Divisional Cavalry
List of Illustrations
page xi
List of Illustrations
Frontispiece | |
At the foot of Halfaya Pass, 11 November 1942 | C. E. Grainger |
Following page 150 | |
Breaking camp at Ngaruawahia, 4 January 1940 | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Leaving the Auckland Domain after the farewell parade, 3 January 1940 | |
First Echelon convoy in the Indian Ocean | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Arrival in Egypt—marching in to Maadi Camp | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Lt-Col C. J. Pierce and Capt R. H. Bell (Adjutant) at Maadi, August 1940 | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Colonel Pierce's driver (Sgt A. T. Caley) sets his sun compass | NZ Army |
Arriving to take part in the Anzac Day service during manoeuvres at El Saff, April 1940 | NZ Army |
Training with Mark II light tanks, Wadi Digla, 1940 | NZ Army |
At Helwan Camp, January 1941 | R. J. Loughnan collection |
The train journey north through Greece | S. Morrin |
Marmon-Herrington armoured car in Greece | British official |
The Aliakmon bridge after its destruction | J. F. Potter collection |
German dive-bomber shot down by the Divisional Cavalry during the withdrawal in Greece | NZ Army |
‘The morning we landed in Crete’ | A. G. Scott collection |
German parachutists land near Galatas | NZ Army page xii |
These soldiers rowed an 18 ft open boat 150 miles from Greece towards Crete until taken in tow by a Greek scow | W. J. Ryan |
C Squadron crew with a recaptured Stuart tank | R. J. Loughnan collection |
B Squadron tank at Bardia | A. G. Scott collection |
The mosque at Sidi Rezegh | J. M. Mitchell |
Prisoner-of-war compound, Bardia, 2 January 1942 | British official |
General Freyberg inspects the regiment at Maadi, 4 March 1942 |
NZ Army |
Captured German staff car bogged down on the Homs–Tripoli road | C. E. Grainger |
Convoy halts beside Lake Tiberias en route to Egypt, June 1942 | C. E. Grainger |
The first issue of Honey tanks, 8 July 1942 | NZ Army |
RHQ signals control truck in communication with squadrons, July 1942 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
Mr Churchill meets Sgt Alan Sperry during his visit to 2 NZ Division at El Alamein, August 1942 | British official |
Dust | C. E. Grainger |
Wheel tracks, El Alamein | R. C. Gibson |
Divisional Cavalry convoy in Halfaya Pass, 11 November 1942 | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Bivouac near Bardia, November 1942 | C. E. Grainger |
Lunch halt at El Adem, December 1942 | C. E. Grainger |
Near Tmimi | C. E. Grainger |
Trooper Reg Bird, near Tocra Pass, 9 December 1942 | R. J. Loughnan collection page xiii |
Following page 250 | |
A halt on the left hook at El Agheila | C. E. Grainger |
An enemy shell bursts among transport near Buerat | J. C. White |
The regiment's Bren carriers pass the saluting base at Tripoli, 4 February 1943 | NZ Army (H. Paton) |
New Zealand Corps on the left hook to Tebaga Gap
—as seen by the Divisional Cavalry advanced guard |
J. C. White |
German shelling at Enfidaville | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Sgt D. Lunn's crew in Tunisia, April 1943, with an Italian prisoner | B. Zola, ‘Parade’ newspaper |
Padre Taylor (‘Harry Kaitaia’) conducts a church parade at Maadi, July 1943 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
On the way up to the Sangro, 20 November 1943 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
C Squadron moving from Gissi to Monte Marconi, 20 November 1943 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Cassino | |
At Atina: RHQ welcome the spring sunshine | NZ Army (G. R. Bull) |
An A Squadron Staghound in the Atina–Belmonte
area |
NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Near Sora. W. J. Tipler and Lt S. A. Morris | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A B Squadron Staghound at Castiglion Fiorentino | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Bivouac near Riccione | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Waiting in Rimini | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
R. A. Loomes and N. N. Phillips in their Staghound at Rimini | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) page xiv |
Watching Allied bombers pass overhead north of Rimini | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
The last attack in Staghounds. Passing through San Giorgio di Cesena, 21 October 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Mud near Faenza, December 1944 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Crossing the Lamone River at Faenza | British official |
Panzer Grenadiers captured in the Faenza area | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Lt-Col J. R. Williams receives his DSO from General Freyberg, March 1945 | NZ Army (J. Short) |
Donkey Derby | R. J. Loughnan collection |
Flame-throwers strafe the Senio stopbank, 9 April 1945 | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Wrecked enemy battery near Medicina | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
A group of Divisional Cavalry Battalion officers at Trieste | NZ Army (G. F. Kaye) |
Some of the regiment's Commanding Officers: Lieutenant-Colonels C. J. Pierce, H. G. Carruth, A. J. Nicoll, J. H. Sutherland, I. L. Bonifant and N. P. Wilder |