Attack on Rangiriri, November 20th 1863

Clip from The Governor (1977). The attack on Rangiriri lead to the highest British casualties of any battle in the the New Zealand Wars. Forty-nine British were killed and eighty-seven wounded, against thirty-six Maori dead and thirty-five wounded. British Casualties: Royal Artillery- Captain Henry Mercer (Killed), Bombardier William Martin (Killed), Gunner Culverwell (Killed), Gunner Keven (Killed), Sergeant Major Hamilton (Wounded), Gunner J. Bold (Wounded) Royal Engineers- Captain Brooks (Wounded) HMS Curacoa- Midshipman Watkins (Killed), Quartermaster J. Woods (Killed), A.B. William Tidy (Killed), Lieutenant H. M. Alexander (Wounded), Lieutenant C. F. Hotham (Wounded), A.B. Thomas Dooley (Wounded), O.B. Solomon Hayes (Wounded), A.B. Walter Robinson (Wounded) HMS Harrier- A.B. Frederick Osborne (Killed), Marine Richard Downer (Killed), A.B. Charles Stevenson (Killed) HMS Eclipse- Captain R. C. Mayne (Wounded), A.B. Henry Oldfield (Wounded) HMS