Topic: Militia - LHN - 1/7/1
1st ALH
1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse
1919
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
Cumberland
Division
1st Division.
Brigade
3rd Light Horse Brigade, New South Wales
Headquarters
Parramatta
Honorary Colonel
The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Marquis of Lincolnshire, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886
Commanding Officer
Temporary Lieutenant Colonel J McMahon, VD, 30 November 1918.
Staff Officer and Adjutant
Captain AJ Mills, 1 September 1914, Absent on AIF duty.
Captain EHS Guyot, from 2/20th Infantry Regiment, 10 March 1919, Absent on AIF duty.
On secondment with Intelligence Section, General Staff.
Captain HC de Low, 1 October 1914, Absent on AIF duty.
Quartermaster
Captain EHS Guyot, from 2/20th Infantry Regiment, 10 March 1919, Absent on AIF duty.
Medical Officer
Captain RAP Waugh, Honorary Major, Absent on AIF duty.
Veterinary Officer
Vacant
Machine Gun Section
Parramatta
Second Lieutenant TR Howard, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Second Lieutenant HI Wikner, 1 July 1915.
"A" Squadron, Sydney
Major HV Vernon, South African Veteran, 24 August 1914, Absent on AIF duty.
Captain ED Hordern, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant AR Hordern, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant HH McKeown, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant SL Molesworth, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant AC Cooke, 13 September 1915.
"B" Squadron, Parramatta
Major FE Stowe, 1 October 1912.
Captain FB Jacob, 1 August 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant KL MacKenzie, 1 July 1915, Absent on AIF duty.
Lieutenant OC Milling, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant SRJ Davison, 1 July 1915.
"C" Squadron, Windsor - Penrith - Luddenham
Captain EA Blow, 21 December 1900, Honorary Captain, 6 May 1902, South African Veteran, Area Officer, 14 February 1910.
Lieutenant MC Bowley, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant RO Holland, 1 July 1915.
Lieutenant RV Moore, 1 July 1915.
Unallotted
Major RC MacKenzie, 1 April 1915.
Captain GA Taylor, 1 October 1914.
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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, 1919
