14th LHR, AIF

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Roll of Honour

Poppies on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra

The Roll of Honour contains the names of all the men known to have served at one time with the 14th Light Horse Regiment and gave their lives in service of Australia, whether as part of the 14th Light Horse Regiment or another unit.

Roll of Honour

 

William Michael Sylvester BOURKE, Killed in Action, 28 March 1917.

Robert BOYD, Died of Wounds, 9 April 1917.

William James BROWN, Died of Wounds, 13 April 1917.

 

 

Arthur Archibald CAMERON, Killed in Action, 27 February 1917.

Thomas Harvey CAMPBELL, Died of Wounds, 9 July 1917.

Ernest Milton COLLINS, Died of Wounds, 14 September 1918.

Edwin CRAGG, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.

 

 

Charles Henry DAY, Died of Disease, 15 November 1918.

Charles DUNCAN, Killed in Action, 23 September 1917.

Leslie Allen FAIRHALL, Died of Disease, 28 August 1918.

 

 

John James GLASS, Killed in Action, 9 June 1917.

David Livingstone GRAHAM, Died of Disease, 19 December 1916.

 

 

Frederick Albert Foster HARDY, Killed in Action, 9 June 1917.

George HINE, Killed in Action, 20 June 1918.

William John HUTTON, Died of Wounds, 16 July 1917.

 

 

Harold Aubrey Thomas INGRAM, Died of Wounds, 13 August 1918.

 

 

Phillip Peterson JOLLY, Killed in Action, 26 September 1917.

 

 

Victor LINKLATER, Died of Wounds, 29 March 1918.

 

 

William MARGERRISON, Killed in Action, 1 October 1917.

Henry Samuel Hugh McCARROLL, Killed in Action, 10 April 1918.

Garnett Cecil McLENNAN, Killed in Action, 1 March 1917.

John Francis McNULTY, Died of Wounds, 25 November 1917.

John Vincent MEAGHER, Killed in Action, 25 June 1917.

Jack MUNROE, Killed in Action, 25 February 1917.

 

 

Robert Henry NEAVERSON, Killed in Action, 26 April 1918.

Arthur Daniel NICHOLLS, Killed in Action, 28 January 1917.

 

 

David William ORCHARD, Died of Wounds, 28 March 1918.

Jeremiah O'SULLIVAN, Killed in Action, 7 May 1917.

 

 

George Charles PINKERTON, Died of Wounds, 6 July 1918.

William john Thomas ROWE, Killed in Action, 13 August 1918.

 

 

John Michael RYNNE, Killed in Action, 25 September 1918.

 

 

John SHEEHAN, Killed in Action, 25 April 1918.

William Richard SHEEHAN, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.

Bertie SIMPSON, Died of Wounds, 12 June 1918.

Leslie SIMS, Killed in Action, 28 March 1918.

Frank SLADE, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917.

George Edward STACE, Killed in Action, 14 November 1916.

 

 

Oswald Urbin TARDENT, Died of Wounds, 14 June 1918.

 

 

Thomas WILDE, Died of Wounds, 2 October 1917.

 

Lest We Forget

Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Steve Becker who provided much of the raw material that appears in this item.
 

Further Reading:

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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14th LHR, AIF

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Contents

The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed as part of the 5th Australian Light Horse Brigade attached to the Australian Mounted Division on 26 July 1918. This Regiment was formed predominantly from the members of the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps.

Structure

The Australian Light Horse – Structural outline

Australian Light Horse Order of Battle

Corps

Desert Mounted Corps (DMC)

Division

Australian Mounted Division

Brigade

Imperial Camel Corps

5th Australian Light Horse Brigade

Regiment

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

History

Further Reading:

Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920

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14th LHR, AIF

14th Australian Light Horse Regiment

Formation

The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed as part of the 5th Australian Light Horse Brigade attached to the Australian Mounted Division on 26 July 1918. This Regiment was formed predominantly from the members of the 1st Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps. This reconstitution of the 14th Light Horse Regiment came from different fundamental roots than the First 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment which was specifically 3rd Divisional Cavalry and subsequently disbanded in September 1916.

In addition to the three active squadrons in Palestine, in Egypt there was the 14th Light Horse Training Squadron which was formed in July 1918. It supplied reinforcements for the 14th Light Horse Regiment.

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Colour Patch

Initially, the only colour separation of the various Australian mounted troops was by use of the pennant. The marker pennants were carried on poles to mark lines troop lines in camps in Egypt. They were not lance pennants as the Australian lancers had red over white pennants on their lances.

While this pennant was useful in distinguishing horse and troop lines, it failed to identify the individual with a unit. The AIF 1st Australian Division Standing Orders issued in December 1914 ordered the Australian Light Horse Regiments to wear a 4 inch wide [10.2cm] blue armband with the regiment name marked on the band in black lettering.

The earlier systems proved to be ineffective so to assist with identification of the men in the various units within the AIF, Divisional Order No 81 (A) Administration was issued at Mena on 8 March 1915 detailing the Colour Patchs for the various units. Generally, the colour patch was made of cloth 1¼ inches wide and 2¾ inches long and worn on the sleeve one inch below the shoulder seam.

The 14th Light Horse Regiment as part of the 5th Australian Light Horse Brigade, Australian Mounted Division, carried the Imperial Camel Corps triangle patch with the red Brigade colour as the lower triangle part of the colour patch, while the light blue Regimental colour was on the top. This is illustrated with the above presentation.

In a move that converted the Light Horse into full cavalry, the Australian Mounted Division was issued with swords during August and early September 1918. The Australian Mounted Division went to work training with swords and undertaking cavalry work.

On 19 September 1918 the Battle of Megiddo began. The infantry over ran the Turkish defensive trenches allowing the cavalry to debouch into the Turkish hinterland. The 14th Light Horse Regiment participated in the breakthrough which moved rapidly through the north of Palestine. At the end of the first week, it was obvious that the way to Damascus was open and so a second push occurred on the heels of the first assault. On 1 October 1918, Damascus was taken.

After a rest in Damascus, the 14th Light Horse Regiment moved towards Homs when the Turks surrendered on 30 October 1918.

Return to Australia

[From: AWM J06027] 

After the conclusion of hostilities, the 14th Light Horse Regiment was marked to return to Australia. Prior to that action, one of the saddest actions occurred for the Australian Lighthorsemen, they had to farewell their best friends, the horses. All the Light Horse unit horses' health was ascertained with the fit horses being transferred to the Indian Cavalry while those in poor condition were destroyed by the Veterinary units.

On 13 March 1919 the 14th Light Horse Regiment was deployed  to assist in suppressing the Egyptian Uprising. When the revolt collapsed, the 14th Light Horse Regiment embarked on the 24 July 1919 for the long voyage to Australia where the unit was disbanded. 

Commanding Officers

Lieutenant Colonel George Furner Langley
Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey Sydney Nobbs
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Reginald Denson

Decorations earned by the 14th Light Horse Regiment

• 3 DSO - Distinguished Service Orders
• 5 MC - Military Crosses
• 2 DCM - Distinguished Conduct Medals
• 11 MM- Military Medals
• 13 MID - Mentioned in Despatches
• 1 foreign award

Campaigns

Egypt

• Defence of Egypt

Sinai

• Romani
  
• Magdhaba
  
• Rafa
  

Palestine

• First Battle of Gaza
• Second Battle of Gaza
• Third Battle of Gaza
• Beersheba
  
• El Mughar
  
• Nebi Samwill
  
• Jerusalem
  
• Jericho
  
• Amman
• Es Salt
• Megiddo
  
• Nablus
  
• Palestine 1917-1918

Casualties suffered by the 14th Light Horse Regiment

• 8 killed

War Diary

The Australian War Memorial has put these on line and may be accessed here:

14th Light Horse Regiment War Diaries.

See: Troop transport ships for information and photographs about the various ships employed in transporting the troops to Egypt.

Further Reading:

14th Light Horse Regiment

Australian Light Horse Order of Battle - Outline 

Australian Light Horse Order of Battle

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Outline of the First 14th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF

[From: Sydney Mail, 10 May 1916, p. 26.]

The 14th Light Horse Regiment was formed as part of the early 1916 Cavalry policy of attaching a Light Horse Regiment to an Australian Division. Consequently, the 14th Light Horse Regiment was raised specifically to provide a regiment to the 3rd Infantry Division, AIF. Recruits went to the Enoggera Training Camp to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, in March 1916. The recruits were drawn from the four main Militia Regimental catchment areas within the 1st Military District which incorporated all of Queensland, Darwin and Northern New South Wales.

Training

Training for the 14th Light Horse Regiment commenced at the Enoggera Training Camp to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, from March 1916.

Embarkation

To facilitate the embarkation of the 14th Light Horse Regiment, it was entrained to Sydney by rail. The 14th Light Horse Regiment embarked on the HMAT A72 Beltana at Sydney, New South Wales.

HMAT A72 Beltana

[See: His Majesty's Australian Transports [HMAT] Ships, A72.] 

The 14th Light Horse Regiment "A" Squadron and 1st Reinforcements embarked on the HMAT A72 Beltana at Sydney, New South Wales, 13 May 1916.

The 14th Light Horse Regiment sailed to Davenport, England and disembarked in 10 July 1916.

Colour Patch

Initially, the only colour separation of the various Australian mounted troops was by use of the pennant. The marker pennants were carried on poles to mark lines troop lines in camps in Egypt. They were not lance pennants as the Australian lancers had red over white pennants on their lances.

While this pennant was useful in distinguishing horse and troop lines, it failed to identify the individual with a unit. The AIF 1st Australian Division Standing Orders issued in December 1914 ordered the Australian Light Horse Regiments to wear a 4 inch wide [10.2cm] blue armband with the regiment name marked on the band in black lettering.

The earlier systems proved to be ineffective so to assist with identification of the men in the various units within the AIF, Divisional Order No 81 (A) Administration was issued at Mena on 8 March 1915 detailing the Colour Patches for the various units in the AIF. The colour patch was made of cloth 1¼ inches wide and 2¾ inches long and worn on the sleeve one inch below the shoulder seam. In contrast, a special amendment to the order created the 14th Light Horse Regiment patch which was a oval in shape granted under the original order.

Britain

Commanding Officers

Captain Frederick Butterworth

Embarkations:

The following list details all the embarkations in support of the 14th Light Horse Regiment, AIF, during the Great War. The list has been constructed from information and links kindly provided by The AIF Project. Each entry details to formation and the ships on which the units embarked with the date and place of embarkation. The detail of the formation is linked to a list of men who embarked upon that ship on the specific date. Each man is then linked to a brief military biography.

See: Troop transport ships for information and photographs about the various ships employed in transporting the troops to Egypt.

Further Reading:

14th Light Horse Regiment List of Pages

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