Philip Venables Vernon literary papers for 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1960 / Philip Venables Vernon, [ca 1960]

MLMSS 9781

fonds

[ca 1960]

1000493

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box), some folders contain drawings - manuscript; typescript; colour

Lieutenant Colonel Philip Venables Vernon (1909-1999) is a grandson of Walter Liberty Vernon, an early commander in the Lancers. Philip Vernon served in the regiment between 1927 and 1952, also serving as a commander. He was a founder of the New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum.

The Royal New South Wales Lancers is an Australian light horse regiment which was formed as a colonial unit in 1885. The regiment served in the Boer War, both World Wars, and in 2010 served as a peacekeeping unit in the Solomon Islands.

References:
http://www.lancers.org.au/site/The_Regiment.asp
http://www.lancers.org.au/documents/The_Collection.pdf

This collection comprises of Vernon’s notes, drafts and early outlines for a work which was eventually published as The Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1985: incorporating a narrative of the 1st Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F., 1914-1919 in 1961.

Folder 1
‘1st Royal New South Wales Lancers, an outline history of the Regiment, 1885-1954’, 29 pages, rectos only. Original manuscript.
Royal New South Wales Lancers history. Commanding officers, 1 page typescript.
Royal New South Wales Lancers history. Training centres, 1 page manuscript in pencil.

4 hand-coloured and drawn regiment insignias from 1915 to 1945 with typed legends, 1 page.
‘Cavalry in New South Wales, 1885-1896’. 1 folded double page typed chart giving the dates of formation and early leaders. 1st page typed, 2nd page manuscript.

Folder 2
‘Royal New South Wales Lancers, Tenax in Fide’ being Notes from the History of the Regiment, 4 pages of typescript, no date.

Folder 3
‘Royal New South Wales Lancers. Outline narrative, 1939-1945, 12 pages of typescript, no date.

Copyright status:: In copyright
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Published as: The Royal New South Wales Lancers, 1885-1960 : incorporating a narrative of the 1st Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F. 1914-1919 / edited by P.V. Vernon, with a foreword by A.J. Mills. Sydney : Printed by Halstead Press, 1961

Undated [ca.1960]. Date based on publication date of book.