King Edward's Horse

King Edward's Horse

The King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment was initiated by Lt Col George Hamilton in 1901 who had wished for such a regiment from his time in South Africa.

At the outbreak of the First World War King Edward’s Horse was regarded as Divisional Cavalry, an integral part of the British Expeditionary Force although their orders to mobilize were to move to the war station dismounted. The Regiment established itself at Alexandra Palace and under Colonel Sandeman was on war footing.

The role of cavalry was an uncertain position in World War I. The one advantage that the regiment had was that they could move quickly over open ground and not have to stick to roads that were frequently choked with marching units and motor vehicles. King Edward’s Horse lived up to its origins when having to bivouac. The men, relying on their previous homeland experiences, built splendid ‘bivvys’ from the natural materials around them and undertook basic engineering of water management.

The King, closely associated with the regiment at its inception noted that they had displayed the very best of the finest traditions of the British Army.

The regiment officially ceased in 1924, as people tried to forget the dreadful experiences of the war years. The pendulum of austerity and service swung to fun and indulgence before the reality of financial consequences were manifest. Regimental silver and effects were deposited at Haileybury College and still rest there in a cupboard.

Excerpt from Anderson, J. (2018).“King Edward’s Horse – an age passes into history”

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Record ID	Photo	Family name	First names	Force	War	Service #		Preliminary
179572		Abraham	Lionel Martyn	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
83603		Adams	Noel Percy	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C122357		Arthur	Beckham		South African War, 1899-1902, World War I, 1914-1918	1383, 111
179573		Baker	R. H.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179574		Bale	F. J.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179575		Banks	Donald William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	2134
179576		Barry	A. V.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179577		Baxter	Gordon Eyre	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	929
C38322		Bell	William Henry Dillon	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1/01
179578		Black	Ralph W.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1070
179579		Brice	Cyril Sidney	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	488
179580		Bridgeman	Robert J.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1335
179581		Bristed	Geoffrey Thornborrow	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179582		Bromfield	Sydney Lewis	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	62
179583		Chennells	C. H.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179584		Ching	William Thorne Wilmot	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179568		Cooper	Henry Mark Hugh	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179585		Darrel	Richard Frederick William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1051
179586		Denniston	John Geoffrey	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	221
179587		Donald	Walter Alan	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179588		Drube	Frederick Peter	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	524
179589		Earle	Robert Charles	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1319
179590		Earle	Lionel	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	700
179565		Fearnley	Ernest Walter	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1504
179569		Fearnley	William George	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1503
179591		Gracie	T. S.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179592		Gray	Ronald	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C124098		Griffen	Guy Featherstone	Army	South African War, 1899-1902, World War I, 1914-1918	8550
179593		Handford	J. R.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179594		Hannay	James	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	578
179595		Harrison	Charles Fancourt	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179596		Hayter	Frank Goodenough	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	607
179597		Hellaby	John	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179598		Hellaby	Richard Sydney	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179601		Herapath	Cyril Alexander	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	94
179600		Herapath	Basil Arthur Conrad	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	371
C35215		Hindle	Harold Burn	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	332
179603		Hindlesmith	Arthur	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	563, 28046
179604		Hobbs	Charles	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179605		Izard	Theodore Arthur	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179606		Jacob	Arthur Cecil	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179607		Jeffery	Sidney William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1831
179608		Jones	F.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179609		Kelly	Arthur Frederick	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	177
C35212		Kinder	Thomas Harry	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179610		Krogh	Henry Charles	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1377
179611		Lightbound	Austin	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	9
179614		MacConnal	Connal	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179612		MacDonald	R.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
180190		May	Charles	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179613		McComb	William Collingwood	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	806
83957		McCormack	Percy James	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1278
179616		McKea	A.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179617		McKean	Archie	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	384
179619		McLean	John A.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	780
179618		McLean	F.S.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C11113		Mossman	James Dilworth	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	13/187B, 13/1875
179620		Muir	James McLean	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	287
179621		Nathan	M. L.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C18181		Niccol	George McLaughlan	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	499
179623		Northcote	Tom Francis	Air Force	World War I, 1914-1918	324
179624		Pain	K.W.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179625		Phillips	Ernest Ivor	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	238
179626		Pinckney	John William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	505
179627		Pye	Allan	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1154
179628		Read	H. Montray	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C53873		Rich	Geoffrey Gordon	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	7/424
179629		Ridgeway	William Kemp	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1593
179630		Robbie	Alexander Bertram	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1053
89637		Roberton	James Basil Wilkie	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	462018
179570		Rogers	Harry William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1440
179632		Russell	George Gray	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179633		Saunders	Ernest Valdrent	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1265
179634		Sharpe	Basil C.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1125
179635		Shennan	Watson Douglas	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	508
179636		Sherman	W.D.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
89774		Smeeton	Warwick James	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	800152, TF813510
179638		Stewart	John Francis	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1376
179639		Stubberfield	Isaac Marchant	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	1535
179571		Sunderland	Geoffrey	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	509
179640		Tomlinson	D. M.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179641		Twopeny	Richard Ernest Nowell	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179644		Wadworth	William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179642		Watson	W. E.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C35207		Williams	Selwyn Coldham	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
179643		Williams	Samuel R.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	184
179645		Younghusband	Leigh Norman	Army	World War I, 1914-1918

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