While in Lucknow, the 1st Battalion King’s Dragoon Guards receive the order to mobilise for action in support of the British war effort in Europe. They sail from Bombay.
- 31/Aug/1914
1st Dragoon Guards stationed in Lucknow ordered to mobilise - 11/Sep/1914
Mobilization complete - 8/Oct/1914
Train to Bombay - 16/Oct/1914
Sail from Bombay
Major R.S. Hunt was listed as being present at mobilisation. The 1st Battalion of the King’s Dragoon Guards consisted of –
- 16 officers
- 532 men
- 512 horses
The battalion formed part of the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division
Source: WO 95/1174/2
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