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Units

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Unit Formed Resumed identity
1st (Lovat's Scouts) Cyclist Battalion[1]
1st (Lovat's Scouts) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[2]
November 1916 2/1st Lovat Scouts[2]
2/2nd Lovat Scouts[2]
March 1917
2nd (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Cyclist Battalion[1][3]
2nd (Pembroke and Glamorgan) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[4]
November 1916 2/1st Pembroke Yeomanry[4]
2/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry[3]
March 1917
3rd (Montgomery and Denbigh Yeomanry) Cyclist Battalion[1]
3rd (Denbigh and Montgomery) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[5][6]
October 1916 2/1st Denbighshire Hussars[5]
2/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry[6]
March 1917
4th (Royal 1st Devon and North Devon) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[1] November 1916 2/1st Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry[7]
2/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry[8]
March 1917
5th (West Somerset and City of London) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[1] November 1916 2/1st West Somerset Yeomanry[9]
2/1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)[10]
February 1917
5th (Hampshire and West Somerset) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[1] February 1917 2/1st Hampshire Yeomanry[11]
2/1st West Somerset Yeomanry[9]
March 1917
6th (1st and 3rd County of London) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[1] November 1916 2/1st County of London Yeomanry[10]
2/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)[2]
March 1917
7th (Suffolk and Norfolk) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[1] November 1916 2/1st Suffolk Yeomanry[9]
2/1st Norfolk Yeomanry[12]
March 1917
8th (Surrey and Sussex) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[1] November 1916 2/1st Surrey Yeomanry[13]
2/1st Sussex Yeomanry[13]
March 1917
9th (East Kent and West Kent) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[14] November 1916 2/1st Royal East Kent Yeomanry[15]
2/1st Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry[15]
March 1917
10th (Wiltshire and North Somerset) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[14] November 1916 2/1st Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry[16]
2/1st North Somerset Yeomanry[17]
March 1917
11th (Hampshire and Berkshire) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[14] November 1916 2/1st Hampshire Yeomanry[11]
2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry[18]
February 1917
12th (Gloucestershire and Worcestershire) Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment[14] November 1916 2/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars[11]
2/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars[19]
March 1917

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Frederick 1978, p. 23
  2. ^ a b c d James 1978, p. 24
  3. ^ a b James 1978, p. 19
  4. ^ a b James 1978, pp. 26–27
  5. ^ a b James 1978, p. 17
  6. ^ a b James 1978, pp. 24–25
  7. ^ James 1978, pp. 17–18
  8. ^ James 1978, p. 18
  9. ^ a b c James 1978, p. 28
  10. ^ a b James 1978, p. 23
  11. ^ a b c James 1978, p. 20
  12. ^ James 1978, p. 25
  13. ^ a b James 1978, p. 29
  14. ^ a b c d Frederick 1978, p. 24
  15. ^ a b James 1978, p. 21
  16. ^ James 1978, pp. 30–31
  17. ^ James 1978, pp. 27–28
  18. ^ James 1978, p. 16
  19. ^ James 1978, p. 31

Bibliography

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  • Frederick, J.B.M. (1984). Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978. Wakefield, Yorkshire: Microform Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
  • James, Brigadier E.A. (1978). British Regiments 1914–18. London: Samson Books Limited. ISBN 0-906304-03-2.