The New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade was a brigade of the New Zealand Army during the First World War. Raised in 1914 as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, which made up 22% of the whole f
New Zealand Army Mounted Rifles marching through Cairo, Egypt in December 1914.
New Zealand Trooper, horse and equipment
No. 3 Post with Chunuk Bair on the skyline
Wellington Mounted Rifles after Chunuk Bair
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Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. Unlike cavalry, mounted infantry dismounted to fight on foot. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to
New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade
…Expeditionary Force (NZEF) to fight alongside the British Army. That offer was accepted by the Imperial Cabinet and amongst the troops asked for was a mounted infantry brigade. Which became known as the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade. Being mounted infantry the brigade was expected to ride to the site of the battle…
Two Australian light horsemen in 1914
Gari Melchers War Highsmith