their lives on active service and in honour of all those who served." Mounted riflemen from the Waikato have served in all the overseas conflicts in which New Zealanders have fought. Casualty figures are incomplete, but recent research has revealed that eight died in South Africa; 74 at Gallipoli; and 42 in Sinai and Palestine. One hundred and fifty-eight were wounded on Gallipoli and in the Middle East. It is impossible to discover the exact losses of former WMR servicemen during the Second World War, for unlike the First World War, WMR did not send and sustain a formed service squadron overseas for the duration. Aside from the Div Cav, to which all nine mounted rifles regiments then in existence contributed, WMR's soldiers were drafted as reinforcements, mainly to the 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade, but also to the infantry and some even to the Navy and Air Force. It is known that 29 former WMR soldiers were killed in action with the Div Cav. A further 14 died in other units, but sadly the list is incomplete. While it is not known whether any former WMR soldiers died in either the Korean or Vietnam wars, the only New Zealander to be killed in action in East Timor (in 2000) came from the Waikato and had previously served in the Squadron for several years before transferring to the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Since 2000, some 37 members of WMR have served on operational deployments overseas in East Timor, the Solomon Islands, South Korea and Afghanistan, but so far without incurring any further losses. War horse statue In November 2017 several members of WMR participated in a parade during the presentation of a statue dedicated to the horses sent to war with the New Zealand Army. References Footnotes Bibliography Andrews, Ted, Kiwi Trooper, The Story of Queen Alexandra's Own, Wanganui Chronicle Co. Ltd, 1967. Angelsey, The Marquess of, A History of the British Cavalry, 1816–1919, Volume 4 (1899–1913), Leo Cooper, 1986; Volume 5 (1914–1919), Leo Cooper, 1994; and Volume 8 (1919–1939), Leo Cooper, 1997. Bullock, David L., Allenby's War, The Palestine – Arabian Campaigns, 1916–1918, Blandford Press, 1988. Corbett, D.A., The Regimental Badges of New Zealand, Ray Richards, Auckland, 1970; Revised and Enlarged Edition, 1980. Cox, Geoffrey, A Tale of Two Battles – A Personal Memoir of Crete and the Western Desert 1941, William Kimber, 1987. Crawford, John, with Ellis,