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10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles

Field	Value
unit_name	10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles
image	Middle Eastern data form middle eastern studies web.png	image_size = 300px
caption	Middle Eastern Theatre during the Great War
dates	1901–1944
country	New Zealand
allegiance	New Zealand Crown
branch	New Zealand Army
type	Cavalry
role	Mounted Infantry
size	One Regiment
command_structure	New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
equipment	Daimler Dingo
M3 Stuart Light Tank
M3 Scout Car
Universal Carrier
motto	Rem gero strenue (Fight with zeal)
battles	Second Boer War
World War I
World War II

M3 Stuart Light Tank M3 Scout Car Universal Carrier World War I World War II The 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, previously known as the 1st Regiment, Nelson Mounted Rifles was a military unit based in Nelson, New Zealand. They served in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and first saw action during the Battle of Gallipoli. As a part of the larger New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (of the ANZAC Mounted Division) they went on to serve in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.

History

Originally formed as the 1st Regiment, Nelson Mounted Rifles on 1 October 1901 with its headquarters in Nelson from the existing volunteer squadrons:

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. 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.

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

Main article: Battle honours of the British and Imperial Armies

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

– King Edward's Horse
– 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)

References

"firstaif".
"diggerhistory".
"The Nelson-Marlborough Mounted Rifles [NewZealand]".
Cooke and Crawford, 2011, 275.
(1995). "New Zealand Army distinguishing patches, 1911-1991, Part 1". Malcolm Thomas.

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