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The 8th Battalion, Rifle Brigade was formed in early January 1941 by the redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, London Rifle Brigade, spent most of its existence in the United Kingdom and took part in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944, as part of the 29th Armoured Brigade in the 11th Armoured Division, [54] and saw action in the North West ...
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1759 – British forces, led by General James Wolfe, take French Quebec. [8] 1775 – American War of Independence begins. [9] 17 June – Battle of Bunker Hill [10] 1776 – British victory at the Battle of Long Island. [11] 1777 – British victory at the Battle of Brandywine. [12] 1777 – British defeat at the Battle of Saratoga. [13]
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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).
The 13th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, (13th RB) was an infantry unit recruited as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. It served on the Western Front from July 1915 until the Armistice , seeing action at the Somme where it was half-destroyed in its first attack, and later at the Ancre , at Arras and Ypres , against the German ...
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Brown Bess musket – precursor to the early British rifles. The origins of the modern British military rifle are within its predecessor the Brown Bess musket.While a musket was largely inaccurate over 100 yards (91 m), due to a lack of rifling and a generous tolerance to allow for muzzle-loading, it was cheap to produce and could be loaded quickly.