LOSS OF THE IMPERIAL FORCES DURING THE LATE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

Colonist, Volume X, Issue 753, 16 August 1867, Page 3

LOSS OF THE IMPERIAL FORCES DURING THE LATE WAR IN NEW ZEALAND.

(From the Wellington Independent.)

Now that the Colony is to be denuded of her Majesty's. Regiments, it must be matter of sorrowful interest to the Colonists to consider how severe is the loss sustained by both branches of the service since the commencement of hostilities at Tarauaki, on St. Patrick's Day, 1860. Feeling assured that a return of the gallant men who fell during the course of the campaign will be read with sympathy and interest, we have compiled a list, on which will be found recorded the names of the officers who shed their blood in defence of the Colonists of New Zealand. The heavy casualties—thirty three British officers killed and forty-five wounded—show how severe were the conflicts with the rebel natives of this island, and how, as ever, where any portion of her Majesty's naval or miliiary foroes are engaged, they calculate not the loss of life when an enemy is to be overcome, and a victory to be gained. It will be shen from the accompanying list that the army lost twenty-three valuable officers killed, and thirty-seven wounded; and the navy, five killed, eight wounded Thus both branches of the service have been deprived of gallant spirits, many of whom had in other portions of the globe sustained the national honor and proved their worthiness to bear arms for England and her numerous possessions. It would, we think, be only a graceful and proper acknowledgement of the services rendered by the Imperial Forces if the colonists marked their gratitude and sympathy by raising a monument on which, with respectfnl regret, might be inscribed the following only too long list of heroes who fell in the defence of the lives and properties of their fellow countrymen in New Zealand:—

KILLED,

Colonel Austen, 14th Regiment; Colonel Booth, 43rd Regiment, L.1.; Lieutenant-Colonel Hassard, 57th Regiment; D. A. A. G. Johnson, 40th Regiment; Staff Assistant Surgeon Hope; Captain Phelps, 14th Regiment; Captain Ring, 18fch Regiment; Captain R. C. Glover, 43rd Regiment; Captain Muir, 43rd Regiment; Captain Hamilton, 43rd Regiment; Captain Utterton, 43rd Regiment; Captain T. G. E. Glover, 43rd Regiment: Captain Close, 43rd Regiment; Captain Lloyd, 57th Regiment; Captain Strange, 65th Regiment; Captain Swift, 65th Regiment ; Captain Mercer, R.A.; Lieutenant Murphy, 12th Regiment; Lieutenant Brooke, 40fch Regiment; Lieutenant Jackson, 40th Regiment; Lieutenant Langlands, 43rd Regiment; Lieutenant Tragott, 57th Regiment; Lieutenant Bally, 70th Regiment; Lieutenant McNaughten, R.A.; Ensign Waring, 50th Regiment; Ensign Dunnan, 57th Regiment; Ensign Chator, 65th Regiment; Ensign Ducrow, 40th Regiment. •

Royal Navy.—Killed. Captain Hamilton, Commander Hay, Lieutenant Mitchell, Lieutenant Hill, Midshipman Watkins. He 3 Majesty's Land Fobces.-—Wounded.

Lieutenant-Colonel Colville, 43rd Regiment; Colonel Sillery, D.Q.G.; Captain Miller, 12th Regiment; Captain Bryce, 14th Regiment; Captain Fisher, 40th Regiment; Captain Berners, 43rd Regiment; Captain Smith, 43rd Regiment; Captain Turner, 65th Regiment; Captain Gressen, 65th Regiment; Captain Casement, 61th Regiment; Captain Trent, 68th Regiment; Captain Saltern >rsb, 70th Regiment; Captain Brook, R.E.; Captain Pasley, R.E.; Lieutenant Butler, 14fch Regiment; Lieutenant Keogh, 14th Regiment; Lieutenant Rees, 40th Regiment ; Lieutenant Wilson, 50th Regiment; Lieutenant Lewis, 651h Regiment; Lieutenant Chevalier, 65th Regiment; Lieutenant Talbot, 65th Regiment; Lieutenant Pagan, 65th Regiment; Lieutenant Butler, 65th Regiment; Lieutenant Stuart, 68th Regiment ; Lieutenant Lylden, 70th Regiment; Lieutenant Larcom, R.A.; Lieutenant Carre, R.A.; Ensign Symonds, 14th Regiment; Ensign Swanson, 14th Regiment; Ensign Chirk, 43rd Regiment; Ensign Nieholls, 43rd Regiment; Ensign Grant, 50th Regiment; Ensign Doveton, 50th Regiment; Ensign Powys, 57th Regiment; Ensign Picot, 57th Regiment; Ensign Down, 57th Regiment; Ensign Palmer, 65th Regiment.

Royal Navy.—Wounded.

Commodore Seymour, Captain Mayne, Lieutenant Blake, Lieutenant Alexander, Lieutenant Hotham, Lieutenant Downes, Lieutenant Hammick, Lieutenant Duff.