| Yeomanry Mounted Division (4th Cavalry Division) |
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| Active | World War I June 1917 - 1919 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Yeomanry |
| Type | Cavalry |
| Engagements | Third Battle of Gaza Battle of Beersheba |
The Yeomanry Mounted Division was a Territorial Force cavalry division formed at Khan Yunis in Palestine in June 1917 from three yeomanry mounted brigades. In April 1918 it was renamed 1st Mounted Division, the third such division to bear that title. In July 1918, the division was renamed the 4th Cavalry Division and the brigades were likewise renamed as cavalry brigades.
In April 1918 six of the regiments were withdrawn from the division and sent to France, being converted from Yeomanry to battalions of the Machine Gun Corps. They were replaced by Indian cavalry regiments from the British Indian Army which meant that the complete break-up of the division was averted.
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The brigade joined from the Imperial Mounted Division.
The brigade had been serving in Saloniki during the Macedonian front before joining the division in July 1917.
The brigade joined from the ANZAC Mounted Division.
The "mounted" brigades were redesignated as "cavalry" brigades when the division was renamed as the 4th Cavalry Division. The two regiments of each brigade that did not remain were combined into battalions of the Machine Gun Corps and sent to France. They were replaced by regiments of the recently disbanded 1st Indian Cavalry Division.
Becke, A.F. (1945). History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: Territorial Force & Mounted Divisions Pt. 2A. London HMSO.
Perry, F.W. (1993). History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions: Indian Army Divisions Pt. 5B. Ray Westlake Books. ISBN 1-871167-23-X