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

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Kinoch, Terry (2005). Echoes of Gallipoli: In the Words of New Zealand's Mounted Riflemen. Wollombi: Exisle Publishing. ISBN 0908988605. From some collections I have seen, the 7th & 11th Regiments have a lot of badge variations to collect. Trooper Kelly is wearing a NZMR ‘type 6’ hat badge, ‘type 10’ basic frame C/11 hat badge and NZMR ‘type 1’ collar badges. Wellington’s army of British, Portuguese and Spanish troops assembled in the area between Ciudad Rodrigo in the south and northern Portugal and began its advance in May 1813, the right flank of the advance being initially on the road to Salamanca.

Brass polished NZMR shoulder titles and regulation brass polished 5/8 inch Regimental numbers (NZMR numbered from 1 to 12)Further information: Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) Big Table Top; the route the regiment used to climb the cliff is shown by the dotted line. B Squadron. — Capts. J. Armstrong, J. H. Chisholm, Lieut. M. A. Harding, 2nd Lieut. R. H. Buchanan. 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 Portuguese Brigade: commanded by Major General Le Cor: 1 st and 2 nd/7 th, 1 st and 2 nd/19 th Portuguese Line and 2nd Caçadores I can only speculate that these badges were manufactured in Egypt, and that the “17” under the crown most likely represents the unit number that was allocated to the NZ Veterinary Corps by the Director of Base Records in connection with the allotment of regimental numbers to men on active service.

The Squadron designations were also traded for the generic title of “New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.” Trooper Harry Goddard 17/68, and Sergeant James Goddard 17/67, 2nd Reinforcements Veterinary Corps, Embarkation Date 14 December 1914. Lance Sergeant Cecil Hervey Crowe, Serial No. 7/1215, 6th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 14 August 1915. 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.Corporal Des Barres is wearing a ‘type 8 or 9’ basic frame (horse rampant) hat badge and quite possibly ‘Reserve Squadron’ collar badges. Austin, W. S. (1924). The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Wellington: L. T. Watkins Ltd. OCLC 1016592567. Wellington East Coast Mounted Rifles Regimental Guidon [ edit ] Presented to the Regiment on the 12th May 1935

In New Zealand, the brigade's reinforcements trained at Featherston Camp north east of Wellington where about 8,000 men were housed in nearly 300 buildings, including three billiard rooms, a post office, a cinema, sixteen dining halls, six cook-houses and stables for 500 horses. The training programme included eight weeks of dismounted drill, two weeks of shooting, eight weeks of mounted drill and lectures on sanitation, military law and discipline, animal management and stable duties. All mounted reinforcements had to pass confirmatory riding tests before being cleared to go overseas. [12] Once trained the men were sent to Sydney or Melbourne in Australia, where they embarked on Australian troopships bound for Suez. [13] Egypt [ edit ]Gullett, Henry Somer (1923). The Australian Imperial Force in Sinai and Palestine, 1914–1918. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918. Vol.VII. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. OCLC 59863829. The Mounted Rifles Regiments of the Main Body and their first reinforcements were assembled in the following district concentration camps: — Trooper Gair appears to be wearing a ‘type 10’ basic frame D/11 hat badge and ‘type 3’ basic frame collar badges. The 1887 Battalion Colours consisted of a blue silk flag having the figure 1. (The number of the battalion) in the left-hand top corner, and the letters “N.Z.” in the other corners. In the centre was the battalion badge (Duke’s badge) surrounded by a laurel wreath. The edging of the flag is was silver embroidery.

No. 2 is the XI Taranaki Rifles Regiment badge with the battle honours ‘Waireka,’ ‘New Zealand’ and ‘South Africa,’ circa 1911 (Made by J R Gaunt London). Trooper William George Okeby, Serial No. 11/1842, F Squadron 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 9 October 1915 (Killed in action 27 June 1917)

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Trooper Albert Hugh Delaney, 11/1789, F Squadron, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 9 October 1915. The King’s German Legion (KGL) was formed largely from the old disbanded Hanoverian army. The KGL owed its allegiance to King George III of Great Britain, as the Elector of Hanover and fought with the British army. The KGL comprised both cavalry and infantry regiments. KGL uniforms followed the British. Interestingly, it appears that the New Zealand Mounted Reserve Squadron and Infantry Reserve companies were formed at the request of the Imperial Government. As in the case of the reorganisation of the infantry, the officers commanding squadrons were granted the powers of an officer commanding a squadron under King's Regulations, dealing direct with Camp Headquarters, and were responsible to the Camp Commandant for the training, discipline, and organisation of their squadrons. Cloth patch for the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, worn on both sides of a soldier’s puggaree (hatband) from October 1917.