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History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. IV. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. ISBN 1-84574-068-8. Summerfield, Stephen (2014). Coote-Manningham's Shorncliffe lecture of 1803 and the origins of the 95th Rifles (PDF). Shorncliffe Trust. ISBN 978-1907417573. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2016.
The shots were "from a range that seemed extraordinary to the" men of the 95th Rifles, [5] who were trained to shoot targets with a Baker Rifle at 180 metres (200 yd). Their marksmanship was far better than the ordinary British soldiers, who were armed with a Brown Bess musket and only trained to shoot into a body of men at 50 metres (55 yd ...
1779–1783, 95th Regiment of Foot (Reid's) - Participated in the Battle of Jersey in 1781; 1794–1796, 95th Regiment of Foot (William Edmeston's) - Served on the Isle of Man, and at Dublin and Cape of Good Hope. Disbanded. 1803–1816, the elite rifle armed 95th (Rifle) Regiment of Foot raised by Coote Manningham. In 1816 the 95th Regiment of ...
William Green (7 June 1784 – 27 January 1881) was an English rifleman of the 95th Regiment who served in the Napoleonic Wars.He was the author of a memoir entitled "A brief outline of the Travels and Adventures of William Green (late Rifle Brigade) during a period of ten years in the British Service" (1857), one of the few accounts by an enlisted man of life in the army of Arthur Wellesley ...
The account begins with a description of Harris' recruitment in the army via the militia and the 66th Regiment of Foot in Stalbridge, from where he was sent on garrison duty to Ireland and joined the 95th Rifles. The account reveals many details of army life in the period, including a graphic depiction of an execution by firing squad and a ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith KCB (17 February 1770 – 15 January 1831) was an English officer of the British Army who served as quartermaster general of the British forces in Canada during the War of 1812, and a commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army during the British Raj. [3]
The 95th Rifle Division (2nd formation) was established on the basis of the 13th Motor Rifle Division NKVD, which by the order of the NKVD № 001 547 from 07.28.1942 was transferred to the Red Army and in accordance with the directive of the General Staff of the Red Army (org / 2/2172 from 02.08.1942) was reformed in the 95th Rifle Division. [3]
Major General Coote Manningham (1765–1809) was a British army officer who played a significant role in the creation and early development of the 95th Rifles of which he was Colonel in Chief. Military career