Ep.303 – The Remount Service and the Army Veterinary Corps during The Great War – Dr Jane Flynn

Dr Jane Flynn talks about the Army Remount Service and the Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War.

The outbreak of war in 1914, found the British Army with a total establishment of 25,000 horses and mules, five Remount Depots and four Remount companies, with a remount strength of approximately 1,200 animals. Within 12 days, the establishment had been increased to 165,000 animals, entirely by impressment, and a year later, in August 1915, to 534,971. At its peak in 1917, the Army establishment reached almost 870,000 horses and mules, with remount accommodation for 60,000 animals.