Editing 2nd Mounted Division (section)

===Return to Egypt===
The division returned to Egypt from Gallipoli in December 1915 and was reformed and remounted.<ref name=Becke17>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=17}}</ref>  The artillery batteries and other units left in Egypt rejoined the division between 10 and 20 December 1915.<ref name=Frederick449>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=449}}</ref>  However, the dismemberment of the division began almost immediately as units were posted to the [[Western Frontier Force]] or to various other commands.

*[[1st South Midland Mounted Brigade]] left the division on 3 and 4 January 1916 for Es Salhia.<ref name=Becke14>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=14}}</ref>  The brigade served as Corps Troops in Egypt from 21 January 1916.<ref name=Perry55>{{harvnb|Perry|1992|p=55}}</ref>  On 31 March 1916, the remaining Mounted Brigades were numbered in a single sequence.<ref name=James36>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=36}}</ref>  As a consequence, the 1st South Midland Mounted Brigade was redesignated as [[5th Mounted Brigade]] on 20 April.<ref name=Becke14/>  It joined the [[Imperial Mounted Division]] in January 1917.<ref name=Perry55/>
*[[2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade]] left the division on 17 January 1916 and was sent to the Western Frontier of Egypt as an independent formation.<ref name=Becke14/>  It was redesignated as [[6th Mounted Brigade]] in April 1916.<ref name=James36/>  It served with the [[Western Frontier Force]] from January to October 1916<ref name=Perry55/> and also joined the Imperial Mounted Division in January 1917.<ref name=Perry55/>
*[[Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Mounted Brigade]] left the division on 18 and 19 January 1916.  In February 1916 the brigade was sent to take part in the [[Macedonian front|Salonika Campaign]].<ref name=Becke14/> It was redesignated as [[7th Mounted Brigade]]<ref name=James36/> and returned to Egypt in June 1917.<ref name=Becke33>{{harvnb|Becke|1936|p=33}}</ref>
*[[London Mounted Brigade]] left the division on 18 January 1916 and was sent to [[Abbassia]].<ref name=Becke14/>  It served as part of the [[Suez Canal]] Defences.<ref name=James23>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=23}}</ref>  It was redesignated as [[8th Mounted Brigade]].<ref name=James36/>  From November 1916 to June 1917 it also served at Salonika<ref name=Becke14/> before returning to Egypt in June 1917.  The brigade joined the newly formed [[Yeomanry Mounted Division]] on 21 July 1917 at el Fuqari.<ref name=Becke33/>
*[[Yeomanry Mounted Brigade]] left the 2nd Mounted Division on 7 December 1915, was reformed and remounted, and joined the [[Western Frontier Force]].<ref name=Becke14/>  By March 1916, the brigade had been broken up.<ref name=James20>{{harvnb|James|1978|p=20}}</ref><ref name=James23/>
On 21 January 1916, 2nd Mounted Division was disbanded.<ref name=Becke17/>