7th Indian Cavalry Brigade
- 7th Indian Cavalry Brigade
The 7th (Meerut) Indian Cavalry Brigade was a formation of the British Indian Army that served during World War 1 on the Western Front as part of 2nd Indian Cavalry Division and later as an independent brigade in the Mesopotamian Campaign. In 1918 it fought at the Battle of Sharqat and was present at the occupation of Mosul at the end of the campaign, shortly after the armistice.
Formation in 1918:
*13th Hussars
*13th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Watson's Horse)
*14th Murray's Jat Lancers
*16th Machinegun Squadron
* V Battery Royal Horse Artillery
Notes and references
Moberly, F.J. (1923). "Official History of the War: Mesopotamia Campaign", Imperial War Museum. ISBN 1870423305
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