Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
Page created 1 December 2001. Corrected and updated 27.08.2004
 
 

Royal New Zealand
Artillery

 
New Zealand  
 
  Titles & Lineage
  History
  Battle Honours
  Colours, Standards & Guidons
  Uniforms & Badges
  Colonels-in-Chief
  Colonels

  Biography & Gallantry Awards
  Traditions
  Alliances
  Associations, Forums, Re-Enactors
  Museums, Monuments, Memorials
  Bibliography

How to find information about individuals who served in this corps
 
1878.12.03  
 
New Zealand Regiment of Volunteer Artillery
formed from Volunteer Artillery units
1886.07.31 New Zealand Permanent Artillery  
1902.10.15 Royal New Zealand Artillery  
1903.01.26   Regiment of New Zealand Artillery Volunteers
19uu   New Zealand Artillery
(Territorial)
1947.01.09 Royal New Zealand Artillery
union of Permanent and Territorial Forces
1958.04.10 Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
The New Zealand Permanent Force (NZPFOCA)
Gunners NZ, unofficial home of all Gunners, past and present, in New Zealand, by John Nagle.
Lineage of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, by Livefiring
New Zealand Artillery Chronology (NZPFOCA)
New Zealand Artillery History (NZPFOCA)
Index of NZ artillery units (NZPFOCA)
NZ Regiment of Volunteer Artillery (NZPFOCA)
Field Artillery Regiments of the Royal New Zealand Artillery in World War 2, by Nigel Evans
2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, by W.E. Murphy (1966) (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
   
Regular Regiments:
  3 Field Regiment [1940-1946]
 
  4 Field Regiment [1940-1946]
 
  5 Field Regiment [1940-1946]
 
  5 Light Regiment
 
  6 Field Regiment [1940-1946]
 
  7 Anti-Tank Regiment [1940-1945]
 
  14 LAA Regiment [1941-1945]
 
  15 HAA Regiment
 
 

16 Field Regiment [1950-present]

 
  17 Field Regiment [1942-1945]
 
  22 LAA Regiment
 
  28 HAA Regiment [1942-1943]
 
  29 LAA Regiment [1942-1945]
 
  32 Field Regiment
 
  33 Heavy Regiment [1942-1943]
 
  38 Field Regiment [1943-1945]
 
Territorial Regiments:
  New Zealand Artillery in Auckland, 1860-1937 (NZPFOCA)
  New Zealand Artillery in Canterbury and Nelson, 1860-1937 (NZPFOCA)
  New Zealand Artillery in Napier (NZPFOCA)
  New Zealand Artillery in the Waikato (NZPFOCA)
Early Artillery in Wellington, 1867-1937 (NZPFOCA)
  3 Field Regiment [1948-1990]
 
Batteries:
B Battery, by Livefiring
Educational Establishments:
School of Artillery (NZPFOCA)

Note: The RNZA inherited from the British Royal Artillery the tradition of the motto "Ubique" being an all-encompassing battle honour in lieu of individual battle honours.

Note: The RNZA inherited from the British Royal Artillery the tradition of the guns being the "Colours".
   
Badges:
Uniform:
   
   
     
   
  Honorary Colonel:
  1920 F.M. HM King Edward VIII
   
Captain General:
F.M. HM King George VI
1953.06.02 HM Queen Elizabeth II
[no external sites have been found]
 
Motto: Ubique; Quo fas et gloria ducunt
(inherited from British Royal Artillery)
Nicknames:
Anniversaries:
Freedoms: Raglan (16 Field Regt); Wellington (22 (D) Bty); Hamilton (4 (G) Bty)
Marches:
Musicians:
Mascot:
Miscellaneous Tradition Links:

Royal Regiment of Artillery
Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery  
Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery  
New Zealand Permanent Force Old Comrades Association
Gunners NZ, by John Nagle.
[no external sites have been found]
B Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, 1863-1913. Dunedin : John McIndoe, 1913.
 
Territorials and Volunteers
Bliss, Guy C. Gunner's story : a short history of the Artillery Volunteers of Christchurch, 1867-1967. Canterbury : Canterbury Artillery Officers' Mess, 1970.
Rayward, Christine. The distinguished history of 3rd Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery, 194-1990. Christchurch : Hilton Press, 1990
Batley, H.F. Official history of the Band of the Royal Regiments of New Zealand Artillery (Northern Militia District). Auckland : Auckland Artillery Band Association, 1964.
 
First World War
Napier, W. E. L.. With the trench mortars in France. Auckland : Alpe Brothers, [ca. 1923]
Byrne, J. R. New Zealand Artillery in the field : the history of the New Zealand Artillery, 1914-1918. Wellington : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1922.
Second World War
Murphy, W.E. 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington : Historical Publications Branch, dept of Internal Affairs, 1966. (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45) {full text}
Fifty years on - a time to remember : historical record of 14th New Zealand Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery, 2nd NZEF, Middle East forces. Wellington : The Regimental Association, 1991.
Smith, E.H. Guns against tanks : L Troop, 33 Battery, 7th New Zealand Anti-Tank Regiment in Libya, 23 November 1941. Wellington : War History Branch, 1948.
Munro, R. D. Artillery Surveyors, 2NZEF, 1940-45.