Courage overcomes French Legion

19th June 1941: Artillery observer presses ahead of infantry into occupied town and turns the battle

The Cheshire Yeomanry patrolling on horseback in Syria, June 1941. At the outbreak of the Second World War, the British Army and its Empire troops only had a small number of mounted units. British cavalry horses last saw action in the Middle East between 1940 and 1942, where they were used for patrol and reconnaissance work.