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.

st Brigade: commanded by Major General Thomas Brisbane: 1 st/45 th, 74 th, 1 st/88 th and 3 companies of 5 th/60 th Foot As of 2022 one mounted rifles unit ( Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles) is retained in the modern New Zealand Army. 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 The NZ Reserve Squadron/Companies was formed for the purpose of filling vacancies in reinforcement drafts caused by men becoming medically unfit after going into camp. st Brigade: commanded by Major General William Anson: 3 rd/27 th, 1st/40 th, 1 st/48 th, Provisional Battn. (1 st and 2 nd/53 rd Foot) and 1 company of 5 th/60 th FootJourdan was nearly alone in this fear. The other French commanders asserted that the mountains to the north-west were impassable to an army with artillery. But this was exactly Wellington’s plan. 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. As yet no period photographic evidence of reinforcement badges being worn by the 3rd & 4th Mounted Rifles reinforcements has been brought to our attention. As yet no evidence of reinforcement badges being worn by the first Mounted Rifles reinforcements has been brought to our attention. In one street I met General Phillipon the French governor of Badajoz between his two daughters, holding each by the hand, and endeavouring to convey them out of the town... Two British officers with drawn swords escorted them, and had some difficulty in making their way through the drunken ruffians who sought to do them violence.’

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.

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Due to enormous pressure from the British Government for New Zealand to send more troops, the accelerated supply of troops became impossible for the Otago and Canterbury districts to keep up with supply. As part of the 1953 Coronation Honours, Queen Elizabeth II was appointed as Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment. [29] During the Royal visit of New Zealand in 1953/54, the Wellington Regiment was granted the unique privilege of mounting the full Military Guard of Honour at the 1954 State Opening of Parliament. The 1954 opening was the first time the New Zealand Parliament had been opened by a reigning monarch and the Wellington Regiment were inspected by the Queen. [30]

Trooper Owen Rees Self, Serial No. 9/1235, 6th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 14 August 1915.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. Trooper John Hogg Phillips, Serial No. 9/1945, D Squadron, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 14 January 1916. No. 1 is the 4th Battalion Wellington (Taranaki) Rifle Volunteers, circa 1902 to 1910 (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) The Mayor signified that he was ready and with the Town Clerk took a position near to the case that had been provided for the reception of the Guidon. The Minister of Defence Mr Allen was asked if he would take steps to see if it were possible for New Zealand members of the Legion to have permission to wear their badge at the front. In 1963 the unit was amalgamated into 1 Armoured Squadron (Queen Alexandra’s) and on 1 st September 1970 it was renamed Queen Alexandra’s (Waikato/Wellington East Coast) Squadron RNZAC with its Headquarters based in at Waiouru.As Wellington advanced, his army’s base of supply was moved from Lisbon in Portugal to Santander in the north-east of Spain. Trooper Frank Horton Hitchon, Serial No. 9/1439, D Squadron, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, Embarkation Date: 9 October 1915 (Died of wounds 16 September 1916) On 8 May 1915, the regiment, reduced to twenty-five officers and 453 other ranks (some men had to stay behind to look after the horses), with the remainder of the brigade, sailed for Gallipoli and landed three days later, under small arms fire, at ANZAC Cove, as part of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). [16] a b "Fifth Regiment". The Evening Post. 14 May 1914. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022 . Retrieved 6 March 2022.