wellington mounted rifles

Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline

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  The Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment (WMR) was one of four mounted rifles regiments raised to serve overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during the First World War. We've provided an overview of the WMR and a detailed timeline of their activities from 1914 to 1919.

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• Page 2 – 1914

  Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1914

• Page 3 – 1915

  Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1915

• Page 4 – 1916

  Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1916

• Page 5 – 1917

  What the Wellington Mounted Rifles did in 1917

• Page 6 – 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

• Page 7 – 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

• Page 8 – Further information

  Links and books relating to the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the First World War

Sinai campaign

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  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.