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21- Three of the remaining yeomanry regiments, the 1/1st [[Dorset Yeomanry]], the 1/[[1st County of London Yeomanry]], and the 1/1st [[Staffordshire Yeomanry]], which had previously formed part of the [[6th Mounted Brigade|6th]], [[8th Mounted Brigade|8th]] and [[22nd Mounted Brigade]]s, along with newly arrived British Indian Army units transferred from France, formed the [[4th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|4th Cavalry Division]].{{sfn|Wavell|1968|p=183}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(2), p. 661-662, 667-668}} Another two of the remaining yeomanry regiments, the 1/1st [[Royal Gloucestershire Hussars]] and 1/1st [[Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry]] which had belonged to the [[5th Mounted Brigade|5th]] and [[7th Mounted Brigade]]s, with newly arrived British Indian Army units transferred from France, and the renamed [[15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade]], formed the [[5th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|5th Cavalry Division]]. The 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade had served during the Ottoman [[Raid on Suez Canal]] and in the Sinai and Palestine since December 1914, as the ''Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade.'' Both the 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions were assigned to the Desert Mounted Corps which had lost the Yeomanry Cavalry Division during the reorganisation.{{sfn|Wavell|1968|p=183}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. I, p. 15, 22}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(1), p. 661-662, 667-668}}</ref>
 
20- Five of the six brigades in the 4th and 5th Cavalry Divisions were composed of one British [[yeomanry]] and two Indian cavalry regiments.{{sfn|Perrett|1999|p=23}} The sixth brigade (in the 5th Cavalry Division), the 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade, consisted of three regiments of [[Imperial Service Troops]], which represented and were wholly maintained by the Indian [[Princely states]] of Jodhpur, Mysore and Hyderabad.{{sfn|Perrett|1999|p=23}} Eight of the 18 regiments in the six brigades were armed with and called lancers.<ref group="Nota">SeeVegeu ''[[IndianExèrcit indi Armydurant duringla WorldPrimera WarGuerra IMundial]]'' forper anveure imageuna ofimatge Indiande lancers,llancers andindis fori anuna illustrationil·lustració ofd'un allancer fullycompletament armedarmat lanceramb with swordespasa, lancellança, rifle, bayonetbaioneta andi màscara de gas. mask,Vegeu seetambé la il·lustració de Chappell's "''«Men at Arms Series British Cavalry Equipment 1800–1941" illustration»'' G 1.</ref>{{sfn|Perrett|1999|p=23}} The Australian Mounted Division's 5th Mounted Brigade was also dismounted and sent to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force in France. It was replaced by the newly formed [[5th Light Horse Brigade]] which consisted of the 14th and 15th Light Horse Regiments, formed from Australians transferred from the [[Imperial Camel Corps Brigade]] and the French ''Régiment Mixte de Marche de Cavalerie.'' Completing this division, the [[3rd Light Horse Brigade|3rd]] and [[4th Light Horse Brigade]]s consisted of three light horse regiments made up of a headquarters and three squadrons. To conform with the 5th Light Horse Brigade, the 522 troopers in each of these regiments were armed with swords instead of bayonets,{{sfn|Bruce|2002|p=205}}{{sfn|DiMarco|2008|p= 328}}{{sfn|Macmunn|Falls|1930 (1996)|p= vol. II(2), p. 411, 414-415, 661, 667-668}} and Lee–Enfield rifles.{{sfn|Jones|1987|p=148}}
 
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