New Zealand

The Canterbury Regiment

The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment

	regimented volunteer units Christchurch Rifle Volunteers Christ’s College Rifle Volunteers Christchurch City Rifle Volunteers Kaiapoi Rifle Volunteers Rangiora Rifle Volunteers Imperial Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Timaru City Rifle Volunteers Temuka Rifle Volunteers Ashburton Rifle Volunteers Port Guards Rifle Volunteers Timaru Rifle Volunteers Waimate Rifle Volunteers Geraldine Rifle Volunteers Ashburton Guards Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Stoke Rifle Volunteers Blenheim Rifle Volunteers Waimea Rifle Volunteers Nelson Rifle Volunteers Waitobi Guards Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units 1st Westland Rifle Volunteers Greymouth Rifle Volunteers Denniston Rifle Volunteers Reelton Rifle Volunteers Brunner Ranger Rifle Volunteers Millerton Rifle Volunteers │	regimented volunteer units Sydenham Rifle Volunteers Linwood Rifle Volunteers Civil Service Rifle Volunteers Canterbury Highland Rifle Volunteers Canterbury Native Rifle Volunteers Ellesmere Guards Rifle Volunteers │
1895:	North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1897:	│ │ │	South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1901:	│ │ │	│ │ │	1st Battalion Nelson Infantry Volunteers │	2nd Battalion Nelson Infantry Volunteers │	│ │ │
1903:	1st North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers	│ │	│ │	│ │	2nd North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers
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1911:	1st (Canterbury) Regiment	2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment	12th (Nelson) Regiment		13th (North Canterbury) Regiment
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1912:	│ │	│ │	│ │		13th (North Canterbury and Westland) Regiment
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1914/ 1919:	formed The Canterbury Infantry Regiment, NZEF
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1917:	│	│	12th (Nelson and Marlborough) Regiment		│
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1921:	1st Battalion,		2nd Battalion,
	The Canterbury Regiment
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1923:	The Canterbury Regiment		The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment
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1940:	2nd Battalion raised │		│ │
1942:	3rd - 6th Battalion raised │		2nd and 3rd Battalion raised │
1943:	disbanded		disbanded
1948:	The Canterbury Regiment │		The Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast Regiment │
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	perpetuate 20th, 23rd, 26th, 30th and 37th Battalion, 2nd NZEF
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1964:	2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson-Marlborough, and West Coast), Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
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1999:	The Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment │
2003:	infantry of 2nd Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Battalion Group │
2013:	merged into 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment │