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Taken from the site Cambridge District - Fencourt

Researched and written by ERIS PARKER
Ref: Cambridge Museum Archives

With the invasion of the Waikato by the British in 1863/64 Cambridge and districts were cut up to provide farms for the soldiers of the 3rd Waikato Militia.

Under the Chief Surveyor, Charles HEAPHY, there were at least ten surveyors in the field around Cambridge. The Cambridge township was surveyed first so the Militia men and their families could be settled. SHEPPHERD and McDONALD surveyed the Hautapu Parish, north of Cambridge and on 5 January 1865 the men drew their land from a ballot. Most of the area was swamp.

William Thorne BUCKLAND started buying up their scripts to add to his large lease holdings. He paid from ?5 to ?25 a section.
Later John WILLIAMSON and Thomas RUSSELL were buying up the land for approximately ?100 a section and they formed the Auckland Agricultural Co with MacLean & Co. Money from England was invested and the Bank of New Zealand held the mortgages.

The manager, Thomas Every MacLEAN took up permanent residence at Fen Court in 1874.

Interested in bloodstock the company imported many stud Hereford and Shorthorn cattle, Clydsedale horses and Leicester and Down sheep.
MacLean was also interested in the NZ Stud and Pedigree Stock Co, the Auckland Agricultural Association and was a foundation member of the Waikato Farmers' Club in Cambridge, where farmers met to discuss drainage, fencing, crop growing, manures, tree planting; to show their accomplishments and compete for trophies.

It wasn't long before many acres of swamp were drained and surface sowing among the tree stumps was started.
Every MacLean managed about 35,000 acres consisting of Fen Court (Fen meaning - low flat swampy land), Hora Hora and Karapiro. In 1879 he put on a manager, James BAILEY (his nephew in law).

In the same year Bretts Almanac said that Fen Court was successfully carrying out vigorous and extensive agricultural works. 'Here is the residence of Mr E MacLean who is regarded as one of the pillars of Waikato farming and breeding world, and foremost in every effort calculated to advance the progress of the district.'

In 1879 the English periodical 'The Field' stated that MacLean & Co were probably the world's largest stud breeders. Their purebred Hereford herd alone numbered over 300 head. The Shorthorn stud, led by the famous sires Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Newcastle, was described in Sydney journals as 'amongst the world's best'.

By 1880 his sheep tally was 1828 and the Waikato Times stated - 'His employment of local farmers in roadmaking to the property and other intitial work gave a valuable stimulous to the economy of the Cambridge settlers. MacLean employed many Maori contractors whose tents and smoking fires could be plainly seen in the foothills from the township'.

In 1882 Memories of Travel and Sport by Bullock-Webster, records that - 'Fencourt was a delightful station to stay at - so pretty and homelike. Every MacLean was a lover of flowers, and the gardens were a mass of bloom; the kitchen garden was one of the best I ever saw; strawberries galore, melons, kumaras and everything else that the heart of a cook would rejoice in; and the big orchard was stocked with every fruit that grew: apples with no codlin moth, nectarines, plums of all kinds, apricots and greengages, all healthy and well, no pests worrying them as they do nowadays. What feeds we had when we came in thirsty and tired after a hard day's riding.

'Miss VENNING, the housekeeper, catered for us in real old Cornish style, clotted cream ad lib. and every luxury that the heart (or tummy) of man could desire and all grown and produced on the station.'

The swamp was found to be caused by the stoppage and choking of the river that flows through the Estate. The land at one time must have been covered with fine timber, which was destroyed by fire. Eventually, when the roots were sufficiently decayed, they fell into and across the river bed, causing the obstruction which created the swamp. The river beds were cleared and the trees and native eel weirs removed. The land became dry and the banks suitable to grow the finest grasses.

At this time the Fen Court Estate ran the Clydsedale Stud consisting of 16 imported mares and four entire horses and their increase, six of the mares and one of the horses being prize winners in Scotland. Also about 60 draught brood mares were on the estate bringing the total to about 200 horses.

Over 100 men were employed in fencing and other agricultural activities over the MacLean & Co's estates. By the late 1880s Maclean & Co were well known as gentlemen of progress who spared neither trouble nor money to improve their properties and the results of judicious and vigorous agricultural labour were seen to advantage.
The estate was subdivided into convenient sized paddocks, all well stocked with cattle and sheep and like many other large properties in the Waikato at that time, was on the market.

In 1893 a correspondent for the NZ Herald, while travelling through the Waikato recorded seeing a Maori eel pot which was found in the swamp while cutting a drain at the back of the Fen Court estate. The remains of a canoe, paddles, carved barge boards and eel pots were found near the remains of an ancient Maori pa 15 feet below the original surface and 2 feet under a layer of peat.
There were six pots, in excellent condition found superimposed under each other. The Maori of the time knew nothing of the previous history of the site and the pots were smaller than they were accustomed to using. Their theory was that a creek formerly flowed down the valley from Maungakawa and that the pa must have been an outpost to protect the settlements and cultivations on the range.

In 1896 a drain, 4 feet x 4 feet, had been dug to drain much of the swamp and had dried up a lake in the upper valley where Mr THORNTON of Maungakawa had kept a boat for duck shooting. It was deepened to 10 feet and widened to 12 feet.
The drain ran along side the valley road for 1? miles from Te Miro and took the place of the natural water course. A problem around Fen Court was that the creeks silted up land on either side of the water course so that the level of the water was higher than the surrounding land. This made it very difficult to construct drains in the natural water courses.

With the depression of the 1880s and 90's many large estates failed.
Much money had been borrowed and to restore the banks' soundness the Estates' Company was separated from the Bank and the NZ freeholds, leasehold stations, stock and implements were disposed of to an Assets Realisation Board.

Fen Court was bought from the BNZ (for ?4 10/- an acre) by the Government in 1898 and William MAIN put on as manager. By the end of 1899 the estate had been surveyed into 41 small farms and a clearing sale of 1,000 sheep and 1,000 head of cattle as well as numerous horses was held on 21 February 1900 by NICOL & Co.

Every Maclean died 12 August 1901.
Fen Court Estate became the district of Fencourt

CAMBRIDGE is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated 24 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions".In the 1840s Cambridge had a Maori population but in the 1850's missionaries and farmers from Britain settled in the area and guided Maori in modern farming practices -helping them set up 2 flour mills in Cambridge and importing grinding wheels from England

The Cambridge Museum website is, in my opinion, the best 'Districts Website' I have ever come across. The amount of love and attention paid to preserving their heritage is astounding.
Oh that every Town and District everywhere were to do the same ...

The home page says:
.. Cambridge Museum's focus is on Bonding People with Place.
We have an extensive collection of artefacts and archives relating to the history of Cambridge, its districts and people, and our willing and enthusiastic volunteers work with our two paid staff to build a rich archival resource of particular interest to students, family and social historians.
Our policy is to collect Cambridge-related archives, artefacts and photographs, donations of which are always welcome.
We invite you to explore our site and its different sections, and visit again. We update often
- the Museum is open 7 days a week from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

THE WEBSITE:
SITE MAP -

ARCHAEOLOGY - Throughout the Cambridge district there are approximately 80 archaeological sites. There are pa, borrow pits, redoubts, flour mills, a mission station and a battle site.

ARCHIVES - The Cambridge Museum has well over 2500 archives entered into the collection. They range from letters, accounts and booklets to business journals, minute books, maps and newspapers. They also have research material used for local publications, resources collected by local researchers and many photographs and negatives.

ARTICLES - From 1988 to 1995 Eris Parker researched and wrote many articles in the Cambridge Independent newspaper.
The Articles Index links are:
Acclimatisation, Advertising, Arbor Day in Cambridge, Archaeology, Armed Constabulary

Band, Birth of Cambridge, Bomb Shelter, Borough Mayors, Bowling Club, Brewery, Brider Paintings

Calverts Building, Cambridge Bridges, Cambridge Club Building, Cambridge Domain Paths, Cambridge Police - 1886 to 1930, Camp Cambridge, Canon, Cemetery, Chronicles of Cambridge, Chrysanthemum Society, Coaching Days

Death of a Little Girl, Depression Days, District Roads

Early Reminiscences

First Families, First Borough Council

Gudex Memorial

Hally Family, Hewitt and the Hunt

John Ferguson - Coach Builder

Leamington Primary School, Leamington Monument, Lively Time at Leamington Town Board Meeting, Looking for a Death in NZ

Maungakawa, Motoring in Cambridge, Mystery Creek

National Hotel

Old Cambridge

Pioneer Farmers' Wives, Pioneering Women, Plunket, Post Masters, Police Station, Primary Schools, Pukekura Dairy Factory

Railway, Railway Journey in 1884, River Travel, RSA & Women's Section

St Andrew's Anglican Church Bells, Sanitary Inspection 1921, South Africa War Veterans

Tennis, Te Waikato Sanatorium, Thornton Family, Timothy Sullivan - Murdered, Town Hall

Undertaking

Waikato Farmers' Club, Waikato River Bridge, Watersiders' Strike

BIOGRAPHIES - All of the residents left their mark and made Cambridge what it is today. Many of the Cambridge Cavalry Volunteers who served between 1872 and 1882 are also included in these brief biographies

CEMETERIES -On an 1864 map from National Archives Wellington there is a cemetery marked near the two redoubts at Pukerimu. Two soldiers died while they were stationed at Pukerimu ? one shot himself and the other drowned. Perhaps they were buried at this spot. In the two years after the 3rd Waikato Militia settled in Camp Cambridge eleven soldiers died and were buried at the Cambridge West (Leamington) cemetery. The first burial in the cemetery at Cambridge East was Robert Wilson, 4 July 1866.
The Cemeteries Index is:
Cambridge Cemetery pre-1910 Burials
Cambridge Cemetery pre-1910 Headstones
Cambridge Cemetery Burial Register 1910 - 1939
Leamington Cemetery
Pukerimu Cemetery Pre-1981
Tamahere Cemetery

DECADES - Cambridge Over the Decades will trace the growth of Cambridge throughout the 1900s. HUGE amount of information on the years 1900 to 1999

COLLECTION - in the Cambridge Museum, as well as in archives and photographs, there are 13 semi-permanent displays of artefacts focusing on Cambridge history and a temporary display that is changed often. The Collection includes:
1920's Bathing Costume
1920's Dolls
Charcoal Burning Iron
Hicks Tea Pot
Lamson Rapid Wire System
Ostrich Feather Christmas Tree
Printing Press
School Sewing
Scissors
Tobacco Press and Cutter
Trench Art
Unidentified Object

DISTRICTS - The farming districts around Cambridge have always been very important to the development of the town. Initially the 50 acre soldier allotments of 1864 were to be a barrier between the Maori King Country and the city of Auckland.
The Districts Index is:
Fencourt
Hautapu, Pukeroro and Bruntwood
Karapiro
Leamington
Maungakawa Settlement
Pukekura and Maungatautari
Pukerimu and Kaipaki
Roto-o-rangi
Taotaoroa
Te Miro
Whitehall

HERITAGE WALKS - Heritage Walks around Cambridge are many and varied. Included in the website are: a Business Walk, Churches, Cambridge Domain, Leamington, Waikato River and the Suburbs. These cover (or will link to) the foundation of Cambridge, historic buildings, people, places, etc.

HISTORIC BUILDNGS - In 1972 concern was again expressed when the Cambridge District Scheme made no mention of the value of our heritage. And it was not until 1975 that the Cambridge Borough Council organised a team to compile a list of Cambridge Historic Places and a Tree Register.
This is truly a wonderfully nostalgic link with photos and info on many, many old Churches, Homes, shops and buildings of yesteryear

LODGES - The Alpha Waikato Lodge, No. 449, I.C., Cambridge was opened on 15 December 1865, in a hotel later known as the Masonic Hotel, by dispensation by the Provincial Grand Master of New Zealand, I.C. This lodge lasted only two years.
The Cambridge Lodges Index is: Loyal Duke of Cambridge Lodge and The Alpha Lodge

MILITARY - From its beginning in 1864 Cambridge has been a military centre. When regular forces have not been needed abroad, volunteer units have kept alive our military tradition.
The searchable Military Index is:
3rd Waikato Militia
Armed Constabulary
Cambridge Cavalry
Volunteers
South Africa War
Waikato Mounted Rifles
World War One - Roll of
Honour
Supplementary Roll of
Honour
Te Miro - World War One
Soldier Settlement
Departure of First Five
Soldiers
St Andrews Church World
War One Memorial Windows
World War Two - Roll of
Honour
World War Two Stories
Cambridge in World War Two
Cambridge Sends You
Greetings - 1940

NEWSPAPERS - The first newspaper in Cambridge was The Waikato Mail, a 2d tri-weekly launched in September 1880 by Joseph Ivess with Charles Montrose as editor. The papers index is:
Bond's Almanac 1912
Cambridge Edition
Cambridge 100 Years Ago
News and Theatre Courier
Waikato Advocate
Waikato Independents
Waikato Mail

PHOTOGRAHS - An 1882 advert for W H Neal, Photographer, opposite the Sale Yards Cambridge, says that one could see ?The most artistic photos ever produced in the Waikato. Enlargements made from carte de visite or glass positives, and finished in water colours or oil. Views of homesteads and scenery taken to order. A number of views of Cambridge to select from - Inspection invited.?
There are photos for individuals and a negatice collection

POEMS - in 1873 the Armed Constabulary complained about the lack of literary encouragement and HQ in Wellington sent up some books to start a library. Poems about Cambridge have appeared in Cambridge newspapers for nearly a century and some are repeated here.
The poems are:
A Parody
Battle of the Range
Charms of Cambridge (written by G.M. Te PAHU - 13 November 1923, I take an extract: "Exquisite and sweet, on an old rustic seat, At the Domain, in Cambridge, at nine, Sat a young maid, in beauty arrayed, A picture - simply devine!")
C.H. Treadgold for Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!
Christmas Love Rhymes
Cows, Cows, Cows
Cricket Match at Oakleigh Farm
For Sale: Ford Car
Furious Cambridge Flyer
Hearts and Hearths Aglow
Kaimai Battle
Ode to the Imitations of Immortality
Ode to the Imitator
Old Buffers' Match
Our Fire
Ratepayer's Lament and More Moans
Waikato River
Working Bee
Prize Winning Poems -
Cambridge Historical Society 50th Jubilee Competition

RATE PAYERS - 1900-1915. On 23 July 1900 the Borough offices had a fire and material including the Rates Registers were destroyed. The indexes of people occupying Cambridge East properties begin in 1900

ROADS - The first local body in the district was the Cambridge Road Board in 1868, whose immediate duty was to open up road communication with Hamilton. From then until 1890 the foundation of the present system of roads was laid down. The Index of Road Names around Cambridge District is fascinating as it tells short stories on the pioneering people after whom the roads are named.
The Roads Index is: (each one a link to a story)
ASPEN ROAD

BAKERS ROAD
BANKS ROAD
BEERS ROAD
BENN ROAD
BELLEVUE ROAD
BRINKWORTH ROAD
BRUNSKILL ROAD
BUCKLAND ROAD

COX ROAD

DAYS ROAD
DILLON ROAD
DISCOMBE ROAD
DUNCAN ROAD
DUNNINGS ROAD

FENCOURT ROAD (Formerly HARBUTTS ROAD)
FERGUSSON GULLY ROAD
FINLAY ROAD
FLUME ROAD
FORREST ROAD
FRENCH PASS ROAD

GOODWIN ROAD
GORTON ROAD
GRAYS ROAD
GRICE ROAD
GRIGGS ROAD

HAMILTON ROAD
HANLIN ROAD
HANNON ROAD
HARBUTTS ROAD (Formerly LIVINGSTONE ROAD)
HEADS ROAD
HICKEY ROAD
HILLS ROAD
HICKS ROAD
HOGANS ROAD
HOOKER ROAD

KAIRANGI ROAD
KELLY ROAD
KITE ROAD

LANG ROAD
LAURENT ROAD
LEE MARTIN ROAD
LUCK AT LAST ROAD
LYNDS ROAD

McELDOWNEY ROAD
McLARNONS ROAD

MAKGILL ROAD
MARYCHURCH ROAD
MATHIESON ROAD
MILL ROAD
MILLS ROAD
MUIRHEAD ROAD

NARROWS ROAD
NICKLE ROAD
NORRISH ROAD
NORWEGIAN ROAD

OLIVER ROAD

PEAKE ROAD
PENCARROW ROAD
PICKERING ROAD
PUKERIMU LANE

RANSTEAD ROAD
RACECOURSE ROAD
RINGERS ROAD
ROBINSON ROAD
REYNOLDS ROAD
ROBERTS ROAD

SAVILL ROAD
SCOTTS ROAD
SKEETS ROAD
SMART ROAD
SPEAKE ROAD
ST KILDA ROAD
STOKES ROAD
SWAYNES ROAD

TAANE ROAD (DAY ROAD)
TARR ROAD
TAYLOR ROAD
TE AWA ROAD
THORNTON ROAD
TODD ROAD

VICTORIA ROAD

WATKINS ROAD
WHITEHALL ROAD
WISEMAN ROAD
WOODCOCK ROAD

ZIG ZAG ROAD

SCHOOL REGISTERS - School Registers for Cambridge and districts are an ideal way of tracing the movements of families. New Zealand does not keep census records and these school rolls show when a pupil arrived at a school, where they came from, when they left and where they went to. Most Registers also show a birth date for the pupil. FOR SCHOOLS: Cambridge, Goodwood, Hautapu, Pukerimu, Roto-o-rangi, Taotaoroa

WOMEN - Mrs Alison Drummond, a renowned author on local history, spoke to the Cambridge Branch of the National Council of Women in November 1961. "The settlers' wives and families" she said, ?often started their Waikato life in a tent. They were lucky if they had a rather more substantial whare of slab, raupo or ponga. Some of the earlier raupo whares were things of beauty; finished very prettily inside with tukutuku. "The first of these homesteads were divided by a curtain into bedroom and kitchen. Windows were often glazed with coarse calico and cooking was generally done on an open fire outside.
"Washing was taken to the nearest creek or spring and spread to dry on bushes. The usual form of lighting was the home-made tallow candle. All the sewing of Victorian tucks and frills and the long, long seams was done at night by the light of these spluttering and rather smelly candles." All this - and the pitter patter of numerous little feet - was our pioneering women's lot.
The Cambridge Women Index is:
Cambridge Pioneer Women
Pioneer Farmers' Wives
RSA Women's Section
Women on the Cambridge 1893 Electoral Roll
WW I Nurses
Women's Suffrage in Cambridge
Women's Suffrage in New Zealan
WW2 Women's Stories

1913 STRIKE - The Watersider's Strike was the main topic of conversation in Cambridge towards the end of 1913. By the end of October, 13,000 Wellington watersiders were out on strike and it was spreading. The farmers' interests were at stake
The 1913 Strike Index is:
1913 Watersiders' Strike
Special Constabulary Medal Holders
Special Constabulary Camp Gazette Roll

Thanks to a comment by edmondsallan:
when I was farming in Fencourt Cambridge over 40 years ago which prompted me to look up and share with others the life and work of Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan of Cambridge Stud in the Waikato

The following biography was taken from the site Cambridge Stud and includes photos

... As a man who built an empire from the grass roots of the New Zealand thoroughbred industry, Sir Patrick Hogan is rightfully regarded as the King of "down under" horse breeding.

For 30 years Sir Patrick and Lady Hogan's Cambridge Stud has ruled the roost as the number one nursery for thoroughbred champions in Australasia.

To those people starting out in the industry as owners or breeders it is inspirational to reflect that Sir Patrick's rise to such wonderful heights all started from humble beginnings.

In the early 1970s Sir Patrick ran a small stud farm with his wife, Justine. "We had one staff member - that was all we could afford. When we first went into breeding we had five foals in our first year. They weren't very valuable, but they were valuable to us.

"Within six months we were down to one (mare). First one died, then a second, then a third, then another - all from one thing or another. That was a real low and we wondered what was going to happen to us."

But the importation in 1975 to Cambridge Stud of Sir Tristram, a son of English Derby winner Sir Ivor, was to bring a watershed change in Sir Patrick and Justine Lady Hogan's fortunes.

Sir Tristram was not highly rated on race performance at the time and his arrival at Cambridge Stud, at a fee of $1300, was not heralded with any great excitement or expectations.

However, once his stock reached the tracks and made an instant impression at the top level Sir Tristram's reputation soon blossomed.

His list of major race winners started with a trickle and before too long became a torrent.

Sir Tristram became champion sire of Australia and New Zealand on a record nine occasions and went on to become the world's leading sire of Group One winners.

In total he sired 46 individual Group One winners and more than 130 stakes winners during his amazing stud career.

Sir Tristram broke his shoulder in 1997. "It was like losing a mate. He was 26 which was like about 90 in human terms."

But after that big low, Zabeel (a son of Sir Tristram) came along to take over the star box at Cambridge Stud.

Zabeel inherited all the wonderful qualities of his dad and Sir Patrick always felt there was no other horse which resembled Sir Tristram as closely as Zabeel.

"Zabeel was like a spitting image of Sir Tristram from the moment he was born," Sir Patrick said.

"Sir Tristram had this great ability to pass on some real genetic qualities and that came through to Zabeel who shows the same ability."

"He passes on the heart, the lung capacity and the brain - the three essential ingredients for a top-quality racehorse."

Zabeel has been champion sire of Australia and New Zealand (combined Aust/NZ earnings) on 13 consecutive occasions.

He has sired 41 individual Group One winners and over 120 individual stakes winners.

Also instrumental in Cambridge Stud's high level of achievement has been an outstanding broodmare band.

Without question the deeds of Eight Carat have been phenomenal. She was New Zealand Broodmare Of The Year in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Her progeny became household names in racing - headed by 10 times Group One winner Octagonal and backed up by Group One winners Mouawad, Diamond Lover, Kaapstad and Marquise.

Eight Carat has left her own dynasty through her sons and daughters which will ensure her name is to the forefront of the industry for many years to come.

The yearling sales will always remain pride of place for Sir Patrick and it is an arena in which Cambridge Stud reigns supreme.

For the past 30 years Cambridge Stud has been the leading vendor (by aggregate) at the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sale at Karaka and it has also provided the top-priced lot at the Sydney Easter Yearling Sale on several occasions.

Cambridge Stud sold the highest-priced yearling ever recorded in Australasian sales history, the wonderfully bred Don Eduardo (Zabeel - Diamond Lover colt, sold for $NZ3.6 million, at Karaka, February 2000) who went on to racing glory winning the Group I AJC Derby before retiring to stud.

"That was something else. I prepare for one thing every year. I compare it to a trainer who is preparing a horse for the Melbourne Cup.

There's a huge amount of preparation. It's like that with the yearling sales - my preparation begins many months out from the sales. When the colt was in the ring there was an amazing atmosphere - it was like a scene from Hollywood."

Having the best product - whether it be stallions, broodmares, racehorses or in the yearling ring - is something Cambridge Stud has strived for and achieved. With that success has come well-deserved recognition.

Sir Patrick was honoured with a Knighthood in the New Year's Honours in 2000 in recognition for his services to bloodstock breeding and thoroughbred racing. He also received a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours several years earlier.

"Receiving those honours were something special. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has visited Cambridge Stud in 1990," he said.

In 2005 Sir Patrick was inducted in to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, and subsequently followed that with an induction into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame in 2006.

the followin names were taken from the site:
Cambridge Cavalry Volunteers

Researched and written by Eris Parker
Ref: Cambridge Museum Archives
National Archives Wellington

- more info and links at the above site -

His Excellency Governor Bowen accepted the services of 34 Cambridge Cavalry Volunteers (a mounted force) on 13 January 1872.
Captain Runciman wrote to Major Jackson (the Senior Cavalry Officer at Te Awamutu) requesting that the Cambridge Corps be given the same privileges as Te Awamutu - to be paid for drills and parades. As Militia men they had been paid 4/- for every day they drilled but could not afford to lose both the time and money and enrol in the Cavalry Volunteers.
James Runciman advised that as Cambridge was a frontier settlement it would have a salutary effect to have a strong force of mounted volunteers, for the preservation of peace throughout the whole Waikato as the force could be rapidly moved from place to place.

All members provided their own horse, saddlery and clothing and were armed with carbines, revolvers and swords. They were called out to drill twice each year for a period of six days each time and occasional field days were held with neighbouring troops.
Troops were formed in Cambridge, Hamilton and Te Awamutu and these proved their worth when Te Kooti was in the area and during the scare following the murder of Timothy Sullivan in 1873. On this occasion every member who was within 20 miles assembled at the rendezvous before noon the next day. Their great value was in the confidence given to settlers and their families and as a deterrent to hostile action

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BOYD
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BRINDLE
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BROWN
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BROWNE
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BRUCE
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All the following was taken from the site: THIRD WAIKATO MILITIA - Cambridge

The first Europeans to settle in the Cambridge area were the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia, during the New Zealand Land Wars of 1860-1866.
More and more immigrants were arriving wanting land to farm but the Maori did not want to sell. The Waikato tribes united and elected Te Wherowhero as King in 1858 - known as King Potatau 1. Mistrust grew between the settlers and Maori, and Governor Sir George Grey, while talking peace, prepared for war, which he declared on 11 July 1863.
Recruitment for the Militia began. In the 3rd Waikato Regiment about 47% of enlistments were from the South Island, 24% in Auckland, 17% in Australia and 10% from regimental headquarters. About 18% were labourers, 13% miners, 10% in the building trade and 11% in agriculture.
The Waikato War continued with the last battle being fought at Orakau (near Te Awamutu) from 30 March to 2 April 1864. The British then confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato heartland. Of this, 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. About 150,000 acres were subdivided for military settlements, the remainder to be sold to pay for the war

About 11% of these 700 militia soldiers were under 21 years
- 57% were aged between 21 and 30 years

SOLDIERS A + B ... SOLDIERS C ... SOLDIERS D + E

SOLDIERS F + G ... SOLDIERS H + I ... SOLDIERS J + K

SOLDIERS L + M ... SOLDIERS Mc + N ... SOLDIERS O + P

SOLDIERS Q + R .. SOLIIERS S .. SOLDIERS T - V .. SOLDIERS W - Z

W
WAINWRIGHT
Charles

WALDE
Jacob

WALKER
Edward

WALKER
James

WALKER
John

WALKER
Joseph

WALKER
Robert

WALKER
Robert

WALKER
Robert

WALKER
Walter

WALL
James

WALL
Robert

WALL
William

WALLACE
Joseph

WALLIS
William

WALSH
John

WALSH
John

WALSH
Michael

WALSH
Patrick

WALSH
Thomas

WALSH
Thomas

WALTERS
Esau

WALTERS
John

WALTON
Arthur

WARD
Daniel

WARD
John

WARD
John

WARD
Robert

WARDE
Thomas

WARDELL
Thomas (Francis) Joseph

WARDEN
John

WARING
Charles

WARRELL
G

WARREN
James

WATERS
George

WATERS
Thomas

WATKIN
William

WATSON
George

WATSON
George Alexander

WATSON
Richard

WEALD
John

WEBB
Richard

WEBB
Thomas

WEBSTER
James Garden

WEISBADON
Robert (William)

WELLS
John

WELLS
Thomas

WELLS
William

WENTWORTH
William Henry

WESTBURY
George

WESTON
Henry

WHEATCROFT
David

WHEELER
John

WHIFFEN
Robert

WHITE
Adair

WHITE
John

WHITE
Thomas

WHITE
William

WHITEHEAD
George

WHITNEY
Robert Eustace

WHITTINGHAM
Jonathon

WIGHTON
Charles

WIGMORE
Joseph Sheres

WILD
Samuel

WILD
Joseph

WILKINS
Joseph W

WILKINSON
Alfred

WILKINSON
John Henry

WILKINSON
Samuel

WILKINSON
William

WILL
Henry

WILLIAMS
Edward

WILLIAMS
Frank

WILLIAMS
Frederick

WILLIAMS
Henry

WILLIAMS
Howell

WILLIAMS
John

WILLIAMS
John

WILLIAMS
Richard

WILLIAMS
Thomas

WILLIAMS
Thomas

WILLIAMS
Thomas

WILLIAMSON
James

WILLIAMSON
John

WILLIAMSON
John (James)

WILLSON
Robert

WILLUN
James

WILSON
Charles (George)

WILSON
Edward

WILSON
Edward

WILSON
George

WILSON
George

WILSON
Henry

WILSON
Henry

WILSON
James

WILSON
John

WILSON
John

WILSON
John

WILSON
John ( Frederick )

WILSON
Joseph

WILSON
Peter

WILSON
Richard

WILSON
Robert

WILSON
Thomas

WILSON
Thomas

WILSON
Thomas

WILSON
William

WINDSOR
John

WISSELL
John

WOOD
John

WOOD
Robert

WOOD
W James

WOODFORD
Henry E

WOODLOCK
John

WOODS
John James

WOOLEY
William

WOOLSCROFT
Edward

WOOLSCROFT
Henry

WORTHINGTON
Daniel

WORTHINGTON
George

WORTHINGTON
Henry

WRAY
James

WRIGG
Charles Henry

WRIGHT
James R

WRIGHT
John

WRIGLEY
Firth

WRIGLEY
W

WYATT
John

Y
YATES (YEATES)
William

YELVERTON
Augustus

YORSTON
John

YOUNG
James

YULE
Edward

Z
ZYLSTRA
John

All the following was taken from the site: THIRD WAIKATO MILITIA - Cambridge

The first Europeans to settle in the Cambridge area were the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia, during the New Zealand Land Wars of 1860-1866.
More and more immigrants were arriving wanting land to farm but the Maori did not want to sell. The Waikato tribes united and elected Te Wherowhero as King in 1858 - known as King Potatau 1. Mistrust grew between the settlers and Maori, and Governor Sir George Grey, while talking peace, prepared for war, which he declared on 11 July 1863.
Recruitment for the Militia began. In the 3rd Waikato Regiment about 47% of enlistments were from the South Island, 24% in Auckland, 17% in Australia and 10% from regimental headquarters. About 18% were labourers, 13% miners, 10% in the building trade and 11% in agriculture.
The Waikato War continued with the last battle being fought at Orakau (near Te Awamutu) from 30 March to 2 April 1864. The British then confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato heartland. Of this, 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. About 150,000 acres were subdivided for military settlements, the remainder to be sold to pay for the war

About 11% of these 700 militia soldiers were under 21 years
- 57% were aged between 21 and 30 years

SOLDIERS A + B ... SOLDIERS C ... SOLDIERS D + E

SOLDIERS F + G ... SOLDIERS H + I ... SOLDIERS J + K

SOLDIERS L + M ... SOLDIERS Mc + N ... SOLDIERS O + P

SOLDIERS Q + R .. SOLIIERS S .. SOLDIERS T - V .. SOLDIERS W - Z

T
TAGGARH (TAGGART)
Andrew

TAGGITT
James

TAIT
James

TANDOW
Henry

TARR
William

TARRANT
James

TARTE
A Alexander

TATE
Wilhelm

TATTERSALL
G H

TAYLOR
Edmund

TAYLOR
George

TAYLOR
Henry

TAYLOR
Robert

TAYLOR
William

TAYLOR
Thomas

TEMM
Carl

TEMPLE
William

TERR
W

TERRY
John

TEVIOTDALE
James

TEW
William

THIEDE
Christian

THOM
Samuel

THOMAS
David ( Davis )

THOMAS
George

THOMAS
William

THOMPSON
Charles

THOMPSON
George Henry

THOMPSON
James

THOMPSON
James

THOMPSON
James

THOMPSON
James Paton

THOMPSON
John

THOMPSON
Peter

THOMPSON
William

THOMPSON
William

THOMPSON
William

THOMPSON
William

TIMMINS
Patrick

TISDALE
James

TOBIN
Terence

TOLL
Richard Humphries

TOWHILL
Daniel

TOWNSEND
Joseph Henry

TOWNSEND
Robert

TRAINER
Andrew

TRANSOM
C

TRESLAR
Thomas

TROTT
George

TROTTER
George Lewis

TROY
Patrick

TROYTE (TROZTE)
P Cavendish

TUCKER
Edward

TUDEHOPE
George Hamilton (Henry)

TUDHOPE
Thomas

TURNER
Henry

TURNER
Hugh

TURNER
James

TURNER
John

TURNWALD
Antone

TWEEDALE
William

TWINEM
John

TYNAN
Andrew

TYNAN
James

U
UNDERWOOD
William

URELL
Robert

UREN
Thomas

URQUHART
Douglas James (Johnstone)

V
VALPRY
John W

VEISEMAN (VERSEMAN)
Henry

VERNON
Aubrey

VICKERS
Clarence Edward

VICKERY
William

VICKMAN (VEICKMAN)
Henry

VINNINGS
Charles

VISSARD (VISCARD)
Richard

VOGEL
Ferdinand

VOGEL
Franz Leopold

All the following was taken from the site: THIRD WAIKATO MILITIA - Cambridge

The first Europeans to settle in the Cambridge area were the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia, during the New Zealand Land Wars of 1860-1866.
More and more immigrants were arriving wanting land to farm but the Maori did not want to sell. The Waikato tribes united and elected Te Wherowhero as King in 1858 - known as King Potatau 1. Mistrust grew between the settlers and Maori, and Governor Sir George Grey, while talking peace, prepared for war, which he declared on 11 July 1863.
Recruitment for the Militia began. In the 3rd Waikato Regiment about 47% of enlistments were from the South Island, 24% in Auckland, 17% in Australia and 10% from regimental headquarters. About 18% were labourers, 13% miners, 10% in the building trade and 11% in agriculture.
The Waikato War continued with the last battle being fought at Orakau (near Te Awamutu) from 30 March to 2 April 1864. The British then confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato heartland. Of this, 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. About 150,000 acres were subdivided for military settlements, the remainder to be sold to pay for the war

About 11% of these 700 militia soldiers were under 21 years
- 57% were aged between 21 and 30 years

SOLDIERS A + B ... SOLDIERS C ... SOLDIERS D + E

SOLDIERS F + G ... SOLDIERS H + I ... SOLDIERS J + K

SOLDIERS L + M ... SOLDIERS Mc + N ... SOLDIERS O + P

SOLDIERS Q + R .. SOLIIERS S .. SOLDIERS T - V .. SOLDIERS W - Z

S
SALMON
James

SALT
John

SAM
Seth

SAMPSON
Gerard

SATCHELL
William

SAUNDERS
Thomas

SAUNDERS
William Clapson

SAUNDERS (SANDERS)
John

SAUNDERSON
John

SAVAGE
Theobold

SAVILLE
Henry

SAXTON
Cornelius

SCATCHERD
James

SCHAAF
Henry

SCHEFFEN
Jacob

SCHISCHKA
Lorenz

SCHMIDT
C A

SCHMIDT
August

SCHOFIELD
Samuel Charles

SCHONE
Gustave

SCOTT
Alexander

SCOTT
Daniel Fergus

SCOTT
George

SCOTT
James

SCOTT
John

SCOTT
John

SCOTT
Thomas

SEAGAR
Jonothan William

SECCULD (SEACULL)
George

SELBY
William

SERUMBA
August

SEWELL
Robert

SEYMOUR
Edward

SHADWICKE
Henry

SHAND
James George

SHARMAN
Thomas

SHAW (SCHAW)
John

SHEA
John

SHEARD
John

SHELKOPF
John

SHEPHERD
William

SHERMAN
Henry

SHIELDS
William

SHINGLETON
William Henry

SHORT
John

SHOWERS
Rufus

SHUTER
John

SIDDONS
James

SIDEY
James

SIMMONS
James R (K)

SIMMS
George

SIMPSON
John

SIMPSON
William

SINCLAIR
Dugald

SINCLAIR
James M

SINGBY
Lewin

SKELTON
Thomas

SLATER
Edwin

SLATER (SLUTER)
George

SMALLWOOD
Isaac T

SMILEY
John

SMITH
Alfred

SMITH
Arthur Aquilla (Aquita)

SMITH
Charles

SMITH
Christopher

SMITH
Daniel Sharper

SMITH
George

SMITH
Gough

SMITH
Henry

SMITH
Henry ( Harvey )

SMITH
James

SMITH
James

SMITH
James

SMITH
James B

SMITH
John

SMITH
Joseph

SMITH
Matthew

SMITH
Patrick Francis

SMITH
Peter

SMITH
Robert

SMITH
Thomas

SMITH
Thomas

SMITH
W Douglas

SMITH (SMITTS)
William

SMITH
William

SMITH
William

SMITH
William

SMITH
William

SNELGAR
Homer

SOMERTON
Edward

SOUTH (SMITH)
Edward

SOUTHCOME
Harry

SOUTTER
William

SPEDDING
Joseph

SPENCE
Adam

SPENCE
James

SPENCER
John

SPENCER
Robinson

SPENCER
William

SPICER
(William) George

SPILLER
Harvey

SPOWART
Robert

SPRAY
George

SPRINGFORD
Alfred

SPRUNT (SPRING)
Thomas

SPURLING
Wilhelm

STANLEY
James

STANLEY
Thomas

STANLEY
William

STARK
James

STARTUP
Charles

STATLAND (STALLAND) (STALLARD)
Francis

STAUNTON
Edward

STAUNTON
John

STEDMAN
Robert

STEEL
John

STEELE
Samuel

STEIN
David M

STEPHENSON
John

STEVENS
Campbell

STEVENS
James L

STEVENSON
George

STEVENSON
Malcolm

STEVENSON
William

STEWART
James

STEWART
Robert

STEWART
William

STEWART (STUART)
John

STOHWASSAR
William (Wilhelm)

STOKES
Robert

STRACHAN
Hugh

STRAIGHT
Arthur A

STRATFORD
John Hugh

STREETER
William

STRONACH (STROMACH)
Alexander

STUART
William Charles

STUTFIELD
Edward

SUCKLING
William

SUGAR
Jackhart (Lockhart)

SUHR
Claus

SULLIVAN
James

SULLIVAN
James (John)

SULLIVAN
Laurence

SULLIVAN
John

SUMMERS
William

SUTHERLAND
Alexander

SUTHERLAND
Charles

SUTHERLAND
Donald

SUTHERLAND
James

SUTTON
Thomas

SWAN
Joseph

SWAN
Patrick

SWAYNE
William

SWEENEY
John

SWINDELLS
William

SYDNEY
Silk John

SYKES
Edward

SYKES
John

SYKES
Samuel

All the following was taken from the site: THIRD WAIKATO MILITIA - Cambridge

The first Europeans to settle in the Cambridge area were the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia, during the New Zealand Land Wars of 1860-1866.
More and more immigrants were arriving wanting land to farm but the Maori did not want to sell. The Waikato tribes united and elected Te Wherowhero as King in 1858 - known as King Potatau 1. Mistrust grew between the settlers and Maori, and Governor Sir George Grey, while talking peace, prepared for war, which he declared on 11 July 1863.
Recruitment for the Militia began. In the 3rd Waikato Regiment about 47% of enlistments were from the South Island, 24% in Auckland, 17% in Australia and 10% from regimental headquarters. About 18% were labourers, 13% miners, 10% in the building trade and 11% in agriculture.
The Waikato War continued with the last battle being fought at Orakau (near Te Awamutu) from 30 March to 2 April 1864. The British then confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato heartland. Of this, 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. About 150,000 acres were subdivided for military settlements, the remainder to be sold to pay for the war

About 11% of these 700 militia soldiers were under 21 years
- 57% were aged between 21 and 30 years

SOLDIERS A + B ... SOLDIERS C ... SOLDIERS D + E

SOLDIERS F + G ... SOLDIERS H + I ... SOLDIERS J + K

SOLDIERS L + M ... SOLDIERS Mc + N ... SOLDIERS O + P

SOLDIERS Q + R .. SOLIIERS S .. SOLDIERS T - V .. SOLDIERS W - Z

Q
QUALMER
Henry

QUICK
Edwin

QUILTY
Andrew

QUINAN
Patrick

QUINLAN
Andrew

QUINN
Michael

QUINN
Michael

QUINN
Thomas

QUINT
Henry

QUINTON
Joseph

QUIRCK
Philip


R
RADCLIFFE
William A

RAINSFORD (RAMSFORD)
Thomas

RAMSAY
Charles

RANKIN
William

RAPKE (ROPKE)
Henry

RAUCH
John

RAY(ES)
John

RAYNOR
Edward Richard

REDDISH
George

REDGRAVE (REDGRIEVE)
John

REED
Alexander

REED
George William

REED
William

REED
William

REEDE
Cavendish Henry

REES
Henry

REHLING
William Henry

REID
William

REID
James

REILLY
Cornelius

REILLY
William George

REINER
Ferdinand

REISEMAN (REISTIMA)
Denzel (Wenzel)

RENNIE
Thomas

RESTIAUX
Walter James

REYNOLDS
George

REYNOLDS
John / Joshua

REYNOLDS
Mark

REYNOLDS
Thomas

REYNOLDS
William

RHIND
James

RHODES
Thomas

RICH
Philip

RICHARDS
Charles

RICHARDS
Thomas

RICHARDSON
Henry

RICHMOND
Thomas

RICKARDS
Richard Owen

RICODEN (ROWDEN)
William Gifford

RILEY
Charles

RILEY
Thomas

RINTOUL
David

RITCHIE
William

ROACH
James

ROBERTS
John Mackintosh

ROBERTS
Thomas

ROBERTSON
Alexander

ROBERTSON
Janes

ROBERTSON
William

ROBINSON
Andrew

ROBINSON
Edward Burnett

ROBINSON
James

ROBINSON
James

ROBINSON
John

ROBINSON
John

ROBINSON
John

ROBINSON
Marshall

RODDA
William

RODGER
James

ROGERS
Charles

ROGERS
Peter

ROLLINGS
Thomas

ROONEY
James

ROPER
Thomas

ROSE
Charles Edward Stuart

ROSE
Harry Albert

ROSE
Henry William

ROSE
John

ROSE
John

ROSE (ROW)
William

ROWAN
Robert

ROWE
George

ROWE
Henry

ROWLES
James

RUCK
Frederick William

RUDDACK
Daniel R J (A)

RUMNEY
Nathan

RUNCIMAN
John

RUSHTON
Frederick

RUSSELL
Dures (Denis)

RUSSELL
George

RUSSELL
James

RUSSELL
Thomas

RUSSELL
William

RUTTER
Arthur G (P)

RYAN
Michael

RYAN
Patrick

RYAN
Thomas

RYAN
William

RYSDALE
William

All the following was taken from the site: THIRD WAIKATO MILITIA - Cambridge

The first Europeans to settle in the Cambridge area were the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia, during the New Zealand Land Wars of 1860-1866.
More and more immigrants were arriving wanting land to farm but the Maori did not want to sell. The Waikato tribes united and elected Te Wherowhero as King in 1858 - known as King Potatau 1. Mistrust grew between the settlers and Maori, and Governor Sir George Grey, while talking peace, prepared for war, which he declared on 11 July 1863.
Recruitment for the Militia began. In the 3rd Waikato Regiment about 47% of enlistments were from the South Island, 24% in Auckland, 17% in Australia and 10% from regimental headquarters. About 18% were labourers, 13% miners, 10% in the building trade and 11% in agriculture.
The Waikato War continued with the last battle being fought at Orakau (near Te Awamutu) from 30 March to 2 April 1864. The British then confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato heartland. Of this, 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. About 150,000 acres were subdivided for military settlements, the remainder to be sold to pay for the war

About 11% of these 700 militia soldiers were under 21 years
- 57% were aged between 21 and 30 years

SOLDIERS A + B ... SOLDIERS C ... SOLDIERS D + E

SOLDIERS F + G ... SOLDIERS H + I ... SOLDIERS J + K

SOLDIERS L + M ... SOLDIERS Mc + N ... SOLDIERS O + P

SOLDIERS Q + R .. SOLIIERS S .. SOLDIERS T - V .. SOLDIERS W - Z

O
OAKLEY
Edward Arthur

OAKLEY
William

O'BRIEN
David

O'BRIEN
John

O'BRIEN
Laurence

O'BRIEN
Martin

O'BRIEN
William

O'CARROLL
Patrick J

O'CONNOR
Michael

O'CONNOR
Patrick

O'DONNELL
Bartholomew

O'DONOGHUE
Michael

O'FLAHERTY
Martin

O'GRADY
John

O'HAGAN
John

OHJE(E) (OHYE)
John

OLIVER
Charles

OLIVER
Richard

O'NEILL
Charles

O'NEILL
Patrick

O'NEILL
William Francis

ONIONS
Charles

O'RAFFERTY
John

ORR
John

ORUM
Helworth

O'SHANNESSY
John

O'SHANNESSY
Thomas

O'SULLIVAN
John

O'SULLIVAN
John

OUSELEY
William

OWEN
Harry Travers

P
PALMER
Thomas

PANTON
Robert

PARAVICINI
Michael

PARKER
James

PARKER
Richard Pierce

PARKHILL
William Henry

PARKHOUSE
Richard

PARSON
John

PARSON
William

PATERSON
William

PATOKY
Francis

PATTERSON
Matthew

PATTISON
Frederick

PAUL
Joseph

PAUL
Walter

PEACOCK
William

PEACOCK
William John

PEARCE (BRUEN)
Joseph Bruno (Pierce Joseph)

PEARMAN
George

PEARSON
Hugh Matthew Dunlop

PEARSON
Hugh McD

PEARSON
Isaac T

PEDDIE
Daniel

PEDEN
Joseph

PELLIOTT
Gabriel

PENNELL
Peter

PENNY
John

PEPPER
John

PERCIVAL
Richard

PERKINS
Charles

PERRY
John

PETERS
James

PETTY
William

PHILIPS
Thomas

PHILLIP
Oliver

PHILLIPS
Richard

PHILLIPS
Richards

PHILPOTS
( Sydney ) John (Lawry)

PICKERING
John

PICKTHALL
Thomas

PIKE
William

PITCHER
John

PLUMMER
Albert

POLASKAE
Henry

POLLOCK
Robert

POLWART (H)
John

POOLE
Abraham Robert

POOLE
William George

PORTER
P Edward

POTTER
John

POTTS
John

POULTER
William

POWER
Patrick

PRESTON
Joseph

PRESTON
William

PRIESS
Henry

PRINCE
Sydney Percy (Pierce)

PRIOR
William

PRITCHARD
Edward

PRITCHARD
William

PROBERT
John L

PROFESSOR
Charles

PUCK
Hans

PUNSHON
John Alburtuss (Arbuthnot)

PURCELL
John

PURCELL
Timothy

PYNE
Charles (Stuart)

All the following was taken from the site: THIRD WAIKATO MILITIA - Cambridge

The first Europeans to settle in the Cambridge area were the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia, during the New Zealand Land Wars of 1860-1866.
More and more immigrants were arriving wanting land to farm but the Maori did not want to sell. The Waikato tribes united and elected Te Wherowhero as King in 1858 - known as King Potatau 1. Mistrust grew between the settlers and Maori, and Governor Sir George Grey, while talking peace, prepared for war, which he declared on 11 July 1863.
Recruitment for the Militia began. In the 3rd Waikato Regiment about 47% of enlistments were from the South Island, 24% in Auckland, 17% in Australia and 10% from regimental headquarters. About 18% were labourers, 13% miners, 10% in the building trade and 11% in agriculture.
The Waikato War continued with the last battle being fought at Orakau (near Te Awamutu) from 30 March to 2 April 1864. The British then confiscated about 1.2 million acres of Waikato heartland. Of this, 225,000 acres became native reserves and 50,000 acres were returned to the tribes. About 150,000 acres were subdivided for military settlements, the remainder to be sold to pay for the war

About 11% of these 700 militia soldiers were under 21 years
- 57% were aged between 21 and 30 years

SOLDIERS A + B ... SOLDIERS C ... SOLDIERS D + E

SOLDIERS F + G ... SOLDIERS H + I ... SOLDIERS J + K

SOLDIERS L + M ... SOLDIERS Mc + N ... SOLDIERS O + P

SOLDIERS Q + R .. SOLIIERS S .. SOLDIERS T - V .. SOLDIERS W - Z

. Mc .
MacCOLL, C E S (Dugald Charles Edward S)

MacINTOSH, James

McABB (McCABE), Charles Martin

McARTHUR, David

McAULEY, John

McBRYDE, John

McCALLUM, Duncan

McCANN, George
McCANN, Laurence

McCARTHY, John
McCARTHY, Timothy

McCATHIE, Thomas

McCAUL, Thomas

McCHRISTOL, John

McCLAIR, William

McCLENNAN, James
McCLENNAN, James Edward

McCONNACHY, William

McCONNELL, Thomas

McCORMACK, Edward

McCORY, James

McCOWATT (LL), William

McCRACKEN, William

McCRADDEN, Jonathon

McCREDDEN, Matthew

McDONALD, Archibald
McDONALD, Donald
McDONALD, Duncan
McDONALD, George James
McDONALD, James
McDONALD, James
McDONALD, James
McDONALD, James
McDONALD, Michael
McDONALD, Robert
McDONALD, William

McDOWEL, Cornelius

McEVOY, John

McEWAN, Charles

McFARLANE, Jonothan E Sangster

McGANN, Francis

McGEE, James

McGILL, Charles

McGILLIVERY, Samuel

McGIVERN, George

McGRADY, John

McGRATH, John

McGREEHAN, James

McGREEVEY, John

McGREGOR, Hugh
McGREGOR, John
McGREGOR, John H

McGUINNESS, Patrick
McGUINNESS, Thomas

McINNIS, Frederick John
McINNIS, John ( Frederick )

McINTOSH, Duncan William

McIVOR, William

McKAY, Angus
McKAY, Donald
McKAY, John
McKAY, Thomas

McKEARNEY, John

McKEEGAN (KEEGAN), John

McKENNA, Robert

McKENNON (McKINNON), Heston (Hector)

McKENNY, Daniel

McKENZIE, George
McKENZIE, John
McKENZIE, John

McKERRELL, Donald

McKINNON, Alexander
McKINNON, Donald

McLAREN, Andrew
McLAREN, Edward

McLEAN, John
McLEAN, Lachlan

McLEARIE, Thomas

McLEARY, William

McLENAN (McLENNON), John

McLEOD, Alexander
McLEOD, William

McLERN, Francis

McLEVE (McCLIVE), Francis

McLOUGHLIN, Thomas

McMA(I)NNIMY (McMAINLONG), Patrick

McMASTER, John
McMASTERS, John

McMILLAN, Alexander
McMILLAN, Alexander
McMILLAN (McMULLEN), Charles

McNAMARA, John

McNAUGHTON, John

McNEIL, John

McPHERSON, James

McQUARRIE, Archibald (Alexander)
McQUARRIE, Hugh

McQUIRK, James

McSWEENEY, Eugene

McVEAGH, Robert

McVILL(E)Y, John

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NAGEL, William
NAGLE, Dennis

NASH, William

NAYLOR, Joseph
NAYLOR, William

NEAL(E), William

NEIL, James
NEIL, Robert

NELSON, Charles
NELSON, George Frederick
NELSON, James
NELSON, James
NELSON, Thomas

NEVE, Henry Care

NEWALL, Stuart
NEWALL, William

NEWCASTLE, James

NEWELL, Maxwell

NEWTON, Alfred
NEWTON, John (James) E
NEWTON, William

NEYNOE, Loftus

NICHOLL, George S
NICHOLL (NICOL), Thomas

NICOLL,Hugh

NIXON, Gerard
NIXON, William

NOACK, Henry

NOAK, Charles

NOLAN, James
NOLAN, James

NOONAN, Edward (Edmund)

NUGENT, John / Jno