While in Lucknow, the 1st Battalion King’s Dragoon Guards receive the order on 31st August to mobilise for action in support of the British war effort in Europe. They sail from Bombay on 16th October.
- 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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