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Authors
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T.F.
Mills, Christopher Buyers |
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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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1800.01 |
experimental
corps of about forty officers and men raised from volunteers
of 2nd Bn, 1st Foot; 21st
Foot, 23rd Foot, 25th
Foot, 27th Foot, 29th
Foot, 49th Foot, 55th
Foot, 69th Foot, 71st
Foot, 72nd Foot, 79th
Foot, 85th Foot, and 92nd
Foot |
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1800.08.25 |
The Corps of
Riflemen |
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1802.12.25 |
95th Regiment
of Foot |
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1812 |
95th Regiment
of Foot (Riflemen) |
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1816.02.23 |
The Rifle Brigade |
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1862.01.17 |
The Prince
Consort's Own Rifle Brigade
renamed in honour of the former Colonel-in-Chief |
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1881.07.01 |
The Prince
Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)
reorganised without county affiliation upon
territorialisation of the infantry, but taking responsibility for
some Militia in Middlesex,Leitrim, Longford and Westmeath, and some
Volunteers in Middlesex [see below] |
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1889 |
County
of London formed from parts of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey |
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1908.04.01 |
1st
Vol Bn , 4th Vol Bn,
5th Vol Bn, 6th
Vol Bn, 8th Vol Bn,
9th Vol Bn, and 26th
Middlesex VRC transferred to The
London Regiment upon creation of T.F., and non-Middlesex Militia
affiliations ceased |
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1916.07.07 |
5th
Bn , 8th Bn, 10th
Bn , 12th Bn,
17th Bn, 18th
Bn, 25th Bn and
28th Bn
of The London Regiment
re-affiliated |
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1921.01.01 |
The Rifle Brigade
(Prince Consort's Own) |
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1958.11.07 |
3rd Green Jackets,
The Rifle Brigade |
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1966.01.01 |
united
with 1st Green Jackets, 43rd and 52nd,
and 2nd Green Jackets, The King's
Royal Rifle Corps, to form The
Royal Green Jackets |
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The
Rifle Brigade, (RGJ Regimental site) |
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The
Rifle Brigade, by Kent Egerton. |
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The
Royal Green Jackets and Former Regiments: a Photographic History,
by Bert Henshaw |
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The
History of the 95th Rifles |
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Sketch
of the Field Services of The Rifle Brigade from its Formation to the
Battle of Waterloo, by Lt-Col. Leach, CB. |
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The
Rifle Brigade, by Anne Woodley (Regency Collection) |
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Short
Barrels and Long Bumpers [95th Foot in Napoleonic Wars], by Susan
Law. |
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Riflemen
of the 95th Regiment ( Rifles) at Corunna 1808-1809, by Keith
Raynor (The Discriminating General) |
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The
Rifle Brigade, by Chris Baker (The British Army in the Great
War). |
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The
Rifle Brigade, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918) |
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RHQ and
Depot: |
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RHQ: |
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2nd
Reserve Battalion [1843-1850] |
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? Depot Battalion
[1856-1871] |
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52nd Brigade
Depot at Winchester [1873-1881] |
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Rifle
Depot at Winchester [1881-1905] |
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O Group,
at Winchester [1946-1948] |
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Green
Jackets Brigade, at Winchester [1948-1966] |
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Regulars: |
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1st
Battalion [1800-present] |
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2nd
Battalion [1805-1948] |
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3rd
Battalion [1809-1819, 1855-1922] |
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4th
Battalion [1857-1922] |
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Composite Rifle Battalion [1899-1900]
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Militia
and Special Reserve: |
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5th Battalion (The Queen's Own
Regt of Tower Hamlets Militia) [1881-1953] |
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6th Battalion (The Prince of
Wales's Royal Regiment of Longford Light Infantry) [1881-1899]
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6th Battalion (Royal Longford
and Westmeath Militia) [1899-1908] |
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6th Battalion (The King's Own
Light Infantry Regt of Militia ) [1881-1953] |
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7th Battalion (The King's Own
Light Infantry Regt of Militia ) [1881-1953] |
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8th
Battalion (Leitrim Rifles Regiment of Militia) [1881-1889]
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9th Battalion (Westmeath Rifles
Regiment of Militia) [1881-1899] |
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Territorials
and Volunteers: |
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[1st VB]
7th Middlesex (London
Scottish) Rifle Volunteer Corps [1881-1908] |
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[2nd VB]
14th Middlesex (Inns
of Court) Rifle Volunteer Corps [1881-1908] |
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[3rd VB]
15th Middlesex (The
Customs and Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps
[1881-1908] |
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[4th VB]
16th Middlesex (London
Irish) Volunteer Rifle Corps [1881-1908] |
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[5th VB]
18th Middlesex Volunteer
Rifle Corps [1881-1892] |
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[6th VB] 19th
Middlesex (St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury) Rifle Volunteer
Corps [1881-1908] |
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[7th VB]
20th Middlesex (Artists')
Rifle Volunteer Corps [1881-1908] |
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[? VB] 21st
Middlesex (Finsbury) Volunteer Rifle Corps [1881-1883] |
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[8th VB] 24th
Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps [1881-1892] |
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[9th VB]
1st Tower Hamlets Rifle
Volunteer Corps [1881-1892] |
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[10th VB]
2nd Tower Hamlets
Rifle Volunteer Corps [1881-1892] |
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[4th VB]
18th Middlesex Volunteer
Rifle Corps [1892-1908] |
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[7th VB]
24th Middlesex Volunteer
Rifle Corps [1892-1908] |
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[8th VB]
1st Tower Hamlets Volunteer
Rifle Corps [1892-1904] |
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[9th VB]
2nd Tower Hamlets
Volunteer Rifle Corps [1892-1908] |
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5th
City of London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1916-1937] |
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8th
(City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
[1916-1921] |
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10th
London Regiment (Hackney) [1916-1929] |
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17th
London Regiment (Tower Hamlets Rifles) [1916-1937] |
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25th
(County of London) (Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regiment
[1916-1920] |
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28th
County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) [1929-1937] |
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London
Rifle Brigade [1937-1941, 1947-1960] |
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Tower
Hamlets Rifles
[1937-1941] |
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The
Artists Rifles [1937-1939] |
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7th
Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (PCO) (London Rifle Brigade) [1941-1947] |
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9th
Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (PCO) (Tower Hamlets Rifles) [1941-1944] |
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The
Rangers [1947-1960] |
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The
City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1956-1961] |
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London
Rifle Brigade/Rangers [1960-1966] |
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Hostilities-Only
Units (First and Second World War, including T.A. duplicates):
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2/5th (City of London)
Battalion, The London Regiment [1916-1918] |
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5th (Reserve) (City
of London) Battalion, The London Regt [1916-1919] |
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2nd Battalion, London
Rifle Brigade [1939-1947] |
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2/8th
(City of London) Battalion [1916-1918] |
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8th
(Reserve) (City of London) Battalion [1916-1919] |
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2/10th (County of London)
Battalion, The London Regiment [1916-1919] |
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10th (Reserve) (City
of London) Battalion, The London Regt [1916-1919] |
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2/17th (County of London)
Battalion [1916-1919]
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17th (Reserve) (County
of London) Battalion [1916-1916]
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2nd Battalion, Tower
Hamlets Rifles [1939-1947]
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3rd Battalion, Tower
Hamlets Rifles [1940-1941]
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2/25th
(Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regt [1916-1919] |
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25th
(Reserve) (Cyclist) Battalion, The London Regt [1916-1916] |
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7th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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7th (Home Defence) Battalion [1939-1941]
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8th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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9th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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10th (Service) Battalion [1914-1918]
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11th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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11th (Home Defence) Battalion [1941-1942]
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12th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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13th (Service) Battalion [1914-1919]
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14th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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15th (Reserve) Battalion [1914-1916]
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16th (St. Pancras) Battalion
[1915-1919] |
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17th (Reserve) Battalion [1915-1916]
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18th (London) Battalion [1915-1920]
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19th (Western) Battalion [1915-1919]
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20th (Northern) Battalion [1915-1919]
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21st (Midland) Battalion [1915-1920]
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22nd (Wessex and Welsh) Battalion
[1915-1919] |
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23rd (North Western) Battalion
[1915-1920] |
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24th (Home Counties) Battalion
[1915-1920] |
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2/25th (County of London) (Cyclist)
Battalion, The London Regiment [1916-1919] |
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3/25th (County of London) (Cyclist)
Battalion, The London Regiment [1916-1916] |
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25th (Reserve) Garrison Battalion
[1915-1916] |
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26th (Reserve) Garrison Battalion
[1915-1916] |
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30th Battalion [1942-1943]
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33rd (County of London) (Cyclist) Battalion,
The London Regiment [1918-1919] |
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51st (Service) Battalion [1917-1920]
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52nd (Service) Battalion [1917-1920]
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53rd (Service) Battalion [1917-1920]
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70th (Young Soldier) Battalion
[1940-1943] |
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2nd Motor Training Battalion
[1939-1944] |
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Cadets: |
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1st (Duke of Norfolk's Own) Cadet Battalion
at Mile End [1904-1906] |
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Copenhagen1,
Monte Video, Rolica,
Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Barrosa, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo,
Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees2,
Nivelle, Nive, Orthes,
Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo,
South Africa 1846-47,
South Africa 1851-2-3, Alma,
Inkerman, Sevastopol, Lucknow,
Ashantee 1873-74,
Ali Masjid, Afghanistan
1878-79, Burma 1885-87,
Khartoum, Defence
of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
The Great War (21 battalions)3:
Le Cateau,
Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, Armentières
1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St. Julien,
Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Hooge 1915, Somme 1916 '18,
Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood,
Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le
Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Arras 1917 '18,
Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Messines
1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde,
Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin,
Rosières, Avre, Villers Bretonneux,
Lys, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Drocourt-Quéant,
Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal
du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France
and Flanders 1914-18, Macedonia
1915-18
The Second World War:
Calais
1940, Villers
Bocage, Odon, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Le Perier Ridge,
Falaise, Antwerp, Hechtel, Nederrijn, Lower Maas, Roer, Leese, Aller,
North-West Europe 1940
'44-45, Egyptian
Frontier 1940, Beda Fomm, Mersa el Brega, Agedabia, Derna
Aerodrome, Tobruk 1941, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Chor es Sufan,
Saunnu, Gazala, Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, Ruweisat,
Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, Medjez el Bab, Kassarine,
Thala, Fondouk, Fondouk Pass, El Kourzia, Djebel Kournine, Tunis,
Hammam Lif, North Africa 1940-43, Cardito,
Cassino II, Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Monte Rotondo, Capture
of Perugia, Monte Malbe, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Gothic
Line, Orsara, Tossigniano, Argenta Gap, Fossa Sembalina, Italy
1943-45
see also: London
Rifle Brigade, 8th City
of London Regiment, 10th
London Regiment, Tower
Hamlets Rifles, 25th
London Battalion, The Artists Rifles
1. supplemented 1951 by Naval Crown badge
superscribed "2nd April 1801".
2. awarded belatedly in 1910.
3. AO 55/1925, amended by AO 8/1927.
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Note:
as a rifle regiment, the Rifle Brigade never carried Colours.
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Badges: |
buttons: rifle black
rank badges: sleeve - green on black backing; crowns &
pips black |
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Uniform: |
1800-1953: rifle green; facings: black
1953-1966: rifle green; facings: black; piping:
black
headdress: standard shako (1800-1872), rifle busby (sealskin
for officers, lambskin for ORs; 1872-78), green Home Service helmet
with bronze fittings & chains (1878--90), rifle busby (1890-1966)
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1800.08.25 |
Maj-Gen. Coote Manningham |
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1809.08.31 |
Gen. Sir David Dundas, GCB [also
1st Dgn Gds, 2nd
Dgns, 7th Hussars, 22nd
Foot; QMG 1796-1803; C-in-C] |
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1820.02.19 |
F.M.
Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH [also
RHG, Gren
Gds, 33rd Foot; MGO 1819-27; C-in-C
1827-28, 1842-52; PM 1828, 1830-34; Constable of the Tower 1826-52] |
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1852.09.23 |
F.M.
HRH Francis Albert
Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg (The
Prince Consort), KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, KSI |
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1861.12.15 |
F.M.
Sir John (Colborne), 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH
[also 2nd Life Gds, 26th Foot, 94th Foot; Gov. & C-in-C
Canada; C-in-C
Ireland] |
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1863.04.18 |
Gen. Sir George Brown, GCB, KH
[also 7th Foot, 32nd Foot, 77th Foot; AG 1850-53] |
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1865.08.28 |
F.M..
Sir Edward Blakeney, GCB, GCH [also
1st Foot, 7th Foot;
C-in-C Ireland;
Gov. R Hospital 1856-68] |
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1868.08.03 |
F.M.
HM King Edward VII |
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1880.05.29 |
F.M.
HRH Arthur William
Patrick Albert, 1st Duke of Connaught & Strathearn, KG, KT,
KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, VD, TD |
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1942.02.24 |
F.M.
HRH Henry William
Frederick Albert, 1st Duke of Gloucester, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG,
GCVO |
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Colonel Commandant, 1st Battalion |
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1809.08.31 |
Lt-Gen. Forbes Champagné [also
70th Foot, 8th Garrison
Bn] |
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1816.05.21 |
Gen. Sir Brent Spencer, GCB [also
40th Foot, 2nd West India Regt] |
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1818.07.02 |
Lt-Gen. Hon. Sir William Stewart, GCB
[also 2nd Bn & 3rd Bn] |
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1827.01.27 |
Gen. Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, GCB, GCH
[also 2nd Bn] |
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1855.01.18 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith,
Bt., GCB [also 47th Foot; Gov. Cape 1847-52] |
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1860.10.13 |
Gen. Sir Beorge Buller, GCB
[also 88th Foot] |
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1884.04.13 |
Gen. Sir Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, KCB
[also 58th Foot] |
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1892.01.26 |
Gen. Lord Alexander George Russell, GCB
[also 8th Foot] |
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1907.01.11 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Arthur Frederick Warren, KCB |
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1913.07.19 |
Gen. Sir Martin Andrew Dillon, GCB, CSI
[also 14th Foot] |
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1913.0819 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl,
KCB |
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1921.06.17 |
Gen. Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC, KCB,
MVO [Gov. & C-in-C Malta] |
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1927.03.01 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Victor Arthur Couper, KCB |
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1929.04.04 |
Gen. Sir Cameron Deane Shute, KCB, KCMG |
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1936.01.26 |
Gen. Sir John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart,
GCB, KBE, CMG, DSO |
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1945.03.14 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Ralph Eastwood, KCB,
DSO, MC |
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Colonel Commandant, Rifle Brigade |
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1951.09.04 |
Gen. Sir Montagu George North Stopford,
GCB, KBE, DSO, MC |
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Colonel Commandant, 3rd Green Jackets |
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1958.11.07 |
F.M.
Sir Francis Wogan Festing, GCB, KBE, DSO [continued
1966 as Col. Cmdt. 3rd Bn RGJ; also R
Northumberland Fus; CIGS] |
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Colonel Commandant, 2nd Battalion |
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1809.08.31 |
Gen. Sir Brent Spencer, GCB
[also 103rd Foot, 2nd
West India Regt] |
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1816.05.21 |
Lt-Gen. Hon. William Stewart, GCB
[also 1st Bn & 3rd Bn] |
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1818.07.02 |
Gen. Sir George Townsend Walker, Bt., GCB
[also 3rd Bn; 50th Foot,
52nd Foot, 84th Foot,
Meuron's Regt; Gov.
Grenada 1815-16, C-in-C Madras 1825-31] |
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1820.06.13 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, GCB
[also 31st Foot, 78th Foot; GOv. Ceylon 1824-31; C-in-C
India] |
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1822.08.25 |
Gen. Sir Andrew Francis Barnard, GCB, GCH
[also 1st Bn] |
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1827.01.27 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, KCB |
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1831.06.18 |
Maj-Gen. Sir George Ridout Bingham, KCB |
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1833.01.07 |
Lt-Gen. Sir James Stevenson Barns, KCB [also
20th Foot] |
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1842.04.25 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Dugald Little Gilmour, KCB |
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1847.04.16 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith,
Bt., GCB |
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1855.01.18 |
Gen. Sir George Brown, GCB, KH [also
7th Foot, 32nd Foot, 77th Foot; AG 1850-53] |
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1863.04.10 |
F.M.
Sir Charles Yorke, GCB [also 33rd
Foot; Constable of the Tower 1875-80] |
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1880.11.02 |
Gen. Sir Alfred Hastings Horsford, GCB [also
14th Foot, 79th Hldrs] |
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1885.09.14 |
Gen. Sir William Sherbrooke Ramsay Norcott,
KCB [also Loyal N Lancs Regt] |
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1886.01.24 |
Gen. Sir Alexander Macdonnell, KCB [also
R Irish Regt] |
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1891.05.01 |
Gen. Lord Alexander George Russell, GCB |
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1892.01.26 |
Gen. Frederick Robert Elrington, CB [also
4th Bn; Bedfordshire Regt] |
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1903.07.29 |
Gen. Sir Julius Richard Glyn, KCB [also
Lincolnshire Regt] |
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1905.06.17 |
Gen. Sir Martin Andrew Dillon, GCB, CSI |
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1913.07.19 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Francis Howard, KCB, KCMG
[also Gloucestershire Regt] |
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1921.06.17 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson,
KCB, KCMG |
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1929.02.18 |
Gen. Sir Reginald Byng Stephens, KCB, CMG |
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1939.10.10 |
F.M.
Sir Henry Maitland (Wilson), 1st Baron Wilson, GCB, GBE, DSO [to
3 Sep. 1951; GOC-in-Chief BTE 1939-41; Mil. Gov. & GOC-in-Chief
Cyrenaica 1941; GOC-in-Chief Greece 1941; GOC Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1941; C-in-C Persia
& Iraq Cmd; C-in-C Middle
East; Constable of the Tower 1955-50] |
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Colonel Commandant, 3rd Battalion |
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1809.08.31 |
Lt-Gen. Hon. Sir William Stewart, GCB
[also 1st Bn & 2nd Bn] |
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1816.05.21 |
Gen. Sir George Townsend Walker, Bt., GCB
[also 2nd Bn] |
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1818.07.02 |
Gen. Sir John Oswald, GCB, GCMG
[also 35th Foot] |
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1819-1903 |
vacant |
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1903.07.29 |
Gen. Sir John Ross, GCB [also
Leicestershire Regt] |
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1905.01.06 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Henry Richard Legge Newdigate,
KCB |
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1908.01.18 |
Gen. Sir Godfrey Clerke, KCVO, CB |
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1908.11.19 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Leopold Victor Swaine, KCB,
CMG |
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1920.10.05 |
F.M.
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Bt., GCB, DSO [to 1922;
also R Ulster Rifles; CIGS
1918-22] |
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Colonel Commandant, 4th Battalion |
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1903.07.29 |
Gen. Frederick Robert Elrington, CB
[also 2nd Bn] |
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1904.02.20 |
Gen. Sir Martin Andrew Dillon, GCB, CSI |
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1905.06.17 |
Gen. Sir Godfrey Clerke, KCVO, CB |
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1908.01.18 |
Lt-Gen. Sir John Plumptre Carr Glyn, KCB |
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1912.03.29 |
Gen. Hon. Sir Neville Gerald Lyttleton,
GCB, GCVO [CIGS;
Gov. R Hospital 1912-31] |
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1921.06.17 |
Maj-Gen. Sir Victor Arthur Couper, KCB [to
1922] |
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Motto: |
Treu und Fest |
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- Band History,
by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd)
- Bandmasters,
by Gordon Turner and Alwyn W. Turner (Droit Music Ltd)
- Band History
(RGJ Band & Bugles Association)
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