10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles
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History
Originally formed as the 1st Regiment, Nelson Mounted Rifles on 1 October 1901 with its headquarters in Nelson from the existing volunteer squadrons:[3]
- A Sqn (Marlborough Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Blenheim
- B Sqn (Wakatu Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Nelson
- C Sqn (Takaka Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Takaka
- D Sqn (Motueka Mounted Rifle Volunteers) at Motueka
First World War
The unit was renamed the 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles on 17 March 1911. They were mobilised during World War I as a squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment.
Between the wars
In 1917 they were renamed the 10th (Nelson and Marlborough) Mounted Rifle Regiment and in 1921 became The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles.
Second World War
The regiment began mobilisation for war in 1941 as the cavalry regiment of 11th Brigade Group, 5th Division.[4] On 1 January 1942 it was renamed the 10th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles). On 29 March 1944, 10th Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles Regiment (Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles) was absorbed into the 3rd Armoured Regiment.[1]
Military actions
- Battle of Gallipoli
- Battle of Romani
- Battle of Magdhaba
- Battle of Rafa
- First Battle of Gaza
- Second Battle of Gaza
- Third Battle of Gaza
- Battle of Beersheba
- Battle of Megiddo (1918)
Battle honours
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- South Africa 1900–1902
- The Great War: ANZAC, Defence of ANZAC, Hill 60 (ANZAC), Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Magdhaba Rafah, Egypt 1915-17, Jordan (Amman), Palestine 1917-18.
Alliances
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See also
References
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External links
- Presentation of the Nelson Marlborough Mounted Rifles guidon
- The Nelson Marlborough Mounted Rifles guidon
- 10th Nelson Squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, NZEF
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- Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
- History of the Nelson Region
- 1911 establishments in New Zealand
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