HC Deb 22 December 1919 vol 123 cc1048-9W
Captain BROWN

asked the Secretary of State for War if the 1st Dragoon Guards have moved or are under orders to move from India to Mesopotamia; if this move is a war measure or part of the routine moves for a Cavalry regiment en route for home; and how long is it intended to keep this regiment in Mesopotamia?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The 1st Dragoon Guards are now under orders to move from India to Mesopotamia. This is now a routine move for a Cavalry regimenten route for home. The regiment will be kept there one year.

Captain BROWN

asked the Secretary of State for War the order in which the British Cavalry regiments now in India are due to return from foreign service, and the order in which the first five Cavalry regiments now at home are due to go abroad?

Mr. CHURCHILL

The order in which British Cavalry regiments now in India are due to return from foreign service is as follows:

  1. (i.) 1st Dragoon Guards.
  2. (ii.) 8th Hussars.
  3. (iii.) 21st Lancers.
  4. (iv.) 3rd Dragoon Guards.
  5. (v.) 19th Hussars.
  6. (vi.) 5th Lancers.
  7. (vii.) 18th Hussars.
The order in which the first five Cavalry regiments now at home are due to go abroad is as follows:
  1. (i.) 7th Hussars.
  2. (ii.) 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys).
  3. (ii.) 5th Dragoon Guards.
  4. (iii.) 4th Dragoon Guards.
  5. (v.) 4th Hussars.
The question of whether the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) should be excepted from the list is still under consideration.