The 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles Regiment was officially raised on March 17, 1911. It was one of 12 regionally based mounted rifles regiments formed as part of the new Territorial Force (TF) organisation that came into existence on that day. This part-time Territorial Force and a tiny regular force of professional soldiers formed the basis of New Zealand’s army at the outbreak of the First World War. Fewster, Kevin; Basarin, Vecihi; Basarin, Hatice Hurmuz (2003). Gallipoli: The Turkish Story. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-045-5. Final appointment D Squadron, Lieutenant (temporary Captain until joining the Expeditionary Force) Eric Hamilton Beamish, 9th (Wellington-East Coast) Mounted Rifles. Kinloch, Terry, Devils on horses: in the words of the Anzacs in the Middle East 1916–19 (Wellington: Exisle Publishing, 2007) Wellington’s army was supported by an extensive and efficient commissariat, which made the advance across the barren mountainous region of the north-west of Spain possible, although demanding.

On 30 th May 1813, British divisions crossed the River Esla and joined their comrades crossing the River Douro. In August 1959, after its many years of use, the Guidon was retired and after some time a decision was made for the Guidon to be transferred to the Council for safe keeping to represent the bond between the community represented by the Council, and the Regiment. Corporal McMillan appears to be wearing a ‘type 1’ (first pattern) triple fern hat badge and large fern collar badges.Throughout the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign, the British army was plagued by a shortage of artillery. The Army was sustained by volunteer recruitment and the Royal Artillery was unable to recruit sufficient gunners for its needs. Shoulder title worn by all infantry units (‘New Zealand Rifles’) except the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Trooper Perrett appears to be wearing a ‘type 5 or 6’? basic frame C/9 hat badge and ‘type 1’ C/9? collar badges. st Brigade: commanded by Major General Victor von Alten: 14 th Light Dragoons and 1 st Hussars, King’s German Legion Officers of the Royal Horse Guards in Spain: Battle of Vitoria on 21st June 1813 during the Peninsular War: picture by Denis Dighton

The brigade used their time training, which consisted of day and night marches through the desert, combined with rifle and machine-gun practice. [19] Culminating in The Mounted Rifles Regiments of the Main Body and their first reinforcements were assembled in the following district concentration camps: —

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Trooper William Alfred Ottaway, Serial No. 11/2351, B Squadron, 10th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 29 February 1916 (Killed in action 9 January 1917) The Portuguese army uniforms increasingly during the Peninsular War reflected British styles. The Portuguese line infantry wore blue uniforms, while the Caçadores light infantry regiments wore green. Brass polished NZMR shoulder titles and regulation brass polished 5/8 inch Regimental numbers (NZMR numbered from 1 to 12) Trooper Donald Wallace Macnamara, Serial No. 7/1758, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 9 October 1915 (Killed in action 21 September 1916)

a number of Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and men of the Wellington East Coast Regiment (City of Hastings Own) R.N.Z.A.C. desired to present to the Council for safe keeping the Regimental Guidon and were in attendance at the door of the Council Chamber. He asked if the Mayor was ready to receive them. Napoleon exploited the advances in gunnery techniques of the last years of the French Ancien Régime to create his powerful and highly mobile artillery. Many of his battles were won using a combination of the manoeuvrability and fire power of the French guns with the speed of the French columns of infantry, supported by the mass of French cavalry. Trooper Owen Rees Self, Serial No. 9/1235, 6th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 14 August 1915. I can only speculate that these badges were manufactured in Egypt, and that the “17” under the crown most likely represents the unit number that was allocated to the NZ Veterinary Corps by the Director of Base Records in connection with the allotment of regimental numbers to men on active service.

Brigadier General William Meldrum, Serial No. 11/675. Commanded the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914 to 1917, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade 1917 to 1919. I also have a 30th-marked MkIII Short Rifle, as well as another marked to the 39th Norfolk Battalion (headquartered at Simcoe, Norfolk County, southeast of London, Ontario.) They served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and first saw action during the Battle of Gallipoli. As a part of the larger New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (of the ANZAC Mounted Division) they went on to serve in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. [2] [3] With the original 7th Mounted Rifles reinforcements merged with the 6th Mounted Rifles reinforcements, a new draft of 7th Mounted Rifles reinforcements was called into Trentham camp in late August 1915.

Wellington’s army of British, Portuguese and Spanish troops assembled in the area between Ciudad Rodrigo in the south and northern Portugal and began its advance in May 1813, the right flank of the advance being initially on the road to Salamanca. Shortly after this a cablegram was received from General Birdwood suggesting that “the mounted rifles should be reduced immediately and that the men already in camp should be transferred from the mounted and sent with the infantry.”Further information: Occupation of the Jordan Valley and Raid on Es Salt New Zealanders crossing the River Jordan Trooper Jacobs is wearing a ‘type 3’ basic frame D/7 hat badge and (territorial) artillery grenade collar badges. The following shows the percentage of men supplied by the four military districts to the 9th Mounted Rifles reinforcements: —