The 17th Mounted Brigade previously known as the 2/1st Welsh Border 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 10th Cyclist Brigade and in November 1916 was redesignated as 6th Cyclist Brigade. It was still in existence, in Ireland, at the end of the war.
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1916 it was converted to a cyclist formation as 10th CyclistBrigade and in November 1916 was redesignated as 6thCyclistBrigade. It was still in existence...
reorganized as the 2nd Cyclist Division, now commanding the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th CyclistBrigades. On reorganisation, 14th Mounted Brigade – with 2/1st Hertfordshire...
area. In November 1916, the regiment was converted to a cyclist unit in 6thCyclistBrigade at Ashington in Northumberland. By July 1917, it was at Acklington...
together in two brigades: the I Bersaglieri Brigade consisted of the 6th and 12th Bersaglieri regiments, while the II Bersaglieri Brigade consisted of the...
time as The Cyclist Division and the mounted brigades redesignated as the 11th, 12th and 13th CyclistBrigades. The 5th Cyclistbrigade became independent...
RE Divisional Cyclist Company 11th (Northern) Division 32nd Brigade 9th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 6th Battalion, Alexandra...
disband instead 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, was re-formed as 58th Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery 5th (Cyclist) Battalion, East...
Hussars 4th Cyclist company Engineers 7th Field company Royal Engineers 9th Field company Royal Engineers 6th Division (John Keir) 16th Brigade 1st Buffs...
converted to cyclists and as a consequence the regiment was dismounted and joined the 6thCyclistBrigade (and the division became 2nd Cyclist Division)...
The cyclistbrigades were dispersed and the yeomanry regiments were amalgamated in pairs to form Yeomanry Cyclist Regiments in new cyclistbrigades. Two...
converted to a cyclist unit in 6thCyclistBrigade, 2nd Cyclist Division (4th Mounted Division redesignated). In November 1916 the 2nd Cyclist Division was...
divisions (the 2nd and 6th) each had an additional artillery regiment, for a total of sixty guns. The Cavalry Division had two brigades of two regiments each...
Yeomanry at around that time and of the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment in about 1910. The 6th Battalion was mobilised at St Giles before...
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