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1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
Cap badge of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers
Active1885 – Present
CountryAustralia
BranchArmy
TypeLine Cavalry
RoleLight Cavalry
SizeOne regiment
Part of5th Brigade
Garrison/HQLancer Barracks, Parramatta
Motto(s)Tenax in Fide (Steadfast in Faith)
MarchQuick – El Abanico
Slow – Scipio
Anniversaries3 March – Regimental Birthday
Commanders
Current
commander		LTCOL Robert Lording
Colonel-in-ChiefHRH The Prince of Wales
(Colonel-in-Chief, RAAC)
Colonel of
the Regiment		Col Lee Long
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch

The 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is a current Australian Army Reserve Light Cavalry (Reconnaissance) Regiment. The regiment is based at Lancer Barracks in Parramatta, a suburb in Western Sydney, New South Wales. Lancer Barracks is the oldest Military Barracks on mainland Australia and dates from 1819.

Description and history

The regiment has recently re-equipped with 4x4 Land Rover patrol vehicles as part of the conversion to a Light Cavalry (Reconnaissance) role. The last of the previously equipped vehicles, the M113A1 APC was handed over in 2006.

The regiment dates back to the formation of the Sydney Light Horse Volunteers in January 1885 and took its current name in 1956 when the 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers and the 15th Northern River Lancers amalgamated, initially being equipped with Matilda tanks.[1] The 1st/15th RNSWL carries the former regiments' battle honours, and consequently has 31 collective battle honours, including those from the Boer War, First World War and Second World War.

The Regimental Band of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers is one of the few Army regimental bands still in existence. The Band was formed in 1891 and has served with the regiment since, making it the oldest military band in Australia. The Lancer Band consists of Army Musicians who perform for Regimental functions, at public events, and for other Army Ceremonial tasks.

Battle honours

  • Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902
  • First World War: Anzac, Defence of Anzac, Suvla, Sari Bair, Gallipoli 1915, Rumani, Magdhaba-Rafah, Egypt 1915–17, Gaza-Beersheba, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Jaffa, Jericho, Jordan (Es Salt), Jordan (Amman), Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917–18
  • Second World War: South West Pacific 1943–45, Finchaffen, Sattleberg, Wareo, Liberation of Australian New Guinea, Wareo-Lakona, Gusika-Fortification Point, Borneo, Balikpapan, Milford Highway

Current organisation

1/15th Royal NSW Lancers on parade at Lancer Barracks, Parramatta

The regiment is currently located as follows:

Lancers' Museum

The regimental museum was started in 1957, and is currently hosted at its own building in Linden House, Parramatta. Its collection includes equipment, uniforms, weapons and vehicles used by the Lancers along its history.[2]

The Lancers Museum Centurion tank parading through Parramatta August 2014

The vehicles on display include:

Alliances

  • 1/15th Royal NSW Lancers on parade at Lancer Barracks, Parramatta
    1/15th Royal NSW Lancers on parade at Lancer Barracks, Parramatta
  • The regimental band in front of Linden House (The regimental museum)
    The regimental band in front of Linden House (The regimental museum)
  • The regimental museum - Linden House
    The regimental museum - Linden House
  • Inside the Lancers Museum
    Inside the Lancers Museum
  • The original barracks building
    The original barracks building
  • Barracks open for inspection after the August 2014 parade through Parramatta
    Barracks open for inspection after the August 2014 parade through Parramatta
  • "Bobs hall"
    "Bobs hall"
  • Bushmasters, the regiment's latest vehicles, parading through Parramatta 2014
    Bushmasters, the regiment's latest vehicles, parading through Parramatta 2014
  • "Brenda", the museums Bren Gun Carrier, parading through Parramatta 2014
    "Brenda", the museums Bren Gun Carrier, parading through Parramatta 2014
  • Staghound armoured car under restoration in the museums collection 2008
    Staghound armoured car under restoration in the museums collection 2008
  • Matilda tank "Adonis"
    Matilda tank "Adonis"
  • Covenanter Tank Bridgelayer in museum collection
    Covenanter Tank Bridgelayer in museum collection
  • Covenanter tank bridgelayer, one of only 2 known left in existence
    Covenanter tank bridgelayer, one of only 2 known left in existence
  • Sararcen armoured cars on display
    Sararcen armoured cars on display
  • Vehicles on display at the museum
    Vehicles on display at the museum
  • Ferret armoured cars
    Ferret armoured cars

Notes

  1. ^ "1st RNSWL". New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum. 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  2. ^ "The Museum". Website of the Royal New South Wales Lancers Lancer Barracks and Museum. New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum Incorporated. February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  3. ^ Lancers Museum, Covenanter Bridgelayer (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  4. ^ Lancers Museum, Matilda Tank (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  5. ^ Lancers Museum, Bren Gun Carrier (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  6. ^ Lancers Museum, Staghound armoured car (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  7. ^ Lancers Museum, Ferret scout car (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  8. ^ Lancers Museum, Centurion Tank (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  9. ^ Lancers Museum, Daimler Dingo (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  10. ^ Lancers Museum, Land Rover (retrieved 4 April 2015)
  11. ^ Lancers Museum, Austin Champ (retrieved 4 April 2015)

References

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