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Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline
Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1915
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Page 2 – 1916
Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1916
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Page 3 – 1917
What the Wellington Mounted Rifles did in 1917
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Page 4 – 1918
The Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment (WMR), along with the rest of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (NZMR), moves east across Palestine into the Jordan Valley in early
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Page 5 – 1919
Like the rest of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade (NZMR), the return of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment (WMR) to New Zealand in 1919 is delayed by a shortage of
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Page 6 – Further information
Links and books relating to the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the First World War
Sinai campaign
The Sinai campaign is less well known than other First World War campaigns like Gallipoli and those on the Western Front. But it was here, in the harsh, arid desert, that the Allies took the first major step towards their ultimate victory over the Ottoman Turks in the Middle East.
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Page 6 – Battle of Rafah
If the British failed to capture Rafah quickly they risked being overwhelmed by large Ottoman forces sent from Gaza.
Mounted Rifles units
An overview of the formation and units of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the First World war
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Page 8 – Wellington Mounted Rifles timeline 1914-19
Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1914
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Main image: Horses at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt
Horses of the Wellington Mounted Rifles at Zeitoun Camp, Egypt