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unusual facts about 2nd Mounted Division


5th Yeomanry Mounted Brigade

Yeomanry Mounted Brigade which was numbered 5th Mounted Brigade while attached to 2nd Mounted Division


Battle of Abu Tellul

The fords on the Jordan River at Makhadet Hijla and El Hinu were held by the Mysore and Hyderabad Lancers while the Ghoraniyeh bridgehead was garrisoned by the Alwar and Patiala Infantry Battalions and the 14th and 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigades of the 2nd Mounted Division.

Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

In September 1914 the Brigade was transferred to the 2nd Mounted Division and moved with them to Egypt, until August 1915 when they were dismounted and sent to Gallipoli.


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