The Rifle Brigade

Chronology

• 1800 raised as an Experimental Corps of Riflemen by Colonel Coote-Manningham and Lt-Col the Hon. William Stewart
• 1802 redesignated the 95th Regiment of Foot, the 95th Rifles
• 1816 became The Rifle Brigade
• 1823 became The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade
• 1958 renamed the 3rd Green Jackets Regiment of the Green Jackets Brigade.
• 1966 amalgamated to become 3rd Battalion Royal Green Jackets Regiment
• 2007 became the 4th Battalion of The Rifles.

Service in British India

4th Battalion

• 1873 India
• 1878 Afghanistan
• 1881 North West Frontier
• 1885 Jhansi
• 1885 Calcutta
• 1888 Dinapore
• 1888 Burma
• 1913 Dagshai

External Links

The Rifle Brigade Wikipedia
Green Jackets Brigade Wikipedia
Royal Green Jackets Wikipedia
The Rifles Wikipedia