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

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Portuguese Brigade: commanded by Major General Manley Power: 1 st and 2 nd/9 th, 1 st and 2 nd/21 st Portuguese Line and 11 th Caçadores In 1938, the Wellington Regiment endeavoured to establish a stronger link between the regiment and the city of Wellington. The regiment changed its name to the Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own) and was granted the freedom of the city of Wellington, which gave it the right to march "with swords drawn, colours flying and bayonets fixed" through the city. The Wellington Regiment was the first New Zealand regiment to receive such an honour. [19] Second World War [ edit ] At this point I think it is worth mentioning that the first “Camp Jeweller” shop was set up in Trentham camp in early January 1915. This would have been a rudimentary structure (Tent or possibly wooden structure) with a concrete or wooden floor.

Broadley, Jon (December 2012). "Territorials Become More Joined Up" (PDF). NZ Army News. pp.8–9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2013 . Retrieved 6 March 2022. nd Brigade: commanded by Major General Byng: 1 st/3 rd, 1 st/57 th Foot, 1 st Provisional Battalion (2 nd/31st and 2 nd/66 th Foot) and 1 company of 5 th/60 th Foot Vitoria lies at the eastern end of a rectangular plain stretching from east to west. The main road to France heads north-east across the plain. The Madrid road runs to the south-west. Forming a cross-roads with these roads are the north-south road

Trooper James Meaney, Serial No. 11/2153, B Squadron, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 8 January 1916. 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. In this they were responding to the previous success of the French. One commentator has recorded that Napoleon's astonishing run of victories in Europe was due largely to the efficiency of his light infantry, who were equipped with rifles. For the British army to be able to learn and exploit this lesson they needed to be trained in a new way. To understand how different this method of fighting was from what had gone before, Mark Urban describes both this process and the results that followed on the battlefield.

By October 1916, there were six ‘Camp Jewellers’ and three ‘Military outfitters’ operating within the Trentham, Featherston and Tauherenikau training camps selling reinforcement and regulation badges. (Some of these had shops at all three locations) B Squadron. — Capts. J. Armstrong, J. H. Chisholm, Lieut. M. A. Harding, 2nd Lieut. R. H. Buchanan. In the decades following Confederation, Canada's military consisted almost entirely of part-time soldiers - "Active Militia", formed into Battalions of Infantry and Rifles, Troops of Cavalry and Batteries of Artillery - with the exception of a Permanent Militia of full-time paid soldiers established by Act of Parliament and limited to a total strength of 750! On 27 May the brigade realised the Turks were building a new position, at the base of the foothills, around 450 yards (410m) east of the No.2 Post and when completed it would be a danger to the New Zealand post. So it would have to be captured and the task was given to the 1st Squadron, Canterbury Mounted Rifles. The squadron assembled at No.2 Post and after dark, at 22:00, 28 May assaulted the position, and by 23:30 had forced the Turkish defenders to withdraw. [34] [35] Foote, Ken (10 May 2016). Hawke's Bay Battalion RNZIR (Speech). Archived from the original on 22 February 2022.a b c d e f "1916– Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment timeline". New Zealand History . Retrieved 17 November 2013. From some collections I have seen, the 7th & 11th Regiments have a lot of badge variations to collect. The following shows the percentage of men supplied by the four military districts to the 9th Mounted Rifles reinforcements: — Waite, Fred (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs. ISBN 1-4077-9591-0.

The Volunteers". The Evening Post. 20 December 1895. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022 . Retrieved 6 March 2022. The British had adopted the “Special Reserve” on the 20th December 1907. The purpose of the Special Reserve was to supply drafts of trained men to be ready in the event that they are needed to fill the gaps of the Army in time of war.) Trooper Gair appears to be wearing a ‘type 10’ basic frame D/11 hat badge and ‘type 3’ basic frame collar badges. The standard infantry weapon across all the armies was the muzzle-loading musket. The musket could be fired three or four times a minute, throwing a heavy ball inaccurately for a hundred metres or so. Each infantryman carried a bayonet for hand-to-hand fighting, fitting into the muzzle end of his musket. The 1887 Queen Colours below and Battalion Colours were commissioned and paid for by the Ladies of Wellington in November 1886, and were manufactured by Hobson and Sons of London at a cost of 70 Pounds.

The 30th Wellington Battalion eventually became the "30th Regiment (Wellington Rifles)" in 1900, "The Wellington Rifles" in 1920, and finally "The Wellington Regiment" in 1931; disbanded in 1936 - not perpetuated by any modern Regiment, so far as I know. Lea, P. A. (1982). Sunday Soldiers: A Brief History of the Wellington Regiment - City of Wellington's Own. Wellington: Bryce Francis Ltd. OCLC 11970032. Further information: Battle of Chunuk Bair and Battle of Sari Bair Some of the regiment's survivors after the Battle of Chunuk Bair Austin, W. S. (1924). The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Wellington: L. T. Watkins Ltd. OCLC 1016592567.

st Brigade: commanded by Major General Victor von Alten: 14 th Light Dragoons and 1 st Hussars, King’s German Legion In 1921 they became the 7th New Zealand Mounted Rifles (Wellington East Coast) and later still became the Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles, which was later absorbed into the 2nd Armoured Regiment, on the 29 March 1944. [2] On the 14th January 1915, the 3rd and 4th Reinforcements adopted the alphabetical system in naming the various squadrons and companies of the reinforcement drafts at Trentham. The following day Colonel Gibbon was informed of their almost unanimous decision “to serve where ever they were required.” The four companies were NZEF counterparts of the regional Territorial regiments created in March 1911. They adopted the identifying badge of the corresponding Territorial unit.The consecration of the Guidon was conducted by the Reverend R. H. Williams Bishop of Waiapu. The Commanding Officer for the parade was Lieutenant Colonel H. B. Maunsell, a former officer of the 9 th (Wellington East Coast) Squadron who had been wounded at Gallipoli in 1915. A crowd of up to 4000 people attended the parade.