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{{Short description|WW1 British Army formation}} {{Use British English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= 2nd Mounted Division |image= |caption= |dates= 2 September 1914 β 21 January 1916 |country={{flagcountry|UKGBI}} |allegiance= |branch={{army|United Kingdom|23px}} |type=[[Yeomanry]] |role= |size=[[Division (military)|Division]] |command_structure =[[IX Corps (United Kingdom)|IX Corps]] |garrison= |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles=[[World War I]] :[[Gallipoli Campaign]] ::[[Battle of Scimitar Hill]] |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website= <!-- Commanders --> |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders=General Sir [[William Peyton|William Eliot Peyton]] [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= }} The '''2nd Mounted Division''' was a [[yeomanry]] ([[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] [[cavalry]]) [[division (military)|division]] that served in the [[World War I|First World War]]. At the outbreak of war it was assigned to defence of the [[Norfolk]] coast. In March 1915 it formed a 2nd Line{{efn|name=Lines|In accordance with the [[Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907]] (''[[7 Edw. 7]], c.9'') which brought the [[Territorial Force]] into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for [[Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge|Imperial Service]]. Therefore, TF units were split into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units.<ref name=Rinaldi35>{{harvnb|Rinaldi|2008|p=35}}</ref> 2nd Line units performed the home defence role, although in fact most of these were also posted abroad in due course.<ref name=LLT_TF>{{cite web | url=http://www.1914-1918.net/tf.htm | title=Was my soldier in the Territorial Force (TF)? | publisher=The Long, Long Trail | first=Chris | last=Baker | access-date=19 February 2015 }}</ref> Likewise, existing pre-war formations ([[brigade]]s and [[Division (Military)|divisions]]) formed duplicate 2nd Lines with the same structure as their 1st Line parents.<ref name=James36>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=36}}</ref>}} duplicate of itself, the [[2/2nd Mounted Division]]. Leaving the 2/2nd on coastal defence, it then fought at [[Gallipoli (battle)|Gallipoli]] from April to December 1915, under the command of [[William Peyton|Major General William Peyton]], before being disbanded in January 1916. A different 2nd Mounted Division, was formed in Egypt in 1918 from the Indian elements of the 5th Cavalry Division in France, but then renumbered as the [[5th Cavalry Division (British Indian Army)|5th Cavalry Division]], served in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] and was a part of the [[Palestine Occupation Force]].
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