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===Formation=== A decision was made to form a new mounted division from the mounted brigades in and around the [[Churn railway station|Churn]] area of [[Berkshire]]. On 2 September 1914, '''2nd Mounted Division''', with [[Headquarters#Military|Headquarters]] at [[Goring-on-Thames|Goring]], came into being with three mounted brigades transferred from [[1st Mounted Division]]<ref name=Rinaldi36>{{harvnb|Rinaldi|2008|p=36}}</ref> ([[1st South Midland Mounted Brigade]] at [[Newbury, Berkshire|Newbury]], [[2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade]] at Churn and the [[Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade]] at [[South Stoke, Oxfordshire|South Stoke]]) and the [[London Mounted Brigade]] at [[Streatley, Berkshire|Streatley]]. The brigades were relatively widely dispersed to allow an adequate water supply for the horses and to provide sufficient training areas.<ref name=Becke16>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=16}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" border="1" |+Order of Battle, September 1914<ref name=Becke12>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=12}}</ref> |- |valign=top|'''[[1st South Midland Mounted Brigade]]'''<br /> [[1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry]]<br /> [[1/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars]]<br /> [[1/1st Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars]] |valign=top|'''[[London Mounted Brigade]]'''<br /> [[1/1st County of London Yeomanry]]<br /> [[1/1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)]]<br /> [[1/3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)]] |valign=top|'''Medical'''<br /> 1st South Midland [[Field Ambulance]], [[Royal Army Medical Corps|RAMC]]<br /> 2nd South Midland Field Ambulance, RAMC<br /> Notts. and Derby. Field Ambulance, RAMC<br /> London Field Ambulance, RAMC |- |valign=top|'''[[2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade]]'''<br /> [[1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars]]<br /> [[1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars]]<br /> [[1/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry]]{{refn|1/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry replaced 1/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars who landed in France on 22 September 1914.<ref name=Becke14/> * |group=n |name=QODY}} <br />[[1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry]] |valign=top|'''[[Royal Horse Artillery]] ([[Territorial Force]])'''<br /> [[I Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)]]<br /> :[[1/1st Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery|1/1st Warwickshire RHA]] and 1st South Midland [[ammunition column|Ammunition Column]] :[[1/B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company|1/B Battery, HAC]]{{refn|group=n|name=BHAC|[[B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company]] replaced Warwickshire RHA who landed in France on 1 November 1914.<ref name=Becke14/> It was the first [[Territorial Force]] artillery battery to go on active service.<ref name=LLT_RHA>{{cite web | url=http://www.1914-1918.net/rha.htm | title=The Royal Horse Artillery | publisher=The Long, Long Trail | last=Baker | first=Chris | access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref>}} [[II Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)]]<br /> :[[1/1st Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery|1/1st Berkshire RHA]] and 2nd South Midland Ammunition Column :[[1/1st Nottinghamshire Royal Horse Artillery|1/1st Nottinghamshire RHA]] and Notts. and Derby. Ammunition Column :[[1/A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company|1/A Battery, HAC]] and London Ammunition Column :1/B Battery, HAC{{refn|group=n|name=BHAC}} |valign=top|'''Veterinary'''<br /> 1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section<br /> 2nd South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section<br /> Notts. and Derby. Mobile Veterinary Section<br /> London Mobile Veterinary Section<br /> |- |valign=top|'''[[Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade]]'''<br /> [[1/1st Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry]]<br /> [[1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars]]<br /> [[1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry]] |valign=top|'''Signal Service'''<br /> 1st South Midland Signal Troop<br /> 2nd South Midland Signal Troop<br /> Notts. and Derby. Signal Troop<br /> London Signal Troop<br /> 2nd Mounted Division Signal Squadron |valign=top|'''2nd Mounted Division Train'''<br /> 1st South Midland Transport and Supply Column, [[Royal Army Service Corps|ASC]]<br /> 2nd South Midland Transport and Supply Column, ASC<br /> Notts. and Derby. Transport and Supply Column, ASC<br /> London Transport and Supply Column, ASC<br /> 2nd Mounted Division Company, ASC |- |colspan="3" style="border:0px"| {{reflist|group=n}} |} In November 1914, the division moved to [[Norfolk]] on coastal defence duties. Headquarters was established at [[Hanworth, Norfolk|Hanworth]] and the mounted brigades were at [[King's Lynn]] (1st South Midland), [[Fakenham]] (2nd South Midland), [[Holt, Norfolk|Holt]] (Notts. and Derby.) and Hanworth (London).<ref name=Becke16/>
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