8th Cavalry Brigade, British Army

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8th Cavalry Brigade, British Army
Years active:	–
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Regular Army (British Army)
Type:	Mounted
Specific type:	Mounted brigade
Full size:	2000
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Name1:	8th Cavalry Brigade
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	3rd Cavalry Division, UK
Parent level:	Division
Start date:	01/11/1914
End date:	28/02/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	1/1st Essex Yeomanry, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/11/1914
End date:	31/03/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/11/1917
End date:	31/03/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	10th Hussars, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/10/1914
End date:	28/02/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	8th Machine Gun Squadron, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/02/1916
End date:	28/02/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	G Battery Royal Horse Artillery, UK
Subordinate level:	Company
Start date:	01/01/1915
End date:	31/12/1917
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Royal Horse Guards, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/10/1914
End date:	31/10/1917
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/11/1914
Date left:	28/02/1918
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1156/1 (01/11/1914–28/02/1918)

References

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