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The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle Corps".
Pages in category "Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The battalion was redesignated the 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (London Rifle Brigade) on 17 January 1941 and fought in North-West Europe from June 1944 until May 1945. [9] On 1 April 1947 it absorbed the duplicate 8th Battalion and was renamed the London Rifle Brigade, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own).
When the London Regiment was formally abolished it became the Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) in 1937, simply known as the Tower Hamlets Rifles (THR). With the doubling of the TA after the Munich Crisis , the THR formed a 1st and 2nd Battalion in 1939, just before the outbreak of World War II (a 3rd Bn was also ...
The Westmeath Militia, later the Westmeath Rifles, was an Irish Militia regiment raised in County Westmeath in 1793. It saw action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, when it was involved in the Battle of the Big Cross. It later became a battalion of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), but was amalgamated into another battalion in 1899.
The Royal Longford Rifles was an Irish Militia regiment raised in County Longford in 1793. It saw action during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, when it was involved in the rout known as the 'Castlebar Races'. It later became a battalion of the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), but was disbanded in 1908.
1803–1816, the elite rifle armed 95th (Rifle) Regiment of Foot raised by Coote Manningham. In 1816 the 95th Regiment of Foot (Riflemen) became the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1816–1818, 96th Regiment of Foot (1803) - Formed 1803, retitled 95th Regiment of Foot in 1816. Disbanded as 95th in 1818
Gough was, after graduating from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 12 March 1892, [1] and promoted to lieutenant on 6 December 1893. [2] He served in British Central Africa in 1896, the Sudan in 1898, and took part in the Occupation of Crete (1898–99).