Wellington's Rifles: The Origins, Development and Battles of the Rifle Regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo

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Captain R. Matthews, Chaplain attended by Officers and supported by men of the Regiment, then entered the Council Chamber carrying the Guidon and halted in front of the Mayor. He then, on behalf of the Commanding Officer and all ranks of the Regiment, requested that the Council accept and keep in safe custody the Regimental Guidon.

Trooper Phillips appears to be wearing a ‘type 5 or 6’? basic frame D/9 hat badge and ‘type 1’ D/9? collar badges.

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Mr Allen replied: — “that all he could do was to communicate the representation made to him to the military authorities. He understood that it was a very small badge, and would not be a mark for the enemy. He had received no official communication about the badge, but as far as the New Zealand authorities were concerned there was no objection to the frontiersmen wearing them.” Corporal James McMillan, Serial No. 7/1322, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 14 August 1915. Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles Regimental Guidon [ edit ] Presented to the Regiment on the 12th May 1935 Unfortunately, finding period photos of these badges being worn is just as difficult to find as the badges are, so we make no excuse for the use of poor quality photographs. This Trooper is wearing a ‘type 7’ basic frame A/9 hat badge and “First Type” Mounted Rifles collar badges.

DEFENCE OF ANZAC Custodianship of the Hastings District Council [ edit ] Presentation of the 9WECMR Guidon to the Mayor and Town Clerk of the Hastings City Council On arrival at Awapuni Camp the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment adopted the following Squadron letter designations, "A" (Wellington-West Coast) Squadron, "B" (Manawatu) Squadron and "C" (Wellington East Coast) Squadron, these were replaced by the Regimental numbering system in early September 1914. Unfortunately we have been unable to find a photograph of a member of H Squadron (Otago MR), however I have found an interesting report from "H" Squadrons Sergeant-Major W. Graham who states:- "that his squadron with the Otago Mounteds consists of all Gisborne men with the exception of three N.C.O.'s and the three officers. This is the first full squadron of Gisborn men in training to leave the country as one squadron." Capt. E. Harris, Lieut. H. S-. Harley, Lieut. M. J. Morrison, 2nd Lieut. F. J. W. Stallard, 2nd Lieut. H. Garland. General Edmund Allenby (4 February 1922). "Supplement to the London Gazette, 4 February, 1920" (PDF). The London Gazette . Retrieved 24 November 2013.Trooper William Alfred Ottaway, Serial No. 11/2351, B Squadron, 10th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 29 February 1916 (Killed in action 9 January 1917) Foote, Ken (10 May 2016). Hawke's Bay Battalion RNZIR (Speech). Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. The regiment, with an establishment of twenty-six officers, 523 other ranks and 600 horses, was formed from three squadrons belonging to pre war Territorial Force regiments; the Queen Alexandra's 2nd (Wellington West Coast) Mounted Rifles, the 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles and the 9th (Wellington East Coast) Mounted Rifles. It also included a small headquarters and, until 1916, a Maxim machine-gun section. The Maxim guns were withdrawn but the regiment's fire-power increased during the war, by the end of which each squadron had four Hotchkiss machine-guns, one per troop. st Brigade: commanded by Colonel Cadogan: 1 st/50 th, 1 st/71 st 1 st/91 st Foot and 1 company of 5 th/60 th Foot On the 15th of March 1916, the NZ Defence Minister received a communique from General Godely stating that

Lea, P. A. (1982). Sunday Soldiers: A Brief History of the Wellington Regiment - City of Wellington's Own. Wellington: Bryce Francis Ltd. OCLC 11970032.

As yet no other evidence of reinforcement badges being worn by the second Mounted Rifles reinforcements has been brought to our attention. Manawatu) Squadron. Cap and collar badges: The number of the Regiment ‘6’ within a wreath of laurel leaves, surmounted by a crown with a scroll below bearing ‘Manawatu Mounted Rifles. Motto: He kawau maro (Unyielding as the shag) Kinloch, Terry, Devils on horses: in the words of the Anzacs in the Middle East 1916–19 (Wellington: Exisle Publishing, 2007) In August 1959, after its many years of use, the Guidon was retired and after some time a decision was made for the Guidon to be transferred to the Council for safe keeping to represent the bond between the community represented by the Council, and the Regiment.

Trooper Sidney Myers, Serial No. 11/1729, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 9 October 1915 (Killed in action 29 May 1916) Inevitably, Urban tells tales of remarkable bravery and endurance, which he balances by detailing the punishments awarded to those who ran away or were guilty of other misdeeds. Nor does he spare the regiment from criticism for its part in the disgraceful behaviour of the army after the capture of Badajos, for example. Every family has its good and bad members, and a regimental family is no different. A warts-and-all picture is much more credible. Corporal Clifford Stuart Des Barres, Serial No. 10747, 1st New Zealand Cyclist Company, Embarkation Date: 6 May 1916 (Killed in action 3 September 1916) Brigadier General William Meldrum, Serial No. 11/675. Commanded the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914 to 1917, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade 1917 to 1919.

The brigade used their time training, which consisted of day and night marches through the desert, combined with rifle and machine-gun practice. [19] Culminating in Armed Forces:Historical Overview". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 2022-02-27 . Retrieved 2022-02-27. The following shows the percentage of men supplied by the four military districts to the 8th Mounted Rifles reinforcements: —