1/1st SWMB to East Anglia and was stationed in Norfolk, at Thetford by 29 August, moving to Blickling shortly afterwards. The following month the brigade joined the 1st Mounted Division. In East Anglia the division was able to train while at the same time forming part of the defence forces for the East Coast. By September 1915 the 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry was based at Holt. In October it moved to Cromer. In November the 1/1st SWMB was dismounted. Egypt and Palestine The 1/1st SWMB embarked at Devonport on 4 March 1916 and sailed to Egypt in company with the 1/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade from 1st Mtd Division. They disembarked at Alexandria on 14–15 March and on 20 March the two brigades were merged to form the 4th Dismounted Brigade. At first this was placed in the Suez Canal defences under 53rd (Welsh) Division, with 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry at Beni Salama, but in April it came under the command of Western Frontier Force. In January 1917 the dismounted yeomanry of 4th Mtd Bde were permanently re-roled as infantry. The brigade became 231st Brigade, which joined 74th (Yeomanry) Division on its formation in March 1917. On 4 March at Halmia, 1/1st Montgomeryshire Yeomanry amalgamated with 1/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry to form 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF). 74th (Y) Division was in reserve for the Second Battle of Gaza (17–19 April) and then saw action at the Third Battle of Gaza (27 October–7 November) including the Capture of Beersheba (31 October), where 25th RWF distinguished itself in storming the Turkish positions. It took part in the Capture of the Sheria feature (6 November), the Capture of Jerusalem (8–9 December) and its subsequent defence (27–30 December). Early in 1918 it fought in the Battle of Tell 'Asur. Western Front In May 1918 the 74th (Y) Division was sent to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front. It participated in the Second Battle of Bapaume (2–3 September) and then fought through the battles of the Hindenburg Line including the Battle of Épehy on 18 September. Attacking on 18 September the battalion was stopped by massed machine gun fire, suffering heavy casualties among its officers and NCOs. Reduced to 120 men by the end of the day, it was temporarily reorganised into two companies commanded by 2nd Lieutenants. For his actions on 18 September, a pre-war