The 1st (Canterbury) Regiment was a territorial infantry regiment of the New Zealand Military Forces. It was formed in 1911 from various volunteer corps...
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formed from the 1st (Canterbury) & 2nd (South Canterbury) and the 12th (Nelson and Marlborough) & 13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiments which had been...
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Hawke's Bay Regiment, The Wellington (City of Wellington's Own) Regiment, The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment, The Canterbury Regiment, The Otago...
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the regiment saw combat in the First World War as part of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment. It was amalgamated with the 1st (Canterbury) Regiment in 1921...
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Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British...
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county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury. It had a history dating back to 1572 and was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army, being third...
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the Canterbury military district, namely the: 1st (Canterbury) Regiment 2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment 12th (Nelson) Regiment 13th (North Canterbury and...
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Sir Edmund Leach, colonel of the regiment, and dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the end of the war, the 1st Battalion was transferred back...
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The 1st Mounted Rifles (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) were a mounted rifles regiment raised just before World War I, raised and based in the region of...
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(Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment to form the 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment in 1921, which was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, Nelson, Marlborough...
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