Canterbury Infantry Regiment (NZEF)

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Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Active1914–1919
CountryFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
AllegianceFile:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
BranchNew Zealand Military Forces
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
Charles Henry Brown
Robert Young
Insignia
Distinguishing PatchFile:Distinguishing Patch 1st Battalion Canterbury Infantry Regiment.svg File:Distinguishing Patch 2nd Battalion Canterbury Infantry Regiment.svg File:Distinguishing Patch 3rd Battalion Canterbury Infantry Regiment.svg

The Canterbury 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 based in the Canterbury Military district.

History

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

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

Notes

Footnotes
  1. 12th (Nelson & Marlborough) Regiment from 1917
Citations
  1. Ferguson 1921, pp. 2–3.

References

  • Ferguson, C. (1921). The History of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914–1919. Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited. OCLC 904059618.