Topic: The Last Great Mounted Infantry Charge

Del Boy · November 10th, 2007

Does this one count - 13 Nov 1917? It was a drawn bayonet charge.

DURING the last full charge ever made by the British cavalry, the officer leading the advance turned to a corporal galloping beside him and asked how things were going.
The corporal replied: “Sir, it’s my birthday today and the best I’ve ever spent.”

The remark was typical of the selfless courage shown by the heroic troops during the horseback advance on Jerusalem in the First World War – an event to be commemorated at a special service tomorrow.

The officer was Colonel Sir Randolf Baker, and his grandson, James Gibson-Fleming, will read a lesson at the service.
The cavalry charge took place on November 13 1917 against Turkish troops entrenched across two miles of open ground towards Jerusalem.

The last British Army cavalry charge was at the Battle of El Mughar, near Jerusalem, on 13 November 1917. The Buckinghamshire Hussars, supported by the Dorset and Berkshire Yeomanry Regiments, overran a Turkish position, taking several hundred prisoners.

The last British Army cavalry charge was at the Battle of El Mughar, near Jerusalem, on 13 November 1917. The Buckinghamshire Hussars, supported by the Dorset and Berkshire Yeomanry Regiments, overran a Turkish position, taking several hundred prisoners.

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November 10th, 2007
Del Boy Tribunus Laticlavius	Does this one count - 13 Nov 1917? It was a drawn bayonet charge. DURING the last full charge ever made by the British cavalry, the officer leading the advance turned to a corporal galloping beside him and asked how things were going. The corporal replied: “Sir, it’s my birthday today and the best I’ve ever spent.” The remark was typical of the selfless courage shown by the heroic troops during the horseback advance on Jerusalem in the First World War – an event to be commemorated at a special service tomorrow. The officer was Colonel Sir Randolf Baker, and his grandson, James Gibson-Fleming, will read a lesson at the service. The cavalry charge took place on November 13 1917 against Turkish troops entrenched across two miles of open ground towards Jerusalem. The last British Army cavalry charge was at the Battle of El Mughar, near Jerusalem, on 13 November 1917. The Buckinghamshire Hussars, supported by the Dorset and Berkshire Yeomanry Regiments, overran a Turkish position, taking several hundred prisoners. The last British Army cavalry charge was at the Battle of El Mughar, near Jerusalem, on 13 November 1917. The Buckinghamshire Hussars, supported by the Dorset and Berkshire Yeomanry Regiments, overran a Turkish position, taking several hundred prisoners. * __________________ . I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing . Each time I find myself flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race. Last edited by Del Boy; November 10th, 2007 at 14:15.