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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.

Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1914

Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1915

Although the action at Katia boosted Ottoman morale, it soon became clear that it had not deterred the British from continuing their offensive into the Sinai.

Timeline for the Wellington Mounted Rifles in 1916

If the British failed to capture Rafah quickly they risked being overwhelmed by large Ottoman forces sent from Gaza.

What the Wellington Mounted Rifles did in 1917

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 1918 as part of the Anzac Mounted Division.

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 shipping.

The cap badge for the 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles, a horse rampant over the regimental motto

The cap badge for the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles

Unit patch of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment

Information about the 2nd Queen Alexandra’s (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles squadron

Troopers of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment enjoy a hot drink after entering the city of Jaffa, 16 November 1917.

Photograph of Trooper Arthur Richard Fitzherbert published in the Auckland Weekly News, 26 April 1917.

The grave of Alfred Dickenson on Gallipoli. A trooper in the Wellington Mounted Rifles, he was killed in action on 30 May 1915

Makara church window war memorial

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