1st King’s Dragoon Guards set sail

They sail from Bombay on 16th October.

Major R.S. Hunt was listed as being present on 23 Oct 1914 at mobilisation. The 1st King’s Dragoon Guards Regiment consisted of –

  • 16 officers (Commanding Officer Lt.Col. J.A. Bell-Smyth)
  • 532 men
  • 512 horses

The regiment formed part of the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade in the 1st Indian Cavalry Division of Indian Expeditionary Force A