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Thursday, 7 August 2008
22nd Corps Cavalry Routine Order 536, 1 January 1918 Topic: AIF - Fr - 22 Corps
Apart from the War Diary which presents a reflected view of Regimental history, one of the best sources of understanding the immediate challenges facing a regiment is to be found in the Routine Orders. They are a wealth of detail.
In this case, the 22nd Corps Cavalry Routine Orders for 1918 have been highlighted to illustrate the tempo of this formation from the beginning of the year towards the end of the war. The aim is to illustrate the tumultuous year that followed ending in the defeat of Germany. Too little is known of the role regarding the Light Horse in the drama on the Western Front. This should address some shortfalls of information.
22nd Corps Cavalry Routine Order 536, 1 January 1918
22nd Corps Cavalry Routine Order 536, 1 January 1918, p. 1.
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22nd Corps Cavalry Routine Order 536, 1 January 1918, p. 2.
Desert Mounted Corps Routine Orders - 15 October 1917 Topic: AIF - DMC
Apart from the War Diary which presents a reflected view of Regimental history, one of the best sources of understanding the immediate challenges facing a regiment is to be found in the Routine Orders. They are a wealth of detail.
In this case, the Desert Mounted Corps Routine Orders for October 1917 have been highlighted to illustrate the tempo of this formation from the beginning of October towards the end. The aim is to illustrate the implementation of the Allenby Offensive that began at the end of October 1917 with the capture of Beersheba.
Desert Mounted Corps Routine Orders - 15 October 1917
Desert Mounted Corps Routine Orders, 15 October 1917, p. 1.
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Desert Mounted Corps Routine Orders, 15 October 1917, p. 2.
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Of interest are the initiallings at the bottom of the page. It indicates order and precedence amongst the staff officers commanding the Desert Mounted Corps.
The following weeks will see the various pages of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun Pack for Cavalry. The Hotchkiss Gun was introduced in the Light Horse formations during the early months of 1917. The introduction of this robust and portable gun gave the Light Horse Regiments additional mobile fire power which considereably added to their ability to sustain light combat situations and defend against vastly numerically superior forces. Apart from being an excellent weapon, it was in much demand by the Turkish forces who considered the capture of a Hotchkiss Gun well worth any risks involved in the process. This is a manual produced in 1917 and illustrates the method by which the Hotchkiss Gun was packed and moved throughout the Palestine campaign.
Another entry from the book written by Lieutenant Colonel Hüseyin Hüsnü Emir, called Yildirim. Every day, one page of the book will be posted. This is Page 31.
8th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Thomas Spencer Howard Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Thomas Spencer Howard
Thomas Spencer Howard's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Thomas Spencer Howard
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey
War Grave Register notes: HOWARD, Lt. Thomas Spencer. 8th Light Horse Regt. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Son of George Thomas Howard, M.D., and Matilda Howard, of 4, Collins St., Melbourne. 5.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Thomas Spencer Howardfrom The AIF Project:
Place of birth
North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
School
Carlton College, Melbourne, Victoria
Religion
Church of England
Occupation
Grain salesman
Address
Corner of Pigdon and Wilson Streets, North Carlton, Victoria
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation
24
Next of kin
Father, Dr G Howard, corner of Pigdon and Wilson Streets, North Carlton, Victoria
Previous military service
29th Light Horse; Lieut of 29th Light Horse (Victorian) before the war.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll
Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll
8th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
8th and 10th Light Horse, 7th August, 1915.
Fate
Killed in Action 7 August 1915
Place of death or wounding
Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death
25
Place of burial
No known grave
Commemoration details
The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 5), Gallipoli, Turkey
The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.
The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.
The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records
Parents: George and Matilda HOWARD, 4 Collins Street, Melbourne
Family/military connections
Cousin: Lindsay Bailey, killed at Passchendaele, Belgium in 1917
Other details
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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