5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
Regimental Depot: Woolwich
August 1914 : stationed at Marlborough Barracks in Dublin, part of 3rd Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division.
15 August 1914: departed from North Wall on the ship “Kingstonian”
17 August 1914: landed at Le Havre in France. Arrived at Elouges on 22 August.
6 September 1914 : 3rd Cavalry Brigade transferred to “Gough’s Command”.
15 September 1914 : “Gough’s Command” became 2nd Cavalry Division.
9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers
Regimental Depot: Woolwich
August 1914 : stationed at Tidworth Cavalry Barracks, part of 2nd Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division.
15 August 1914: moved to Southampton and boarded ships “Welshman” and “Armenian”.
16 August 1914: landed at Boulogne in France. Arrived at Harmignies 21 August.
Took part in “Action of Elouges” on 24 August 1914.
16 September 1914 : Cavalry Division renamed as 1st Cavalry Division.
9th Lancers returning from the Front, Premont, Aisne, 13 October 1918. From the American First World War Official Exchange Collection at the Imperial War Museum image Q72605.
12th (Prince of Wales’s Royal) Lancers
Regimental Depot: Woolwich
August 1914 : stationed at Norwich, part of 5th Cavalry Brigade.
15 August 1914: moved to Southampton and boarded the ships “African Prince” and “Manchester Importer”.
17 August 1914: landed at Le Havre in France.
6 September 1914 : Brigade transferred to “Gough’s Command”.
15 September 1914 : “Gough’s Command” became 2nd Cavalry Division.
16th (The Queen’s) Lancers
Regimental Depot: Woolwich
August 1914 : at the Curragh Camp, part of 3rd Cavalry Brigade in Cavalry Division.
15 August 1914: boarded the ship “Indian” at North Wall, Dublin.
18 August 1914: landed at Le Havre in France.
6 September 1914 : Brigade transferred to “Gough’s Command”.
15 September 1914 : “Gough’s Command” became 2nd Cavalry Division.
17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers
Regimental Depot: Woolwich
August 1914 : in Sialkot in India, part of the Sialkot Cavalry Brigade.
Moved with Brigade to France as part of 1st Indian Cavalry Division, landed Marseilles 7 November 1914.
26 November 1916 : Division renamed 4th Cavalry Division.
February 1918 : Division broken up. Regiment transferred to 7th Cavalry Brigade in 3rd Cavalry Division, joining on 10 March 1918.
21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers
Regimental Depot: Woolwich
August 1914 : at Rawalpindi.
October 1914: joined Risalpur (1st Cavalry) Brigade in 1st (Peshawar) Division.
August 1918: moved to 14th Cavalry Brigade in exchange for 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards.
Remained in India throughout the war (also see Service Squadron, below).
21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers Service Squadron
Formed a Service Squadron which became XIV Corps Cavalry Regiment in France between June 1916 and August 1917.
Books
History of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers by Colonel J.R. Harvey (Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1923)
The Harp and the Crown: The History of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, 1902-22 by Ciaran Byrne (Lulu Books on Demand, 2007)
9th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1715-1936 by Major E.W. Shephard (Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1929)
The 9th (Queen’s Royal) Lancers: Roll of Honour, 1914-1918 by R. Raymond Walsh and Jean M. Walsh (Blackburn: T.H.C.L. Books, 1999)
The 12th Royal Lancers in France, August 17th, 1914-November 11th, 1918 by H.V.S. Charrington (1921)
History of the 12th Royal Lancers 1715-1945 by Captain P.F. Stuart MC (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1950)
The Scarlet Lancers: The Story of 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers 1689-1992 by James Lunt (London: Leo Cooper, 1993)
The 17th/21st Lancers by R.L.V. ffrench Blake (London: Leo Cooper, 1993)