Lord Strathcona's Horse (Cavalry) Valcartier Camp, September 1914. The Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) was placed on active service at the start of the Great War on 6 August 1914 for instructional and camp administration duties. On 14 September 1914 the regiment mobilized Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), CEF, which embarked for England on 3 October 1914. On 5 May 1915 it disembarked in France, where it fought dismounted in an infantry role as the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, part of the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division, 1st Canadian Division. On 27 January 1916, the regiment remounted and resumed its cavalry role as part of the 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade, with whom it continued to fight in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The overseas regiment disbanded on 6 November 1920. This photo is from the album of Marshall Beck.