The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)  1800 - 1966 |
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| **Some Titles.....**95th Regiment of Foot1802The Rifle Brigade1816The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade1862The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)19213rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade1958 Earliest recognised formation: 1800, as an experimental corps of riflemen. Experiment successful and incorporated into the establishment within months. Motto:? Regimental Journal: The Rifle Brigade Chronicle WWI:Battle Honours; 52Victoria Crosses; 10Died; 11580WWII: Battle Honours; 57Victoria Crosses; 1Died; ??? **Amalgamated:**1966, with the 1st Green Jackets, 43rd and 52nd, and the 2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, to form; The Royal Green Jackets. |
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| Two battalions from 1805, with a third operational 1809-1819. |
| Peninsula War 1808 - 1814. 1st 2nd and 3rd BattalionsMilitary General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 clasps: Battle Honours: Roleia; Vimiera; Corunna; Busaco; Barrosa; Fuentes d' Onor; Ciudad Rodrigo; Badajos; Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Toulouse; Orthes; Peninsula. |
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| Battle of Waterloo 1815; 1st and 2nd Battalions, with a detachment of the 3rd Battalion attached to the 2nd.Waterloo Medal 1815Battalion: 1st 2nd 3rd **Number:**570632205 Casualties 16th, 17th & 18th June 1815 (extracted London Gazette 8/7/1815 & "Medals of the British Army: And how they were won" T. Carter 1861*) 1st Battalion Officers: 2 Lieutenants killed; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Major, 2 Captains, 10 Lieutenants and 1 Ensign wounded.2nd Battalion Officers: 2 Majors, 2 Captains and 10 Lieutenants wounded.3rd Battalion Officers: 1 Major, 1 Captain and 2 Lieutenants wounded. *Sergeants, Trumpeters, Drummers, Farriers and Rank and File: 1st/2nd/3rd BattalionsKilledWoundedMissingDied of woundsSuffered amputationDischargedTransferred to Veteran or Garrison BattalionsRejoined the RegimentRemaining in hospitals in April 1816TotalRejoined the RegimentNot since heard of, supposed dead.31/27/321/22/4-/16/1-/15/-3/3/-111/87/2312/22/10147/165/38-/3/-12/-/- *Carter's figures are in turn extracted from the return prepared by the Adjutant-Generals office, 13th April 1816.Battle Honour; Waterloo. |
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| 1816; Removed from the line list nomenclature and given the title "The Rifle Brigade"; 1819: 3rd battalion disbanded. |
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| 7th & 8th Kaffir Wars 1846 - 1853 1st Battalion (arrived Nov 1846)South Africa Medal 1834-53**number:**765* *161 of these recipients served in both the 1846-47 and 1850-53 campaigns. Battle Honours: South Africa 1846-7, South Africa 1851-1852-1853. |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856 1st and 2nd BattalionsCrimea Medal 1854 -561st Battalion Clasp: →_..none...Total MedalsNumber: →??608??? 2nd Battalion Clasp: →..none..._Total MedalsNumber: →?????? Battle Casualties; (1st/2nd )Action.Killed"Wounded"DangerouslyWounded Severely WoundedSlightlyWounded MissingBattle of the Alma-/11/39-/--/--/--/-First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and minor actions2/6*3/13-/--/-4/8-/-The Battle of Inkermann23/1280/23-/-1/-2/1-/-The Assault on the Quarries-/1-/-1/-1/3-/9-/The First Attack on the Redan6/24-/--/76/367/381/-The Final Attack on the Redan3/28-/-1/9-/675/60-/-2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and final bombardments of Sebastopol and minor actions 34/24**-/-9/1748/6961/117-/-The Magazine Explosion at the French Siege Train-/1-/--/-1/21/4-/- Grand Totals: 303/619 * = (5 killed +1 mortally wounded) **23 Killed, 1 DOW Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for:Turkish Crimea Medal 1855  VCs: 8; Wheatley, Clifford, Cunninghame, Bourchier, Knox, Bradshaw, Humpston, McGregor see the R.Bde. VC page Battle Honours: Alma; Inkermann; Sevastopol. |
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| The 3rd Battalion of regulars reformed 1855 and a 4th Battalion formed 1857. Both these battalions now carry on with continuous service until the 1922 reductions. |
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| Indian Mutiny 1857 2nd and 3rd BattalionsIndian Mutiny Medal. 1857 -59 clasp:....none....battalion: 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd **number:**72284035365 VCs: 4; Hawkes, Nash, Shaw, Wilmot. see the R.Bde. VC page Battle Honour: Lucknow |
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| Ashanti War 1873-74 2nd BattalionAshanti Medal 1873-74clasp:...none....**numbers :**700621 Battle Honour: Ashantee 1873-4 |
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| Afghan War 1878-80 4th BattalionAfghanistan Medal 1878 -1880clasp:...none... total**number:**356*600*123957* *these figures could be several higher due to some illegible page edges on the original roll. General Roberts' March, Kabul to Kandahar 9-31 August 1880 Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 **number:**4** **Capt. W.W Hammond; Lt. J. Sherston (also shown as Sherstone); 1950 Pte. David Chilton and 2254 Pte. William Gill. Battle Honours: Ali Musjid, Afghanistan 1878-9 |
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| Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-87, and aftermath. 1st and 4th BattalionIndia General Service Medal 1854 - 95 clasp: battalion: 1st 1st 4th 4th number:???? Battle Honour: Burma 1885-7 |
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| North West Frontier Operations 1897-98 3rd BattalionIndia Medal 1895clasp: number:?? |
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| South African War 1899 - 1902 or "Boer War" 1st Battalion (Nov 1899- end), 2nd Battalion (Oct 1899-end) and the 4th Battalion arrived Jan. 1902. Detachments also served as Mounted Infantry.Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 (no KSAs to 4th Battalion)QSAs Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: 2nd MI clasp: number:????? MIMI MI clasp: number:????? Casualties: Officers NCOs and MenKIA & DOWWoundedDiseaseKIA & DOWDeath from disease WoundedMissing / POW1st Battalion5914662291-2nd Battalion71416880165-4th Battalion2-13168- VCs: 2; Congreve; Durrant Battle Honours: Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902 |
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| Somaliland Operations 1902-04 Composite detachment formed from the 3rd and 4th battalions served as a single section of No. 2 Company, British Mounted Infantry (Bengal Company).Africa General Service 1899-1956clasp: **number:**332 ? VCs: 1; Gough see the R.Bde. VC page |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918 (total of 28 battalions; 19 served overseas:- )Generally awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a 1914 or 1914-15 Star.Battalion → 1 2* 3 4* 7 8 9 10 11date of first overseas service. (first theatre red x )23/819146/11191412/9191421/121914?/51915?/51915?/5191521/7191521/71915France & Flandersx x x x x x x x xGallipoli Egypt & Palestine Macedonia x Italy Starpossible ? 1914 or 1914-15 xxx or 1914-15 only xxxxxxVCs at a glance:  died Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the regiment as a whole lost an additional 219 officers who are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a battalion.)16221574921397708881923580649 VCs: 10: Woodall 1st, Noble 2nd, Cates 2nd, Daniels 2nd, Drake 8th, Woodroffe 8th, Gregg 13th, Beesley 13th, Burman 16th, Congreve (?), see the R.Bde. VC page Territorial Force War Medal 1914-1966 officers and men of the Rifle Brigade also qualified for this medal.* The 2nd and 4th battalions were in India when war broke out and returned first to the UK RegularTerritorial ForceNew ArmiesGarrison. Battle Honours: Le Cateau; Marne 1914; Neuve Chapelle; Ypres 1915, 1917; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Messines 1917; Cambrai 1917, 1918; Hindenburg Line; Macedonia 1915-18. Retreat from Mons; Aisne 1914, 1918; Armenti�res 1914; Gravenstafel; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Aubers; Hooge 1915; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Guillemont; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Vimy 1917; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Arleux; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; St Quentin; Rosi�res; Avre; VillersBretonneux; Lys; Hazebrouck; B�thune; Drocourt-Qu�ant; Havrincourt; Canal du Nord; Selle; Valenciennes; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18. |
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| The Great War 1914 - 1918 continued.........Battalion → 12 13 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24LondonWesternNorthernMidlandWessex & WelshNorth WesternHome CountiesAll designated garrison duty.date of first overseas service. (first theatre red x )22/7191531/719158/319161916?/11916?/11916?/11916191619161916France & Flandersx xx Gallipoli Egypt & Palestine x x x x Macedonia x Burma x India x x x xStarpossible ? 1914 or 1914-15 or 1914-15 only xx VCs at a glance: died Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the regiment as a whole lost an additional 219 officers who are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a battalion.)78681272721443415382834 |
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| 3rd and 4th Battalions of regulars disbanded 1922 |
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| WW2 1939 - 1945 Battalion → 1st 2nd 7th 8th 9th 10th campaign ↓ France and Belgium 1940.(Dunkirk )x North Africa & Middle Eastxxx xxFar East Sicily / Italyxxx xN.W. Europex x Notes.All the battalions spent most of their service as lorried infantry or "motor battalions", generally in support of armour.1st Support Group, F&B 1940 Campaign.Heavy losses Defence of Calais 24-26th May. Remainder captured. Reformed UK. 2nd Armoured Brigade 31/10/40 - 19/6/42 then 22nd Armoured Brigade 19/6/42-31/8/45Landed NW Europe, D-Day +2serving 1st, 6th, 7th, 10th, Armoured Divisions, North Africa and Italy.Previously designated 1st London Rifle Brigade. Became 7th Rifle Brigade 19/1/41Previously designated 2nd London Rifle Brigade. Became 8th Rifle Brigade 18/1/41Landed NW Europe, D-Day +9 with 29th Armoured Brigade.Previously designated 1st Tower Hamlets Rifles. Became 9th Rifle Brigade ?/?/41Disbanded in North Africa. Aug 1942 Previously designated 2nd Tower Hamlets Rifles. Became 10thRifle Brigade 15/1/4126th Armoured Brigade 15/1/41-29/5/44Disbanded ItalyWW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star ) Key: A = Africa, P = Pacific, B = Burma, I = Italy, F&G = France and Germany A, I, F&GA, I.A, I. F&GAA, I. VCs: 1; Turner see the R.Bde. VC page Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal Battle Honours: Calais 1940; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Beda Fomm; Sidi Rezegh 1941; Alem el Halfa; El Alamein; North Africa 1940-3; Cassino II; Capture of Perugia; Italy 1943-5. Villers Bocage; Odon; Bourgu�bus Ridge; Mont Pin�on; Le Perier Ridge; Falaise; Antwerp; Hechtel; Nederrijn; Lower Maas; Roer; Leese; Aller; Egyptian Frontier 1940; Mersa el Brega; Agedabia; Derna Aerodrome; Tobruk 1941; Chor es Sufan; Saunnu; Gazala; Knightsbridge; Defence of Alamein Line; Ruweisat; Tebaga Gap; Medjez el Bab; Kasserine; Thala; Fondouk; Fondouk Pass; El Kourzia; Djebel Kournine; Tunis; Hammam Lif; Cardito; Liri Valley; Melfa Crossing; Monte Rotondo; Monte Malbe; Arezzo; Advance to Florance; Gothic Line; Orsara; Tossignano; Argenta Gap; Fossa Cembalina. |
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| 2nd Battalion Disbanded 1948 |
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| Mau Mau Rebellion, Kenya. 1953 1st Battalion Africa General Service Medal 1902 - 56clasp: number:? |
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| The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents. 1948-60 1st Battalion General Service Medal 1918 - 62 clasp: number:? |
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| 1958: 1st Battalion now designated 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) |
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