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The accumulated skills and knowledge of hundreds of years of military
horse management were soon to be made redundant. To the very last
the cavalry, despite the lessons of recent war, believed that the
horse was more than just an aid to mobility.
It was also, they considered, a platform from which to fight, and
they argued with passion the need for its retention in the service.
Despite a powerful pro-cavalry lobby the order was given to dismount
all the Regular cavalry except for a few regiments stationed abroad.
The
age of the British soldier on horseback in any but a ceremonial
role was at an end.
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