Topic: 57th Regiment Memorial (1866-67)
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Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth
57th Regiment, Te Henui Cemetery
This monument was erected about 1866 by the regiment before they left NZ in early 1867 (See Warre, Historical Records of the 57th Foot, 1878, p16.
"Prior to leaving New Zealand, the Regiment erected at New Plymouth a Monument to the memory of Officers and men who had been killed in action with the Maories, or who had died of disease during its term of service in that country." (Warre 1878)
Two 'musical entertainments' were held in February 1864 by the regimental band at the Masonic Hotel 'for the benefit of the Funds for the erection of a Monument to the memory of the Officers and Soldiers of the 57th Regt [Tragett, Hope etc] brutally murdered by natives on the 4th of May 1863." Taranaki Herald 6 & 13 Feb 1864 - See Documents below.
In 1938 a proposal to move the monument within Te Henui Cemetery was made to the Borough Council by the RSA (See Taranaki Herald 16 August 1938). An objection was made by A.S. Black (See Documents below) who reported that the original monument was to those killed at Wairau only. He related that it had initially been erected near Charles Armitage Brown's grave on Marsland Hill in central New Plymouth and that the memorial had subsequently been moved to Te Henui. It would appear that this move - if made - was done before the late 1860s as a visitor describes the monument at Te Henui in 1869 (Taranaki Herald 16 Jan 1869) Also Arden's watercolour (See Web-link below) of the memorial in Henui is dated 1868. Photographs of the area in c1875-6 (PHO2009-017) also show both the 57th and White Cliffs monuments together.
Front (North) Face
On Base: Lower left: difficult to see but a transcription made by NP Genealogical Society in 1981, confirmed 2006.
SANDERS
EUSTON RD.
LONDON NW
South Face
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED
BY THEIR COMRADES
OF THE 57TH REGIMENT
______________
THE 57TH REGIMENT LANDED
IN NEW ZEALAND FROM INDIA ON THE
25TH JANUARY 1861
Right (West) Side
KILLED IN ACTION
CAPTAIN
T. W. J. LLOYD, 6 APRIL 1864 AT AHU AHU TARANAKI
PRIVATE
E. MARTIN 4 JUNE 1863 AT KATIKARA RIVER, TARANAKI
M. KENNEDY 11 MARCH 1864 NEAR KAITAKE, TARANAKI
J. DOOLEY 6 APRIL 1864 --- AT AHU AHU, TARANAKI
G. SADLER 6 APRIL 1864 ---- DO DO
DIED OF WOUNDS
PRIVATE
G. BROWN, 22 FEBy 1861
J. OSBORNE 5 JUNE 1863
H. SHIPMAN 5 JUNE 1863
T. FINN 3 OCTR 1863
H. CAIN 3 OCTR 1863
M. MCCARTHY 1 APRIL 1866
CAPTN AND BT LIEUT COL. J. HASSARD 15 JANY 1866
Lower Right
4 lines of lettering difficult to read unless seen in raking light. (See Image below). This original text is repeated (an addition after 1981??) on the lower left but with small changes - eg Nixon's initials and date.
KILLED IN ACTION
SERGEANT F. DAY, 19 [13?] JAN 1866 AT THE OTAPAWA PAH
" J. SULLIVAN, ... DO DO
PRIVATES H. MCGREGOR, M. MORAN, J. MANNING, R. DOAKE, G. KING,
PRIVATE J. NIXON, 15TH MARCH 1865 AT KAKARAMEA.
Left (East) Side
DIED
SURGEON W. A. MACANDREW 24 SEPTEMBER 1861
ENSIGN A. B. DUNCAN 4 JUNE 1864
CR SERGEANT SERGEANT SERGEANT
R. MEREDITH (DROWNED) W. ASHWORTH T. TRAYNOR
CORPORAL DRUMMER DRUMMER
J. MCLOUGHLAN J. MCCHRISTAL R. ROBERTSON
Left Lower
PRIVATE PRIVATE PRIVATE
A. GILLESPIE P. SCULLY J. ANDERSON
C. HORRIGAN G. MAY J. ROLLINGS
P. DOOLAN J. CLEARY H. MILES
J. MAGUIRE R. WALTON R. KEEFE (DROWNED)
T. FARRELL H. EAST J. BAILEY
H. CASEY R. MUSKILL E. DUNNETT
G. WILLIS M. CONNOR W. GOSLING
E. GILLETT J. JONES M. MULCAHEY
J. JONES J. WALSH (DROWNED) M. FLEMING
T PALMER J. DENAHEY J. GASCOIGNE
J. BLAND (DROWNED) J. DRISCOLL T. WHITE
R. CONNELL T. FAIN R. SIMMS
LIEUT J. T. DOWN, V.C. 27TH APRIL 1866
This text appears to be a later addition to replace that on the opposite (western) side. see above.
KILLED IN ACTION
SERGEANT F. DAY, 19 JAN 1866 AT THE OTAPAWA PAH
DO J. SULLIVAN, DO DO
PRIVATES H. MCGREGOR, M. MORAN, J. MANNING, R. DOAKE,
G. KING, H. NIXON, 13 MARCH 1865 AT KAKARAMEA.
Front (North) Face
LVII
ALBUHERA
(In inverted laurel wreath)
IN MEMORY OF
THE
OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN
57TH REGIMENT
WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED IN NEW ZEALAND
MURDERED AT WAIRAU
ON 4TH MAY 1863
LIEUTENANT T. H. TRAGETT
ASSISTANT SURGEON W. A. HOPE
COLOR SERGEANT S. ELLERS
SERGEANT S. HILL PRIVATE W. BANKS
PRIVATE J. FLYNN E. KELLY
B. MCCARTHY P. RYAN
[Patrick Ryan is listed as M Ryan in Bezar 1891 p 65. He was buried by Maori but recovered on 2 June and reburied at Oakura (T Herald 6 June 1863]
