Topic: Militia - LHN - 1/7/1
1st ALH
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse
1907
New South Wales Lancers [1895 - 1903]
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1903-1912]
7th (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1912-1918]
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1919-1929]
1/21st Australian Light Horse [1929-1935]
1st (Royal New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment [1936-1942]
1st (Royal New South Wales Lancers) Armoured Regiment [1942-1948]
1st Royal New South Wales Lancers [1948-1956]
1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers [1956- ]
[The elephant's head used on the badges is taken from the family crest of Lord Carrington, Governor of New South Wales from 1885 - 1890 and was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Regiment from 1885 until 1928.]
Tenax in fide - Steadfast in Trust
District
Sydney
Brigade
1st Southern and Western New South WalesBrigade
Headquarters
Parramatta
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Earl, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886
Commanding Officer
Vacant
Captain FH Cox, 11 November 1897, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 5 June 1901, Brevet Major, 5 December 1902 - South African Veteran, Acting Commanding Officer.
Staff Officer and Adjutant
Captain RC MacKenzie.
Quartermaster
Honorary Major JM Purves, VD.
Medical Officer
Captain RAO Waugh, 1 October 1905.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant
Number 1, Sydney Squadron
Captain J McMahon, 19 March 1907.
Lieutenant EAK Hudson
Lieutenant LD Phillips, 15 March 1906.
Lieutenant HV Vernon, 15 March 1906.
Second Lieutenant J Milling, Supernumerary, 30 April 1907.
Number 2, Parramatta Squadron
Lieutenant EF Luke
Lieutenant FE Stowe, 18 August 1905.
Second Lieutenant AJ Mills, 8 December 1904.
Second Lieutenant EAE Houston, 21 July 1905.
Number 3, Berry - Robertson Squadron
Major R McEvilly
Lieutenant JD Wood
Lieutenant EA Blow, 21 December 1900, Honorary Captain, 6 May 1902, South African Veteran.
Second Lieutenant JH Warby
Second Lieutenant JS Dooley, 9 October 1907.
Number 4, Richmond - Windsor Squadron
Captain P Charley
Captain B Hall
Lieutenant WT Charley
Lieutenant RB Walker
Second Lieutenant HFR Dunston, 12 February 1907.
Number 5, Albion Park - Shellharbour (Garrison) Squadron
(Permenant troops attached to the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment for training purposes.)
Lieutenant CD Fuller, 10 September 1906.
Second Lieutenant FP Dowdell, 1 September 1905.
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Further Reading:
1st/7th/1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse
New South Wales Lancers, Boer War Contingent
Militia Light Horse, New South Wales
Australian Militia Light Horse
Citation: 1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1907
