Regiments of the Regular Army

Royal Horse Guards
August 1914 : at Windsor.
On mobilisation one Squadron left and came under orders of the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment.
1 September 1914 : moved to Ludgershall and came under orders of 7th Cavalry Brigade in 3rd Cavalry Division. .
7 October 1914 : landed at Zeebrugge.
21 November 1914 : transferred to 8th Cavalry Brigade in same Division.
7 November 1917 : transferred to 7th Cavalry Brigade in same Division.
10 March 1918: left the Division and converted into No 3 (Royal Horse Guards) Battalion of the Guards Machine Gun Regiment.
22 May 1918: moved as Army Troops to First Army.

If you are searching for the army service record of a man who served with the Royal Horse Guards, you are likely to succeed. They escaped the 1940 fire that destroyed many such records and are stll held separately. They are held in the original form at the National Archives, in document series WO400.
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