916)
  9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade
  7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
  20th Deccan Horse
  34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
  N Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
  13th Machine Gun Squadron (joined on 29 February 1916)
  3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade (joined on 15 September 1915 from 1st Indian Cavalry Division)
  8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars
  9th Hodson's Horse
  30th Lancers (Gordon's Horse) (transferred in June 1916 to 7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade)
  18th King George's Own Lancers (joined in June 1916 from 7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade)
  X Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
  14th Machine Gun Squadron (joined on 29 February 1916)
  Canadian Cavalry Brigade (joined on 17 June 1916 from 3rd Cavalry Division)
  Royal Canadian Dragoons
  Lord Strathcona's Horse
  Fort Garry Horse
  Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Brigade (A and B Batteries, RCHA)
  Canadian Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
  II Indian Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (XVII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery from 26 November 1916)
  N Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (with 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade)
  X Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (with 7th (Meerut) Cavalry Brigade, to Mesopotamia with brigade)
  X Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (with 5th (Mhow) Cavalry Brigade then 3rd (Ambala) Cavalry Brigade)
  II Indian RHA Brigade Ammunition Column
caption: 13th Hussars  horselines and bivouacs Aire, France, 25 July 1915
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