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(The King’s Oversea Dominions Regiment)




KING EDWARD'S HORSE

The 1st King Edwards Horse


Due to the contribution of the Colonial Irregulars from across the British
Dominions, it came to pass that in the final months of the South African War,
certain influential Colonials suggested it would be beneficial to British
interest if a Regiment could be formed in England. This Regiment, with its
personnel recruited from elements representing all the Kings overseas dominions
and “formed from men who were either born, or who had lived, in the Colonies,
and were now residing in the United Kingdom”. The authorities were approached
and agreed that a regiment of the new Imperial Yeomanry should be raised as
embodied in the suggestion. Thus in 1902 the 4th Country of London Imperial
Yeomanry came into being with the sub-title “The Kings Colonials.” The future
King George, then Prince of Wales, supported the idea by becoming
Colonel-in-Chief of the new unit.

The motto of the Regiment is “Regi Adsumus Coloni” and a number of translations
suggest this means “We the Colonials are here in the service of The King” or
“The Colonies are for The King”

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In 1906 a Troop, comprised mainly of men from shipping companies with Colonial
connections was formed in Liverpool and attached to A Squadron. Detachments of
undergraduates from the Dominions were formed at Oxford and Cambridge
Universities – these men later formed an entire Squadron. In 1908 the Regiment
was transferred to the new Territorial Army and in 1912 created a Special
Reserve of Cavalry Regiment.

The Regiment was mobilised in WWI, two Squadrons went abroad in April, 1915 as
Divisional Cavalry, C Squadron to 47th and B Squadron to 48th Divisions.
Headquarters and A Squadron joined the 12th Division in the same capacity in
June, 1915.

A year later, just before the beginning of the Battle of the Somme, the three
Squadrons were collected together and the unit became the Corps Cavalry Regiment
of IV Corps. It led the advance of IV Corps in March, 1917 in the direction of
St Quentin and later took part in the battles of Passchendaele and Cambrai.

A recruiting and Training Base was formed in Ireland as a Reserve Regiment
supplying the necessary replacements of personnel to the First Regiment in The
Field and helped deal with the troubles of 1916.

From December, 1917, to March, 1918, it was in Italy, returning in time to fight
in the battle of the Lys. It rendered most important service in defending the
line of the Lawe and, subsequently, the La Basse Canal, near Hinges, suffering
casualties amounting to 60 per cent, of its strength.

Very many distinguished officers were originally Troopers in the King Edward’s
Horse with an estimated 500 commissioned from the ranks of the Regiment during
the period 1914 – 1918.

King Edwards Horse was disbanded in 1924. The Battle Honours awarded for the
Great War were Loos, Ypres, Pilkem, Cambrai, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Pursuit
to Mons, Italy. Of particular interest is the battle Honour Estaires which
commemorates where many of the regiment gave their lives at the defence of
Vielle Chapelle bridgehead in April 1918.

In 1921 a memorial stone was laid at Vielle Chapelle. The consecration ceremony
was touching and at the last roll call a choir of village children answered each
name with the words, “Mort sur le champ d’honneur” (died on the field of
honour).




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