During the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, the Canadian government authorized the formation of several mounted regiments, including cavalry and

mounted infantry Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', "Mounted rifles are half cavalry, mounted infantry merely specially m ...

, to serve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on the Western Front . Three regiments, the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Lord Strathcona's Horse, and the Fort Garry Horse, served as throughout the war as part of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, attached to

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

cavalry formations. One regiment, the Canadian Light Horse, served as the Canadian Corps cavalry regiment. Six regiments of

mounted rifles Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', "Mounted rifles are half cavalry, mounted infantry merely specially m ...

served initially at the front as mounted infantry before being converted to infantry battalions. The remaining mounted rifle regiments were raised in Canada but broken up in England to provide reinforcements for other cavalry, mounted infantry and infantry units. The regiments in bold type served in the field. {, class="wikitable sortable" , + Cavalry and mounted rifle units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force , - ! Regiment ! data-sort-type="date" , Authorized ! data-sort-type="date" , Disbanded ! Perpetuation , - ,

The Royal Canadian Dragoons The Royal Canadian Dragoons (RCD) is the senior armoured regiment of the Canadian Army by precedence. It is one of three armoured regiments in the Regular Force and forms part of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps. The colonel-in-chief of The RC ...

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Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (LdSH C is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Army and is Canada’s only tank regiment. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of 3rd Canadian Division's 1 Canadian Mechanize ...

, 1 July 1901 , Extant , , - ,

The Fort Garry Horse The Fort Garry Horse is a Canadian Army Reserve armoured regiment based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is part of 3rd Canadian Division's 38 Canadian Brigade Group. It traces its history to a cavalry regiment first formed in 1912 that first took ...

, 15 April 1912 , Extant , , - , Canadian Light Horse , 19 May 1916 , 6 November 1920 ,

South Alberta Light Horse , colours = , march = "A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky" , mascot = Heine the Pony , battles = North-West RebellionFirst World WarSecond World WarAfgha ...

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The North Saskatchewan Regiment , garrison = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan , battles = North-West RebellionFirst World WarSecond World WarWar in Afghanistan , battle_honours = See #Battle h ...

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1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles The 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Army. Raised for service during the First World War as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF), it was formed in November 1914, in Brandon, Manitoba. ...

, 7 November 1914 , 15 November 1920 , The North Saskatchewan Regiment and 118th Medium Battery, RCA , - ,

2nd Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles The 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, (known colloquially as the 2nd Battalion, CMR or simply 2 CMR) was authorized on 7 November 1914 as the 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, CEF. The battalion recruited in Victoria and Vernon, British C ...

, 7 November 1914 , 6 November 1920 ,

The British Columbia Dragoons , colors = , march = Quick: "Fare Ye Well Inniskilling (5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards)" Pipe bands: "Scotland the Brave" , battles = First World WarSecond World War ...

, - , 3rd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles , 7 November 1914 , 12 August 1917 , The

South Alberta Light Horse , colours = , march = "A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky" , mascot = Heine the Pony , battles = North-West RebellionFirst World WarSecond World WarAfgha ...

, - , 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles , 7 November 1914 , 6 November 1920 ,

The Governor General's Horse Guards The Governor General's Horse Guards is an armoured reconnaissance regiment in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Army. The regiment is part of 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group and is based in Toronto, Ontario. It is the most sen ...

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5th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth (Canadian) Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Que ...

, 7 November 1914 , 30 August 1920 , The Sherbrooke Hussars , - , 6th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles , 7 November 1914 , 18 February 1918 , 87th Field Battery, RCA, 88th Field Battery, RCA, and 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) , - ,

7th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...

, 7 November 1914 , 11 April 1918 , The Governor General's Horse Guards , - ,

8th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

, 15 March 1915 , 8 December 1917 ,

4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards The 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards is an inactive armoured regiment of the Canadian Militia / Canadian Army. It is currently on the Supplementary Order of Battle. Lineage Several independent troops of cavalry in the Province of Canada's v ...

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9th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

, 7 November 1914 , 15 November 1920 , The North Saskatchewan Regiment , - ,

10th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

, 7 November 1914 , 17 July 1917 , The North Saskatchewan Regiment , - ,

11th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles 11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables. Name "Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested i ...

, 7 November 1914 , 27 July 1918 , The British Columbia Dragoons , - ,

12th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

, 15 March 1915 , 5 April 1918 , The South Alberta Light Horse , - ,

13th Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the note thirteen scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be also described as a compound sixth, spanning an octave ...

, 15 March 1915 , 15 September 1917 , The South Alberta Light Horse

References

Mounted Regiments of the Canadian Expeditionary Force