The Derbyshire Yeomanry
1/1st
August
1914 : in Derby. Part of the Notts & Derby Mounted Brigade in the Mounted Division.
September 1914 : Brigade transferred to 2nd Mounted Division.
April 1915 : moved to Egypt.
August 1915 : dismounted and moved to Gallipoli. Withdrew back to Egypt in December 1915. Allotted to Western Frontier Force.
February
1916 : Brigade left Division and moved to Salonika, retitled as 7th Mounted
Brigade. D Squadron joined 27th Division between
March and June 1916. Regiment remained as GHQ Troops in Macedonia when Brigade returned
to Egypt.
2/1st
Formed
as a Second-Line regiment in September 1914 and remained at home.
July 1916 : converted into a Cyclist unit.
3/1st
Formed
as a Third-Line training unit in 1915.
Remained in United Kingdom until absorbed into 4th Reserve Cavalry
Regiment in early 1917.
Men who served with the Yeomanry can be researched in exactly the same way as, for example, infantrymen.
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