Editing 2nd Mounted Division (section)

===Egypt===
In March 1915, the division was put on warning for overseas service.  In early April, the division starting leaving [[Avonmouth]] and the last elements landed at [[Alexandria]] before the end of the month.  By the middle of May, the Divisional Headquarters, the 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade and Notts. and Derby. Mounted Brigade were at [[Cairo]], the 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade was at Alexandria, and the London Mounted Brigade and the [[horse artillery]] [[Artillery battery|batteries]] were near [[Ismaïlia]] on [[Suez Canal]] defences.<ref name=Becke16/>  The mounted brigades were numbered at this time.<ref name=Becke14/>

On 10 August 1915, the division was reorganized as a dismounted formation in preparation for service at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]].<ref name=James35>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=35}}</ref>  Each [[Yeomanry]] [[Regiment]] left a [[Squadron (army)|squadron]] headquarters and two [[troop]]s (about 100 officers and men) in Egypt to look after the horses.<ref name=James34>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=34}}</ref>  The artillery batteries and ammunition columns, signal troops, mobile veterinary sections, Mounted Brigade Transport and Supply Columns and two of the Field Ambulances were also left behind in Egypt.  The [[Yeomanry Mounted Brigade]], which was formed in Egypt in January 1915, was likewise dismounted and joined the division on 13 August as a fifth brigade.<ref name=Becke15>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=15}}</ref>  The division entrained for Alexandria on 13 August, sailed the next day and reached [[Mudros]] on 17 August.  It landed at [[Suvla Bay]] that night.<ref name=Becke16/>

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|+Order of Battle, August 1915<ref name=Becke12/>
|-
|valign=top|'''[[1st (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|'''[[5th (Yeomanry) Mounted Brigade]]'''
[[1/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry]]<br />
[[1/2nd County of London Yeomanry]]
|-
|valign=top|'''[[2nd (2nd South Midland) Mounted Brigade]]'''<br />
1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars<br />
1/1st Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry<br />
1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry
|valign=top|'''Signal Service'''<br />
2nd Mounted Division Signal Squadron
|-
|valign=top|'''[[3rd (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Mounted Brigade]]'''<br />
1/1st Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry<br />
1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars<br />
1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry
|valign=top|'''Medical'''<br />
2nd South Midland Field Ambulance, RAMC<br />
London Field Ambulance, RAMC
|-
|valign=top|'''[[4th (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|'''2nd Mounted Division Train'''<br />
2nd Mounted Division Company, ASC
|}