9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade

Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade
9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade
Active17 September 1907 – March 1918
Country British India
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Indian Army
TypeCavalry
SizeBrigade
Part of9th (Secunderabad) Division
1st Indian Cavalry Division
2nd Indian Cavalry Division
Peacetime HQBolarum
EngagementsFirst World War
Western Front
Battle of La Bassée
Battle of Armentières
Battle of Givenchy
Battle of the Somme (1916)
Battle of Bazentin
Battle of Flers–Courcelette
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Br.-Gen. M.F. Rimington
Br.-Gen. C.L. Gregory

The Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade was a cavalry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1907 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It was mobilized as 9th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War and departed for France. It served on the Western Front as part of the 1st and 2nd Indian Cavalry Divisions until it was broken up in March 1918.


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