The Berkshire Yeomanry
1/1st
August
1914 : in Reading. Part of the 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade in the Mounted Division.
September 1914 : Brigade transferred to 2nd Mounted Division.
April 1915 : moved to Egypt.
August 1915, moved dismounted to Gallipoli. Withdrew back to Egypt in December.
January
1916 : Brigade became an independent command and was retitled as 6th Mounted
Brigade.
February
1917 : Brigade transferred to Imperial Mounted Division.
June
1917 : Brigade transferred to Yeomanry Mounted Division.
April
1918 : merged with the with the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry to form C Bn, the Machine Gun Corps.
June
1918 : moved via Italy to France.
August
1918 : renumbered 101st Bn, the Machine Gun Corps.
2/1st
Formed
as a Second-Line regiment in September 1914 and remained at home throughout the war.
July 1916: converted
into a Cyclist unit.
3/1st
Formed
as a Third-Line training unit in 1915.
Remained in United Kingdom until July 1917, when absorbed into
6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment.
Men who served with the Yeomanry can be researched in exactly the same way as, for example, infantrymen.
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