New South Wales Mounted Brigade
Appearance
New South Wales Mounted Brigade | |
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Active | 1893–?? |
Country | ![]() |
Allegiance | British Empire |
Type | Mounted infantry |
Engagements | Second Boer War |
The New South Wales Mounted Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the Colony of New South Wales.
History
[edit]The brigade was formed on 1 August 1893, consisting of the New South Wales Cavalry (Lancers) and the New South Wales Mounted Rifles.[1] The brigade expanded in 1897 with the addition of the 1st Australian Horse.
Structure
[edit]At formation in 1893, the brigade had the following structure:[1]
- New South Wales Cavalry (Lancers)
- Commanding Officer: (vacant), Adjutant: Captain George Leonard Lee
- 1st Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain Alexander James Dodds
- Sydney
- Parramatta
- 2nd Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain John J. Walters
- Illawarra
- West Camden
- 3rd Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain W. Cracknell
- Hunter River
- 4th Squadron – Commanding Officer: Captain C.E. Taylor
- Lismore
- Richmond River
- New South Wales Mounted Rifles
- Commanding Officer: Major Harry Lassetter – Adjutant: Captain Henry Glendower Bodysham Sparrow
- 1st Company – Commanding Officer: Captain A.F. Lloyd
- Liverpool
- Campbelltown
- 2nd Company – Commanding Officer: Captain John Macquarie Antill
- Picton
- Camden
- 3rd Company – Commanding Officer: Captain Frederick Bland
- Bega
- Queanbeyan
- 4th Company – Commanding Officer: Captain Charles Henry Edward Chauvel
- Tenterfield
- Inverell
The structure of the 1st Australian Horse added to the brigade in 1897, was as follows:
- 1st Australian Horse
- Commanding Officer: Captain Kenneth Mackay – Adjutant: Lieutenant R. R. Thompson
- A squadron
- Murrumburrah
- Cootamundra
- Gundagai
- B squadron
- Goulburn
- Braidwood-Araluen
- Michelago-Bredbo
- Bungendore
- C squadron
- Mudgee
- Rylstone
- Lue
- D squadron
- Scone
- Belltrees
- Muswellbrook
- E squadron
- Armidale
- Tamworth
- Gunnedah
- Boggabri
Commanding officer
[edit]References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ a b "Military Matters". Evening News (Sydney), Thursday 20 July 1893, p.2. Retrieved 8 March 2017.