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3rd Cavalry Division    3rd Cavalry Division was formed at Windmill Hill Camp at Ludgershall in early September 1914. It left there on 5 October and began to embark next day at Southampton. After some sailing delay due to suspected submarine activity in the English Channel, it arrived at Ostende on 8 October and proceeded to Bruges as part of IV Corps. The Division then remained on the Western Front in France and Flanders, taking part in the following engagements: 1914 The Antwerp operations Battles of Ypres 1914 The Battle of Langemarck The Battle of Gheluvelt The Battle of Nonne Bosschen 1915 Winter Operations 1914-15 The Battle of Frezenburg Ridge The Battle of Loos 1916 No major engagements 1917 The First Battle of the Scarpe The attack on Monchy le Preux 1918 The Battle of St Quentin Between 22 and 25 March 1918 the Division provided the 3rd Dismounted Division, organised into three dismounted brigades. It also provided a mounted detachment under "Harman's Detachment" and then "Reynolds's Force" between 23 and 29 March. The actions at the Somme crossings The Battle of the Avre The Battle of Amiens The Battle of Cambrai 1918 The Pursuit to the Selle The Final Advance in Flanders By 11th of November 1918 the advance units of the Division had reached the line of the River Dender at Leuze and Lessines. The Division was selected to advance into Germany as an advance screen for Second Army and form part of the Occupation Force. The move began on 17 November; Waterloo was reached four days later. Transport and supply difficulties caused a change of plan and the Division remained in Belgium throughout the winter. The Division ceased to exist at midnight 31 March / 1 April 1919. Order of Battle of the 3rd Cavalry Division 6th Cavalry Brigade began to form on 19 September 1914 1st Royal Dragoons 10th Hussars left for 8th Cav Brigade 20 November 1914, rejoined from 8th Cav Brigade 12 March 1918 3rd Dragoon Guards joined 4 November 1914 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry joined 13 November 1914, left for 8th Cav Brigade 13 March 1918 C Battery, RHA joined 19 October 1914 6th Signal Troop RE 6th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron MGC formed 29 February 1916 7th Cavalry Brigade formed on 1 September 1914 1st Life Guards left 10 March 1918 2nd Life Guards left 10 March 1918 Royal Horse Guards left for 8th Cav Brigade 21 November 1914 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry joined 12 November 1914, left for 8th Cav Brigade 7 November 1917 K Battery, RHA joined 1 October 1914 7th Signal Troop RE 7th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron MGC formed 29 February 1916, broken up 14 April 1918 7th Dragoon Guards joined 10 March 1918 6th Inniskilling Dragoons joined 10 March 1918 17th Lancers joined 10 March 1918 8th Cavalry Brigade formed 20 November 1914, left 14 March 1918 Royal Horse Guards joined from 7th Cav Brigade 21 November 1914, rejoined 7th Cav Brigade 7 November 1917 10th Hussars joined from 6th Cav Brigade 20 November 1914, rejoined 6th Cav Brigade 12 March 1918 1/1st Essex Yeomanry joined 11 December 1914 G Battery, RHA joined 25 November 1914, left for 5th Cavalry Division 13 March 1918 8th Signal Troop RE 8th Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron MGC formed 29 February 1916, left for 7th Cav Brigade 11 March 1918 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry joined from 7th Cav Brigade 7 November 1917 Canadian Cavalry Brigade attached between 10 April and 17 June 1916, joined 13 March 1918 Royal Canadian Dragoons Lord Strathcona's Horse Fort Garry Horse Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Brigade Cavalry Cavalry Machine Gun Squadron Canadian Signal Troop RE Divisional Artillery XV Brigade, RHA and XV Brigade Ammunition Column, RHA formed 1 October 1914 and retitled as IV Brigade in May 1915 Royal Engineers 3rd Field Squadron joined 19 October 1914 3rd Signal Squadron formed 12 September 1914 Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Cavalry Field Ambulance formed 14 September 1914 7th Cavalry Field Ambulance formed 3 October 1914 20th Cavalry Field Ambulance joined ?, left 23 December 1914 8th Cavalry Field Ambulance joined 23 December 1914, left 14 March 1918 7th Canadian Field Ambulance joined 13 March 1918 No 12 Sanitary Section joined 9 January 1915 Royal Army Veterinary Corps 13th Mobile Veterinary Section 14th Mobile Veterinary Section 20th Mobile Veterinary Section joined 9 March 1915, left 14 March 1918 'A' Canadian Veterinary Section joined 13 March 1918 Other Divisional Troops 7th Motor Machine Gun Battery MGC joined 30 March 1916, left 18 July 1917 3rd Cavalry Divisional HQ ASC 81 (Horsed Transport) Company, formed 14 September 1914 3rd Cavalry Divisional Auxiliary (Horse) ASC 576 (Horsed Transport) Company, formed 23 September 1915 3rd Cavalry Divisional Supply Column ASC 73 and 414 (Mechanical Transport) Companies, formed 4 and 16 September 1914 respectively. 73 absorbed 414 on 10 October 1916. 773rd Divisional Employment Company formed 16 September 1917 3rd Cavalry Division Field Ambulance Workshop joined 14 May 1915, absorbed into Divisional Supply Column 1 April 1916 4th Oct 1914 Orders Received 8th Oct 1914 On the Move 9th Oct 1914 Anxiety 11th Oct 1914 Orders 18th Oct 1914 Planning   19th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   20th Oct 1914 Defensive Line 21st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 29th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 30th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   9th Dec 1914 Inspection 9th Dec 1914 Inspection 10th Dec 1914 Field Exercise 11th Dec 1914 On the March   12th Dec 1914 Inspection   13th Dec 1914 Orders Received   14th Dec 1914 On the March 14th Dec 1914 On the March   15th Dec 1914 Stand To 15th Dec 1914 Stand to   16th Dec 1914 On the March 16th Dec 1914 On the March   17th Dec 1914 Training 17th Dec 1914 Training   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Feb 1915 Church Parade 22nd Feb 1915 Parade 23rd Feb 1915 Snow 24th Feb 1915 Training 25th Feb 1915 Parade 26th Feb 1915 Staff Ride 27th Feb 1915 Training 28th Feb 1915 Church Parade 1st Mar 1915 Inspection 4th Mar 1915 Working Party 6th Mar 1915 Working Party 7th Mar 1915 Working Party 8th Mar 1915 Training 9th Mar 1915 Outpost Scheme 10th Mar 1915 On the March 12th Mar 1915 Ready to Move 13th Mar 1915 On the March 14th Mar 1915 Ready to Move 15th Mar 1915 On the March 16th Mar 1915 Ready to Move 17th Mar 1915 Inspection 18th Mar 1915 Orders Received 19th Mar 1915 Snow 20th Mar 1915 Training 21st Mar 1915 Church Parade 23rd of March 1915  Quiet Day    23rd Mar 1915 Practice Attack 25th Mar 1915 Courts Martial 26th Mar 1915 Parade 27th Mar 1915 Very Cold 29th Mar 1915 Inspection 30th of March 1915  Hostile MG Damaged?    20th April 1915 Posting 20th Apr 1915 Inspection 23rd Apr 1915 On the March 24th Apr 1915 On the March   25th Apr 1915 On the March   26th Apr 1915 On the March   27th Apr 1915 Heavy Shelling   28th Apr 1915 On the March   29th Apr 1915 Stand to 30th Apr 1915 Stand to 1st May 1915 Stand to 2nd May 1915 Stand to 3rd May 1915 On the March 4th May 1915 On the March 5th May 1915 Digging in 7th May 1915 On the March 8th May 1915 Standing by 9th May 1915 Orders 10th May 1915 Working Parties 11th May 1915 Draft 12th May 1915 Working Parties 13th of May 1915 Bombardment of front line 13th of May 1915 DLI to Cavalry Division 13th May 1915 In Action   14th May 1915 In the Trenches 16th May 1915 Messages   17th May 1915 In Reserve   18th May 1915 In Reserve   19th May 1915 In Reserve   20th May 1915 Working Parties   21st May 1915 On the Move   22nd May 1915 In Billets 26th May 1915 Inspection 27th May 1915 Route March 28th May 1915 Recce 29th May 1915 Reliefs   30th May 1915 Heavy Shelling 31st May 1915 New CO 1st of June 1915 Letter of Appreciation 1st of June 1915 Normal Situation 1st Jun 1915 Working Party 2nd Jun 1915 Working Party 3rd Jun 1915 Gas Alert 4ht of June 1915    4th Jun 1915 Inspection 5th Jun 1915 Reliefs 6th Jun 1915 Leave 7th Jun 1915 Reorganisation 9th Jun 1915 Horses 10th Jun 1915 Inspection 11th Jun 1915 Working Party 12th Jun 1915 Reinforcements 13th Jun 1915 Inspection 14th Jun 1915 Instruction 15th Jun 1915 Instruction 16th Jun 1915 Instruction 17th Jun 1915 Instruction 18th Jun 1915 Inspection 19th Jun 1915 Inspection 20th Jun 1915 Church Parade 21st Jun 1915 Training 24th Jun 1915 Training 25th Jun 1915 Training 26th Jun 1915 Training 1st Jul 1915 Inspection 3rd Jul 1915 Baths 4th Jul 1915 Lectures 5th Jul 1915 Training 6th Jul 1915 Instruction 7th Jul 1915 Course 9th Jul 1915 Inspection 11th of Aug 1915  11th of Aug 1915    20th of Aug 1915  5th September 1915 Defences 21st Sep 1915 Orders   26th Sep 1915 Dismounted Cavalry in Action 5th March 1916 British Cavalry Corps Ceased to Exist 22nd March 1917 A Route March for General Vaughan 1st April 1917 Military Medal Ribbons Awarded 11 April 1917 Heavy Casualties   11th April 1917 Supplementary War Diary Record    24th Mar 1918 Cavalry in Support 13th August 1918 Special Order 23rd November 1918 Change of Plans If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. 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