Wellington Infantry Regiment (NZEF)

The Wellington Infantry Regiment was a military unit of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) raised for service in the First World War. It saw service in the Gallipoli Campaign (1915) and on the Western Front (1916–1919). The regiment was formed by grouping together companies from four different territorial regiments base in the Wellington Military district.

Not to be confused with Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington's Own).
Wellington Infantry Regiment
Active1914–1919
Country New Zealand
Allegiance British Empire
BranchNew Zealand Military Forces
TypeLine Infantry
RoleInfantry
Size3 Battalions
Part ofNew Zealand and Australian Division (1915-1916)
New Zealand Division (1916-1919)
EngagementsEgypt 1915–16, Gallipoli Campaign, France and Flanders 1916–18, Battle of the Somme, Battle of Messines (1917), Ypres 1917, Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of Bapaume 1918, Battle of Cambrai (1918)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		William Malone(1914-1915)
Insignia
Distinguishing Patch

History

The regiment was formed in 1914 as the Wellington Battalion. The battalion consisted of four rifle companies, with each company raised from one of the territorial regiments of the Wellington military district, namely the:

Each company retained the name and cap badge of its parent territorial regiment.[1]

Before the Wellington battalion was formed the 5th (Wellington) Regiment had already been mostly dispatched to capture Samoa as part of the Samoa Expeditionary Force. The 5th (Wellington) Regiment was therefore not integrated into the Wellington Battalion and was ironically was not affiliated with the Wellington Infantry Regiment.[2]

Battle honours

Notes
  1. Cunningham, Treadwell & Hanna 1928, p. 2.
  2. Lea 1982, pp. 33–34.
  3. "Wellington Infantry Regiment". New Zealand History. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

References
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