Italian Campaign

[MelPack]

Could anyone tell mewhich cavalry/yeomanry units were deployed with the British divisions sent to Italy in 1917-18? The only mounted regiment that I can identify is the Northamptonshire Yeomanry which was attached as a GHQ unit. Did this mean that they were never engaged on the front?

Thanks

Mel

[paul guthrie]

Not off the top of my head but in the Battleground Europe series Francis McKay has books on Asiago and Touring the Italian front. Also husband and wife named Wills I think have British Army In Italy 1917 1918, all in print.

[Guest Hill 60]

Mel - Have you looked in the The Long, Long Trail? Click on 'Tommies' and then choose Cavalry and/or Yeomanry and you'll get an idea of which units were in Italy.

[Guest Hill 60]

I've had a look through British Regiments 1914 - 1918 and, apart from the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, I found the following units that served:

King Edward's Horse.

Hampshire Yeomanry.

[paul guthrie]

On second thought the book is by Wilks instead of Wills I think.

[Kate Wills]

The book Paul mentions is The British Army in Italy 1917-1918 by John & Eileen Wilks.

The Northamptonshire Yeomanry saw plenty of action in Italy and lost men, but without my books to hand I cannot elaborate at the moment. The Northamptonshire WFA chairman David Parish's grandfather fought with them, and I can put you in touch if you wish. Trooper E. Parish is included in a well-known photo of the NY crossing a river valley during the Italian campiagn.