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The New South Wales Corps, later known as the 102d Regiment of Foot, and lastly as the 100th Regiment of Foot, was a formation of the British Army organised in 1789 in England to relieve the New South Wales Marine Corps, which had accompanied the First Fleet to New South Wales.
The NSW Corps arrived as guards on the Second Fleet in June 1790 to relieve the marines who had accompanied the First Fleet. Members of the NSW Corps served as the garrison at Parramatta and were housed in the newly erected military barracks. [1] The site of the Military Barracks and Soldiers Garden is a rare archaeological site.
The NSW Marines received the allowance for the duration of their three-year enlistment, relieving the Admiralty or the government of the colony of the responsibility of providing messing facilities. [7] New South Wales Marine Corps uniforms consisted of a red long-tailed doublet, white trousers, black headdress, and shoes and gaiters. Officers ...
Volunteers for the NSW Marine Corps were required to have had a satisfactory prior record of service in the British Marines, to be at least 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall and under forty years of age. Both officers and men were entitled to an honourable discharge after three years of colonial service, as an alternative to the British Marine tradition ...
One member of the New South Wales forces, Lieutenant Neville Howse, a doctor in the New South Wales Medical Corps, received the Victoria Cross for his actions during the war, rescuing a wounded soldier under fire at Vredefort in July 1900. [119]
Web Gilbert — not a serving soldier, but was in France for a considerable time at the end of 1918, later worked on models and a memorial statue; LT. W. Leslie Bowles — Australian-born sculptor, served with British forces, including Tank Corps. Recruited to work on Australian War Memorial; LT.
National Archives of the United Kingdom, "Description and Succession Books for the NSW Corps, 1808–1816", War Office Records (WO) 25/642, WO25/643 National Archives of the United Kingdom, "Muster Books, Muster Rolls and Pay Lists of the 102nd Foot (NSW Corps) (1810–1812)", War Office Records (WO) 12/11018 (1791), WO 12/9904 (1807–09 ...
The 1st/15th Royal NSW Lancers Museum was established at the Parramatta Lancer Barracks in 1958. The main purpose of the museum is to collect and preserve relics, artefacts and records that tell the story of the Royal NSW Lancers, their predecessors (i.e. NSW Cavalry Reserves, Sydney Lancers, NSW Cavalry Regiment, NSW Lancers, 1st Light Horse Regiment AIF, and 1st Armoured Regiment 2nd AIF ...