Topic: Militia - LHN - 1/7/1
1st ALH
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse
1910
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
Allied with: King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment).
District
Sydney
Brigade
1st Southern and Western New South Wales
Headquarters
Parramatta
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Earl, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886
Commanding Officer
Captain FH Cox, 11 November 1897, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 5 June 1901, Brevet Major, 5 December 1902 - South African Veteran, Commanding Officer, 2 April 1908.
Staff Officer and Adjutant
Major RC MacKenzie, 18 November 1907.
Quartermaster
Honorary Major JM Purves, VD.
Medical Officer
Captain P Fiaschi, 8 March 1909.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant.
Pom Pom Gun Section
Albion Park
Second Lieutenant JA Raftery, 1 January 1910.
Machine Gun Section
Chatswood
Vacant.
Number 1, Sydney Squadron
Captain J McMahon, 19 March 1907.
Captain EAK Hudson, 14 February 1910.
Lieutenant LD Phillips, 15 March 1906.
Lieutenant HV Vernon, 15 March 1906.
Lieutenant J Milling, 14 January 1910.
Number 2, Parramatta Squadron
Captain FE Stowe, 14 February 1910.
Lieutenant AJ Mills, 21 January 1908.
Second Lieutenant KL MacKenzie, 4 April 1909.
Second Lieutenant W Cox, 20 December 1909.
Number 3, Berry - Robertson Squadron
Major R McEvilly
Captain EA Blow, 21 December 1900, Honorary Captain, 6 May 1902, South African Veteran, 14 February 1910.
Lieutenant JD Wood
Lieutenant JS Dooley, 1 January 1910.
Second Lieutenant JH Warby
Number 4, Richmond - Windsor Squadron
Captain B Hall
Captain WT Charley, 14 February 1910.
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.)
Captain CD Fuller, 21 January 1908.
Lieutenant FP Dowdell, 16 August 1907.
Second Lieutenant CR Dunster, 1 September 1909.
Number 6, Ulladulla (Garrison) Squadron
(Permenant troops attached to the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment for training purposes.)
Lieutenant P Connolly, 21 January 1908.
Second Lieutenant JC Allison, 29 November 1909.
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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, 1910
