10th Cyclist Brigade

December 2013 December 2023 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade21st Mounted Brigade14th Cyclist Brigade10th Cyclist Brigade 1915–1918 UKGBI United Kingdom 23px YeomanryBicycle infantry Brigade World War I Service The 21st Mounted Brigade previously known as the 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade was a 2nd Line yeomanry brigade of the British Army during the First World War. In July 1916 it was converted to a cyclist formation as 14th Cyclist Brigade and in October 1916 was redesignated as 10th Cyclist Brigade. It was still in existence, in Ireland, at the end of the war. Mounted Brigade In accordance with the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw.7, c.9) which brought the Territorial Force into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for Imperial Service. Therefore, TF units were split in August and September 1914 into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units. Later, a 3rd Line was formed to act as a reserve, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line regiments.Rinaldi 2008 35 Similarly, by 1915 most 2nd Line yeomanry regiments were formed into 2nd Line mounted brigades with the same title and composition as the pre-war 1st Line formations. Two other 2nd Line brigades (2/1st Southern Mounted Brigade and 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade) without 1st Line antecedents were also formed.James 1978 36 The 2/1st Western Mounted Brigade was formed by July 1915,James 1978 21,22,30 possibly by the redesignation of the Yorkshire Mounted Brigade. It had under command the 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry,The Long, Long Trail 12 February 2014 Baker Chris The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry http://www.1914-1918.net/dukelancs.htm the 2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland YeomanryThe Long, Long Trail 12 February 2014 Baker Chris The Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry http://www.1914-1918.net/wmld.htm and the 2/1st Lancashire Hussars.The Long, Long Trail 12 February 2014 Baker Chris The Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry http://www.1914-1918.net/lancshussars.htm By March 1916, the brigade was at Cupar, Fife. On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were ordered to be numbered in a single sequence and the brigade became 21st Mounted Brigade, still at Cupar under Scottish Command. In May 1916, 2/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company (four Ordnance BLC 15-pounders) moved to Cupar where it joined the brigade.Becke 1936 24 Cyclist Brigade In July 1916 there was a major reorganization of 2nd Line yeomanry units in the United Kingdom. All but 12 regiments were converted to cyclists and as a consequence the brigade was converted to 14th Cyclist Brigade. Further reorganization in October and November 1916 saw the brigade redesignated as 10th Cyclist Brigade in October 1916, still at Cupar. 2/B Battery, HAC left on 10 May 1917 and proceeded to Heytesbury, Wiltshire where it joined the reformed CXXVI Brigade, RFA.Orig126 The original CLVIII Brigade, RFA was formed from November 1914 as an 18 pounder gun brigade for the original 32nd Division in Kitchener's Fourth New Army. The divisions of the Fourth New Army were broken up on 10 April 1915 and the brigade was transferred to the 37th Division.Becke 1945 135 It joined the division on 15 April as a 4.5" howitzer brigadeBecke 1945 75 and proceeded to France with the division at the end of July 1915.Becke 1945 78 It served with the division on the Western Front until 28 January 1917 when it was broken up.Becke 1945 76 2/1st Lancashire Hussars moved to St Andrews in July 1917.James 1978 21 By January 1918, 10th Cyclist Brigade had moved to Lincolnshire with the 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's at Alford and Skegness,James 1978 22 the 2/1st Westmoreland and Cumberland at Spilsby and Burgh-le-Marsh,James 1978 30 and the 2/1st Lancashire Hussars also at Skegness. About May 1918 the Brigade moved to Ireland. 2/1st Duke of Lancaster's was stationed at Tralee, County Kerry, the 2/1st Westmoreland and Cumberland at Buttevant and Charleville, County Cork, and the 2/1st Lancashire Hussars at Bandon and Buttevant, County Cork. There were no further changes before the end of the war. See also United Kingdom British yeomanry during the First World War Second line yeomanry regiments of the British Army Notes References 2 Bibliography James Brigadier E.A. 1978 British Regiments 1914–18 Samson Books Limited London 0-906304-03-2 Rinaldi Richard A 2008 Order of Battle of the British Army 1914 Ravi Rikhye 978-0-97760728-0 Category:Cyclist units and formations of the British Army Category:Mounted Brigades of the British Army Category:Military units and formations established in 1915 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918