Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment

Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment

The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment is a Territorial Force unit of the New Zealand Army. It was originally formed in 1948 by the amalgamation of two separate regiments:
*Wellington West Coast Regiment (previously the 7th (Wellington West Coast Rifles) Regiment)
*Taranaki Regiment (previously the 11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment)

The regiment become a TF battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in 1964 during the reorganisation of the army. This was until the later reorganisation of 1999, which saw the TF battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi-function battalion groups. The Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki Regiment became the 5th Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki Battalion Group, with the following unit types:
*Engineers - 1 Field Squadron, RNZE
*Infantry
*Medical
*Logistics
*Pipes and Drums of the Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment

*Battle Honours
**New Zealand
**South Africa
**First World War: Somme 1916-18, Messines 1917, Ypres 1917, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Landing at ANZAC, France and Flanders 1916-1918, Sari Bair 1915, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-1916
**Second World War: Greece 1941, Crete, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Minquar Qaim, El Alamein, North Africa 1940-1943, Cassino I, The Senio, Italy 1943-45, Solomons

The regiment is unique among regiments of the Commonwealth, in that it has its own country's name as a battle honour. This dates from the service of the Taranaki Volunteer Rifle Corps, from which the Taranaki Regiment is descended, during the New Zealand Land Wars, specifically in the Battle of Waireka.

Alliances

*GBR - The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)


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