FROM THEN UNTIL NOW…  Captain John Buchanan, Lieutenant Alec Browne and Ensign James Irvine came together to form ‘The Napier Rifle Volunteers” having been commissioned on 4th August 1863. Later that year the companies of “The Wellington Volunteers” were embodied at Carterton, Masterton, Featherston and Greytown and finally with the Wairoa Rifle Volunteers the history … Continue reading 150th Anniversary of 7WnHBn Gp 1863-2013