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Household Cavalry Composite Regiment
Active1882
1889–1900
4 August–11 November 1914
1939–1945
CountryHousehold Cavalry Composite Regiment United Kingdom
AllegianceBritish Crown
BranchHousehold Cavalry Composite Regiment British Army
TypeCavalry
SizeRegiment
Part of4th Cavalry Brigade (World War I and World War II)
EngagementsAnglo-Egyptian War

Second Boer War
World War I

Western Front

World War II

Anglo-Iraqi War
Syria-Lebanon Campaign

The Household Cavalry Composite Regiment was a temporary, wartime-only, cavalry regiment of the British Army consisting of personnel drawn from the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards. It was active in 1882 for service in the Anglo-Egyptian War, in 1889–1900 during the Second Boer War, from August to November, 1914 during the opening months of World War I and in World War II.

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