New South Wales Mounted Brigade

New South Wales Mounted Brigade
New South Wales Mounted Brigade
Active	1893–??
Country	New South Wales
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.

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 ^b "Military Matters". Evening News (Sydney), Thursday 20 July 1893, p.2. Retrieved 8 March 2017.