10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles

November 2020 December 2012 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles Middle Eastern data form middle eastern studies web.png 300px Middle Eastern Theatre during the Great War 1901–1944 New Zealand New Zealand Crown New Zealand Army Cavalry Mounted Infantry One Regiment New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade Daimler DingoM3 Stuart Light TankM3 Scout CarUniversal Carrier Rem gero strenue (Fight with zeal) Second Boer WarWorld War IWorld War II The 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, previously known as the 1st Regiment, Nelson Mounted Rifles was a military unit based in Nelson, New Zealand. 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.firstaif http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm 1 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080724080529/http://www.firstaif.info/pages/nz_mounted.htm 24 July 2008 deaddiggerhistory http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm 1 August 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100427043043/http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nz/nzef.htm 27 April 2010 History Originally formed as the 1st Regiment, Nelson Mounted Rifles on 1 October 1901 with its headquarters in Nelson from the existing volunteer squadrons:http://www.regiments.org/regiments/newzealand/volmil/cav/10nelson.htm The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles [NewZealand] www.regiments.org 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20060103180732/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/newzealand/volmil/cav/10nelson.htm 3 January 2006 dead A Sqn (Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Blenheim; B Sqn (Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Nelson; C Sqn (Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Takaka; D Sqn (Motueka Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Motueka. First World War The unit was renamed the 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles on 17 March 1911. They were mobilised during World War I as a squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment. Between the wars In 1917 they were renamed the 10th (Nelson and Marlborough) Mounted Rifle Regiment and in 1921 became The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles. Second World War The regiment began mobilisation for war in 1941 as the cavalry regiment of 11th Brigade Group, 5th Division.Cooke and Crawford, 2011, 275. On 1 January 1942 it was renamed the 10th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles). On 29 March 1944, 10th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles) was absorbed into the 3rd Armoured Regiment. Military actions Battle of Gallipoli Battle of Romani Battle of Magdhaba Battle of Rafa First Battle of Gaza Second Battle of Gaza Third Battle of Gaza Battle of Beersheba Battle of Megiddo (1918) Battle honours Battle honours of the British and Imperial Armies South Africa 1900–1902 The Great War: ANZAC, Defence of ANZAC, Hill 60 (ANZAC), Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Magdhaba Rafah, Egypt 1915-17, Jordan (Amman), Palestine 1917-18. Alliances – King Edward's Horse – 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)Thomas Malcolm Lord Cliff 1995 New Zealand Army distinguishing patches, 1911-1991, Part 1 0473032902 169 Malcolm Thomas See also Nelson Battalion of Militia References External links https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/271056 Presentation of the Nelson Marlborough Mounted Rifles guidon] The Nelson Marlborough Mounted Rifles guidon 10th Nelson Squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, NZEF Category:History of Nelson, New Zealand Category:New Zealand in World War I Category:Cavalry regiments of New Zealand Category:Military units and formations of New Zealand in World War I Category:Military units and formations established in 1901 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944 Category:History of the Nelson Region Category:1911 establishments in New Zealand Category:1944 disestablishments in New Zealand