3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)1914-18
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World War I 1914-1916
On 5th August 1914, the Sharpshooters were in camp when mobilisation was imminent. By November they were on the east coast with 2nd (Yeomanry) Mounted Division guarding against a threatened German invasion. In August 1915, they were sent, dismounted, to reinforce the allied armies in Gallipoli where they were landed at Suvla Bay. They were almost immediately involved in the unsuccessful attack on Scimitar Hill, the last major attack launched by the British in Gallipoli. After a further two months in the trenches they were withdrawn to Egypt to rejoin their horses. |
3rd CLY at Abbassia Barracks, Cairo, January 1916 |
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