5th ALH

5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse

1905

New South Wales Mounted Rifles [1888 - 1903]
5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1906]
5th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1907 - 1912]
4th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
15th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Light Horse [1918 - 1941]
15th (Northern Rivers Lancers) Australian Motor Regiment [1941 - 1944]
"A" Squadron (Northern Rivers Lancers) Amphibious Assault Regiment [1948 - 1949]
"A" Squadron 15th Northern Rivers Lancers Regiment [1949 - 1952]
15th Northern Rivers Lancers [1952 - 1956]
1/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers [1956 - ]

Toujours pret - Always Ready

District

 Northern New South Wales

Brigade

2nd Northern New South Wales Brigade.

Headquarters

Lismore

Honorary Colonel  

Major General Sir Edward Hutton, KCMG, CB, South African War Veteran.

Commanding Officer  

Lieutenant Colonel CE Taylor.

Adjutant

Second Lieutenant CT Griffiths, 27 February 1904.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Lieutenant CH Gorman, 30 April 1904.

Medical Officer

Captain FG Wrigley.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

Major FG Fanning.

Captain CJ McRae.

Second Lieutenant TWL Spencer.

Second Lieutenant TA Ferguson, 28 January 1905. 

Number 2, Lismore Squadron.

Captain TB Osborne, 27 February 1904.

Lieutenant J Cameron, 12 May 1905.

Second Lieutenant AC FitzNead.

Second Lieutenant JE Sampey.      

Number 3, Tenterfield - Glen Innes Squadron.

Captain CR Cunningham.

Lieutenant PB Abbott.

Second Lieutenant M Reid.

Second Lieutenant FN Lowther-Crofton.

Second Lieutenant R Vowell.

Number 4, Inverell - Moree Squadron.

Captain CGS Lydiard (Honorary Major).

Second Lieutenant L Bice, 8 October 1904.

Second Lieutenant H D'A Denshire, 28 January 1905. 

Previous: 5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1904

Next: 5th (New South Wales Mounted Rifles) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Further Reading:

New South Wales Mounted Rifles

5th/4th/15th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Sunday, 4 July 2010 1:52 PM EADT

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3rd ALH

3rd (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse

1905

1st (Volunteer) Australian Horse [1897 - 1903]
1st Australian Horse (Boer War) [1899 - 1901]
3rd (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1903 - 1912]
11th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1912 - 1918]
7th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1919 - 1935]
7th/21st (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1936-1937]
7th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse [1937 - 1942]
7th (Australian Horse) Australian Motor Regiment [1942 - 1943]
7th/21st (Australian Horse) Recce Regiment 1948 - 1949]
7th/21st Australian Horse [1949 - 1957]

Hearth and Home

District

Southern New South Wales

Brigade

1st Brigade, Southern and Western New South Wales

Headquarters

Sydney 

Honorary Colonel  

The Right Honorable W Earl Beauchamp, KCMG

 Lieutenant Colonel G de L Ryrie (29 October 1904)

Adjutant  

Lieutenant R Shalder (Honorary Captain)

Quartermaster  

Lieutenant G Lyons 

Medical Officer

Captain RD McMaster

Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant STD Symons 

 

 

1st Goulburn - Braidwood - Araluen Squadron

Second Lieutenant WU Alley

Second Lieutenant  FK Chisholm

Second Lieutenant  FMW Cooper  (30 April 1904)

Second Lieutenant  H Harris

Second Lieutenant FR Wedd

 

2nd Michelago - Bungendore - Cooma - Bredbo Squadron

Lieutenant WM Ryrie

Second Lieutenant SF Betts (20 March 1905)  

Second Lieutenant  AE Cosgrove, Honorary Lieutenant (23 March 1904)

Second Lieutenant TL Coughlan

Second Lieutenant  HS Ryrie  (23 March 1904)

 

3rd Bega Squadron

Lieutenant JE Jackson

Second Lieutenant  F Otton (6 February 1904)

Second Lieutenant TEWW Irwin (20 March 1905)

 

4th Gundagai - Murrumburrah - Cootamundra - Tumut Squadron

Lieutenant W Robinson

Lieutenant CW Russell (1 September 1904)

Second Lieutenant TP Allsopp (26 March 1904)

Second Lieutenant CC Worner (13 August 1904)

 

 

Previous: 3rd (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse, 1904

Next: 3rd (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse, 1906

Further Reading:

3rd/11th/7th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Saturday, 3 July 2010 6:44 PM EADT

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1st ALH

1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse

1905

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 Wales Brigade

Headquarters

Parramatta

Honorary Colonel

The Right Honorable CR Carrington, Earl, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886

Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Colonel WL Vernon

Staff Officer and Adjutant

Captain RC MacKenzie.

Quartermaster

First Lieutenant JM  Purves, 8 November 1890 (Honorary Captain, 27 November 1893)

Medical Officer

Lieutenant RAO Waugh, 24 December 1904.

Veterinary Officer

Lieutenant FW Mehuish, Honorary Captain. 

Staff

Second Lieutenant AJ Mills, 8 December 1904.

 

Number 1, Sydney Squadron

Captain FC Timothy

Lieutenant J McMahon

Lieutenant EAK Hudson

Second Lieutenant LD Phillips

Second Lieutenant HV Vernon

Captain FH Cox, 11 November 1897, Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 5 June 1901, Brevet Major, 5 December 1902 - South African Veteran.

Lieutenant EF Luke

Second Lieutenant FE Stowe

Number 3, Berry - Robertson Squadron

Major R McEvilly

Lieutenant EA Blow, 21 December 1900, Honorary Captain, 6 May 1902, South African Veteran.

Lieutenant JD Wood

Second Lieutenant JH Warby

Number 4, Richmond - Windsor Squadron

Captain P Charley

Captain B Hall, 5 December 1901

Lieutenant WT Charley

Lieutenant RB Walker

Second Lieutenant H Skuthorp

Number 5, Albion Park - Shellharbour (Garrison) Squadron

Previous: 1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1904

Next: 1st (New South Wales Lancers) Australian Light Horse, 1906

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

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Updated: Thursday, 1 July 2010 3:11 PM EADT

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4th ALH

4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse

1905

New South Wales Lancers [1885 - 1903]
4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse Regiment  [1903 - 1906]
4th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiment  [1907 - 1912]
6th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiment  [1912 - 1918]
16th Australian (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Regiment  [1919 - 1936]
16th (Hunter River Lancers) Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment  [1936 - 1942]
16th (Hunter River Lancers) Motor Regiment  [1942 - 1943]

[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

Lower Hunter

2nd Brigade, Northern New South Wales

The Right Honorable Charles Robert Earl of Carrington, PC, GCMG, 9 February 1886.

Major William Charles Markwell, 1 July 1903.

Lieutenant Arthur James Prentice, 1 January 1904.

Honorary Lieutenant Albert Edward Whittet, 10 September 1904.

Major Robert George Alcorn, 1 July 1903.

Lieutenant Harold Bowker, 1 July 1903. 

Lieutenant George Ireland, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant Thomas Gaites, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant Francis Joseph Berry, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant Reginald Saint Patrick Croudace, 20 March 1905.

Captain Charles Edward Nicholson, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant John Baldwin Meredith, Honorary Captain, Boer War Veteran, 11 April 1905. 

Second Lieutenant Edward Windeyer, 11 April 1905.

Second Lieutenant Harold Henry Waddell, 1 April 1904.

Second Lieutenant Albert Simmons, 31 March 1904.

Previous: 4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse, 1904 

Next: 4th Australian (New South Wales Lancers) Light Horse, 1906

Further Reading:

4th\6th\16th Australian Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Saturday, 19 June 2010 8:07 PM EADT

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6th ALH

6th Australian (Australian Horse) Light Horse

1905

Australian Horse [1897 - 1903]
6th Australian (Australian Horse) Light Horse [1903 - 1906]
6th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse [1907 - 1912]
5th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse Regiment [1912 - 1918]
12th Australian (New England Light Horse) Light Horse Regiment [1919 - 1942]
12th (New England Light Horse) Motor Regiment [1942 - 1942]
12th (New England Light Horse) Armoured Car Regiment [1942 - 1943]
12th/16th (Hunter River Lancers) Armoured Car Regiment [1948 - ]

Hearth and Home

District

Northern New South Wales - Upper Hunter and Liverpool Plains

Brigade

2nd Brigade, Northern New South Wales

Headquarters

Armidale

The Right Honorable William Lygon Earl Beauchamp, KCMG.

Commanding Officer 

Lieutenant Colonel, The Honorable Rupert Clement George Carrington, DSO, Boer War Veteran, 9 July 1904.

Adjutant 

Captain William Frank Everett, 1 July 1903.

Quartermaster 

Honorary Second Lieutenant Sydney Plessos Crummer, 1 July 1903.

Medical Officer

Lieutenant Herbert Ernest Lee, 25 March 1898.

Veterinary Officer

Vacant.

1st Scone - Muswellbrook - Rouchel Squadron

Captain Roger Hope Edward Upton, 1 January 1901.

Lieutenant Edward Reginald White, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant Francis Henry Thrift, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant McKenzie Samuel Kennedy, 6 February 1904.

Second Lieutenant Cecil Horace Granville, 6 February 1904.

2nd Armidale - Guyra  Squadron

Captain William Frank Everett, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant Leslie Philip Dutton, 26 March 1904.

Second Lieutenant Hugh Hungerford Gordon, 18 June 1904.

3rd Squadron

4th Tamworth - Manilla  Squadron

Lieutenant Charles Jeffries Britten, Juniour, 1 July 1903.

Second Lieutenant Frank Page Cousens, 27 February 1904.

Previous: 6th (Australian Horse) Australian Light Horse Regiment, 1904

Further Reading:

6th/5th/12th Australian (New England) Light Horse

Militia Light Horse, New South Wales

Australian Militia Light Horse

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Updated: Wednesday, 16 June 2010 2:16 PM EADT

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