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Sir John Kincaid (1787 – 1862) Officer of the 95th who wrote a first hand account of his service under Wellington. Alfred Mendes - author and grandfather of director Sam Mendes; David Niven – Lieutenant and actor. Thomas Plunket – Rifleman who shot a French general; Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet – Officer of the 95th at Badajoz and Waterloo.
In 1803, the 43rd, the 52nd and the 95th Rifles became the first Corps of Light Infantry and formed the Light Brigade at Shorncliffe in Kent under the command of Major-General John Moore. [16] The regiment was re-titled as the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) . [ 1 ]
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 ...
The first rifle-armed unit, the 5th Battalion of the 60th Regiment, was formed mainly from German émigrés before 1795. An Experimental Corps of Riflemen, armed with the British Infantry Rifle, more commonly known as the Baker rifle, was formed in 1800, and was brought into the line as the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles) in 1802.
It was here that Harry Smith received his education from the Rev. George Burgess, then curate. [1] During a review of the unit by General Stewart, he got into conversation with the youth and offered to procure him a commission. A short time later a commission as a second lieutenant with the 95th Rifle Regiment arrived. [2]
Recollections of rifleman Harris, (old 95th) with anecdotes of his officers and his comrades (1848), Full Text on Archive.org. The Recollections of Rifleman Harris as told to Henry Curling, 1848, Edited and introduction by Christopher Hibbert, The Military Book Society by Leo Cooper Ltd, 1970 ISBN 085052-005-3.
The Rifles: 95th Regiment of Foot 1816–1818 1803. Raised as 96th Regiment of Foot in 1803. Renumbered as 95th in 1816 when existing 95th Foot became Rifle Brigade without a number. [158] Disbanded 1818. [157] 95th Regiment of Foot 1823–1825. 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 1825–1881 [159] 1823 Raised 1823 1881: 2nd Battalion,
In October 1800 the Corps was gazetted as an established unit, with Manningham as colonel and Stewart as its first lieutenant-colonel and commanding officer. Stewart's Standing Orders for the Rifle Corps, which later became the famous 95th Foot (Rifle Brigade), show how advanced his tactical thinking was compared to that of his contemporaries ...