The locations of the Cavalry depots
| Cavalry Depot number |
Location
|
| 1 |
Waterford
|
| 2 |
Dublin
|
| 3 (Northern Cavalry Depot) |
Scarborough
|
| 4 |
Newport (Monmouthshire)
|
| 5 (Southern Cavalry Depot) |
Bristol
|
| 6 (Scottish Cavalry Depot) |
Dunbar
|
Army Order 26 of 1916 specified that cavalry regiments would send any man who was due for discharge on termination of his regular engagement to the depots as follows:
- 1st Cavalry Depot: all regiments of Lancers
- 2nd Cavalry Depot: 4th, 8th, 11th and 13th Hussars
- 3rd Cavalry Depot: 10th, 14th, 18th and 20th Hussars
- 4th Cavalry Depot: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th Dragoon Guards and 6th Dragoons
- 5th Cavalry Depot: 3rd, 7th, 15th and 19th Hussars
- 6th Cavalry Depot: 1st and 5th Dragoon Guards and 1st and 2nd Dragoons
Regiments of Household Cavalry and the Special Reserve regiments of cavalry would send such men to their own reserve units.