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Bess the horse Great War Story
Some 10,000 New Zealand horses went overseas to serve in the First World War. Bess was the only horse from the Middle East to return home to New Zealand – and only three other horses returned from the Western Front.
Mistreatment of horses letters
New Zealanders at home and at the front expressed concern when they learned that horses might be sold locally and mistreated.
Shooting wounded horse
The severity of the shrapnel wounds this New Zealand Mounted Rifles horse received meant it had to be put down.
Major Claude Weston and Billy
Major Claude Horace Weston with his horse Billy in Egypt, 1916.
CMR troops on Gallipoli, 1918-19
Canterbury Mounted Rifles horses being transported and ridden on Gallipoli, late 1918/ early 1919
Track-making on Walker's Ridge
Troops construct a track up Walker’s Ridge, Gallipoli, May 1915.
Camels carrying wounded
Camels equipped with ‘cacolet’ stretchers transport wounded soldiers across the desert during the Sinai campaign of 1916-17.
Moving back from Rafa
The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade moving back from Rafa at the end of the Sinai campaign, January 1917.
The attack of the Otago Mounted Rifles at Messines, 2010
The attack of the Otago Mounted Rifles at Messines, 2010
Transport of NZ Division to France, April 1916
A statement showing the number of troops and ‘animals’ of the New Zealand Division transported from Egypt to France in April 1916.
Dora Spencer letter, 1916
Letter from Dora Spencer to Minister of Defence James Allen, 19 March 1916, regarding her favourite riding mare.
Prime Minister Massey inspects the Otago Mounted Rifles
New Zealand Prime Minister William Massey and Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Ward inspect troopers of the Otago Mounted Rifles in France, July 1918.
Horses killed in bombing raid
Dead horses litter the ground after a German bombing raid in France, circa 1917-18.
Feeding horses in France
Drivers of the New Zealand Field Artillery feed their horses near Lumbres, northern France, May 1917.
Gun crew at Passchendaele
A gun crew struggles in the mud at Passchendaele, October 1917.
NZ artillery gun team
A New Zealand gun team on the move near Lumbres, northern France, May 1917.
NZ mounted troops in Hucqueliers, France
New Zealand mounted troops assembled in the town square in Hucqueliers, northern France, 1917.
Lt-Col Findlay during Second Battle of Gaza
Lieutenant-Colonel John Findlay watches shells drop amongst the horses of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment during the Palestine Campaign.
Watering horses during dust storm
Troopers of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles water their horses during a dust storm at Beersheba, Palestine, November 1917.
Wellington mounteds loading camels, Egypt
Troopers of the Wellington Mounted Rifles load supplies onto camels in Egypt, 1916.

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