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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic07unkngoog#page/n261/mode/1up "Case of Sword-Bayonet Wound of the Abdomen"] (following attack by a fellow soldier at Meerut in 1878 (or 1877?) by Surgeon Major FA  Turton MD, Army Medical Department. In Medical Charge of  2/60 Rifles,  page 239 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1877 Volume 19'' published 1879 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/reportarmymedic07unkngoog#page/n261/mode/1up "Case of Sword-Bayonet Wound of the Abdomen"] (following attack by a fellow soldier at Meerut in 1878 (or 1877?) by Surgeon Major FA  Turton MD, Army Medical Department. In Medical Charge of  2/60 Rifles,  page 239 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1877 Volume 19'' published 1879 Archive.org
*[http://seapdatapapers.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=seap;idno=seap063  ''Military operations in Burma, 1890-1892; letters from J. K. Watson''] Edited by B. R. Pearn. Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University, 1967. The author of the letters was Lieutenant J K Watson, 4th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
*[http://seapdatapapers.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=seap;idno=seap063  ''Military operations in Burma, 1890-1892; letters from J. K. Watson''] Edited by B. R. Pearn. Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University, 1967. The author of the letters was Lieutenant J K Watson, 4th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
*[https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle'' 1904]
*[https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n10/mode/2up ''The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle'' 1904] Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n38/mode/2up    Battalions and their Stations 1756-1904]. The 2nd Battalion were stationed at [[Rawal Pindi]] from 1902
**[https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n38/mode/2up    Battalions and their Stations 1756-1904]. The 2nd Battalion were stationed at [[Rawal Pindi]] from 1902
** [https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n138/mode/2up "Three Months’ Leave in Ladakh"]
** [https://archive.org/stream/kingsroyalrifle00commgoog#page/n138/mode/2up "Three Months’ Leave in Ladakh"]
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:Restricted access: Available from 1901 to viewers in  North America and some other countries from Hathi Trust, catalogue entries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100535265  1] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000533721  2],  and Google Books
:Restricted access: Available from 1901 to viewers in  North America and some other countries from Hathi Trust, catalogue entries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100535265  1] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000533721  2],  and Google Books
*''Large Game Shooting in Thibet and the North West'' by Alexander Kinloch, [[Rifle Brigade]] and later King’s Royal Rifle Corps. ''Part I'' 1869, ''Part II'' 1876. Later editions have titles…''in Thibet,  the Himalayas, and Northern India'' (1885) and … ''in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India'' (1892). [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aUcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Part I''] 1869 Google Books; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb61r?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Part II''] 1876 Hathi Trust Digital Library; [https://archive.org/details/largegameshootin00kinl Revised edition 1885] Archive.org;  [https://archive.org/details/largegameshooti02kinlgoog 3rd edition, revised and enlarged 1892] Archive.org.
*''Large Game Shooting in Thibet and the North West'' by Alexander Kinloch, [[Rifle Brigade]] and later King’s Royal Rifle Corps. ''Part I'' 1869, ''Part II'' 1876. Later editions have titles…''in Thibet,  the Himalayas, and Northern India'' (1885) and … ''in Thibet, the Himalayas, Northern and Central India'' (1892). [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aUcCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Part I''] 1869 Google Books; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hnb61r?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Part II''] 1876 Hathi Trust Digital Library; [https://archive.org/details/largegameshootin00kinl Revised edition 1885] Archive.org;  [https://archive.org/details/largegameshooti02kinlgoog 3rd edition, revised and enlarged 1892] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/innermostasiatra00cobbiala ''Innermost Asia : travel & sport in the Pamirs''] by Ralph P Cobbold (late 60th Rifles) 1900 Archive.org


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 05:58, 23 April 2016

Also known as The 60th Rifles and King's Royal Rifles

Chronology

  • 1756 four battalions raised as 62nd (Royal American) Regiment
  • 1757 renamed 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
  • 1797 fifth battalion raised
  • 18?? renamed The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps
  • 1830 renamed King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • 1958 became 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
  • 2007 became 4th Btn Royal Green Jackets

Service in India

A post from the Victorian Wars Forum provides the following details in respect of the 4th Battalion[1]

  • "2 Nov 1876 - 4th Bn sailed from Queenstown (having been serving in Dublin) on HMS Serapis
  • 6 Dec 1876 - Arrived Bombay and then moved to Agra (I think that is some 600 miles, by train ?)
  • 14 Feb 80 - left Agra for Dagshai
  • 15 Oct 81 - left Dagshai to march to Ferozopore arrived 3 Nov (some 200 miles in 18 days)
  • 12 Dec 84 - left Ferozepore to march to Peshawar arrived 21 Jan 85 (some 350 miles in 40 days) (the history notes that these long marches were enjoyed by the troops)."

British Library holdings

  • Annals Of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps in seven volumes, published from 1913.
    • Annals Of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps: Vol 4 'The K.R.R.C.' 1872-1913 by Major-Gen. Sir Steuart Hare. Originally published 1929. The Fourth Battalion took part in colonial campaigns in India and Burma in the 1890s.

Regimental journal

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle
The 1904 edition is available online at Archive.org, see below.
Restricted access: Available from 1901 to viewers in North America and some other countries from Hathi Trust, and Google Books, see below.
The editions for 1901-1913, 1920-1939 and 1944 are available online on the pay website The Military Archive, as part of the Library, on an individual item or subscription basis.

External Links

Historical books online

Restricted access: Available from 1901 to viewers in North America and some other countries from Hathi Trust, catalogue entries 1 and 2, and Google Books

References

  1. Victorian Wars Forum post dated 18 July 2012