Chapter XXIX: Appendix: I

(_a_) THE DESERT MOUNTED CORPS

When the Desert Mounted Corps officially came into being, it was constituted as follows:--

_Commander_: Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,
Australian Imperial Forces.

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MOUNTED DIVISION (ANZAC).

_Commander_: Major-General Sir E.W.C. Chaytor, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
p.s.c., A.D.C., New Zealand Imperial Forces.

1ST AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General C.F. Cox, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., A.I.F.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Regiments Australian Light Horse.

2ND AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General G. de L. Ryrie, C.B., C.M.G., A.I.F.

5th, 6th, and 7th Regiments Australian Light Horse.

NEW ZEALAND MOUNTED BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General W. Meldrum, C.M.G., D.S.O., N.Z.I.F.

Auckland, Canterbury, and Wellington Regiments of Mounted Rifles.

_ARTILLERY._

18th Brigade R.H.A. (Inverness, Ayrshire, and Somerset Batteries) and
Divisional Ammunition Column.

YEOMANRY DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General Sir G. de S. Barrow, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
p.s.c., Indian Army.

6TH MOUNTED BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General C.A.C. Godwin, D.S.O., I.A. Dorset,
Bucks, and Berks Yeomanry Regiments.

8TH MOUNTED BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General C.S. Rome, D.S.O.

1st City of London and 1st and 3rd County of London Yeomanry
Regiments.

22ND MOUNTED BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General F.A.B. Fryer (relinquished command
December 1917).

Brigadier-General P.D. FitzGerald, D.S.O., p.s.c.

Stafford, Lincoln, and East Riding Yeomanry Regiments.

_ARTILLERY._

20th Brigade R.H.A. (Berks, Hants, and Leicester Batteries) and
Divisional Ammunition Column.

AUSTRALIAN MOUNTED DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General Sir H.W. Hodgson, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., C.B.

3RD AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General L.C. Wilson, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.I.F.

8th, 9th, and 10th Regiments Australian Light Horse.

4TH AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General W. Grant, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.I.F.

4th, 11th, and 12th Regiments Australian Light Horse.

5TH MOUNTED BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General P.D. Fitzgerald, D.S.O., p.s.c.
(relinquished command November 1917).

Brigadier-General P.J.V. Kelly, C.M.G., D.S.O.

_ARTILLERY._

19th Brigade R.H.A. ('A' and 'B' Batteries Honourable Artillery
Company, and Notts Battery R.H.A.) and Divisional Ammunition Column.

CORPS RESERVE.

7TH MOUNTED BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General J.T. Wigan, C.M.G., D.S.O.,
(relinquished command December 1917).

Brigadier-General G.V. Clarke, D.S.O.

Sherwood Rangers, South Notts and Herts Yeomanry Regiments, with
Essex Battery R.H.A., and Brigade Ammunition Column.

IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General S. Smith, V.C., D.S.O.

Two Australian and one British Camel Battalions, with the Hongkong
and Singapore Mountain Battery R.G.A.

After the reorganisation consequent on the despatch of many of the Yeomanry regiments to France, in April and May 1918, and the arrival of Indian Cavalry Regiments from Europe, the Corps was expanded into four divisions as follows:--

4th CAVALRY DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General Sir G. de S. Barrow, K.C.M.G., etc.

10TH CAVALRY BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General W.G.K. Green, D.S.O., I.A.

Dorset Yeomanry, 2nd Lancers, 38th Central India Horse.

11TH CAVALRY BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General C.L. Gregory, C.B., p.s.c., I.A. 1st
County of London Yeomanry, 29th Lancers, 36th Jacob's Horse.

12TH CAVALRY BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General J.T. Wigan, C.M.G., D.S.O. Stafford
Yeomanry, 6th Cavalry, 19th Lancers.

_ARTILLERY._

20th Brigade R.H.A. and Divisional Ammunition Column.

5TH CAVALRY DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General Sir H.J.M. MacAndrew, K.C.M.G., C.B.,
D.S.O., Indian Army.

13TH CAVALRY BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General P.J.V. Kelly, C.M.G., D.S.O.
(relinquished command September 1918).

Brigadier-General G.A. Weir, D.S.O.

Gloucester Yeomanry, 9th Hodson's Horse, 18th Lancers.

14TH CAVALRY BRIGADE.

_Commander_: Brigadier-General G.V. Clarke, D.S.O.

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, 20th Deccan Horse, 34th Poona Horse.

15TH (IMPERIAL SERVICE) CAVALRY BRIGADE.
_Commander_: Brigadier-General C.R. Harbord, D.S.O., I.A. Jodhpur,
Mysore and 1st Hyderabad Lancers.[31]

_ARTILLERY._

'B' Battery H.A.C. and Essex Battery R.H.A., with Divisional
Ammunition Column.

The Anzac and the Australian Mounted Divisions remained the same, except that the 5th Mounted Brigade was replaced in the latter by the 5th A.L.H. Brigade, which consisted of the 14th and 15th Regiments A.L.H. (composed of men of the Camel Corps Brigade, which had been disbanded after the second trans-Jordan raid), and the French Régiment Mixte de Cavalerie. Swords were issued to the Australian Mounted Division at the beginning of August 1918, and the men had about six weeks' training in the use of them before the operations commenced. The Australian troopers took to their new weapon enthusiastically, and showed, later on, that they knew how to use it.

(_b_) INFANTRY

During the 1917 operations, the infantry were organised as follows:--

20TH CORPS.

_Commander_: Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode, Bart.,
K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O.

10TH DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General J.R. Longley, C.B., C.M.G.

53RD DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General S.F. Mott, C.B., p.s.c.

60TH DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General Sir J.S.M. Shea, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., p.s.c., I.A.

74TH DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General E.S. Girdwood, C.B.

21ST CORPS.

_Commander_: Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Bulfin, K.C.B., C.V.O.

52ND DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General J. Hill, C.B., D.S.O., A.D.C., I.A.

54TH DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General S.W. Hare, C.B.

75TH DIVISION.

_Commander_: Major-General P.C. Palin, C.B., C.M.G., I.A.

On the reorganisation of the infantry in the spring of 1918, the 3rd (Lahore) and 7th (Meerut) Divisions replaced the 52nd and 74th Divisions, which were sent to France. The 3rd was commanded by Major-General A.R. Hoskins, C.M.G., D.S.O., p.s.c., and the 7th by Major-General Sir V.B. Fane, K.C.I.E., C.B.

Three-quarters of the British troops in all divisions except the 54th were replaced by Indians.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 31: These regiments were all maintained by the Ruling Princes of their respective States in India.]