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== Service in British India == | == Service in British India == | ||
+ | ''1st Battalion'' | ||
+ | *'''1880''' India | ||
+ | *'''1881''' [[Bombay]] | ||
+ | *'''1885''' [[Jhansi]] | ||
+ | *'''1888''' [[Burma]] | ||
+ | *'''1921''' [[Cawnpore]] | ||
+ | *'''1925''' [[Peshawar]] | ||
+ | *'''1925''' Jullunder | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''2nd Battalion'' | ||
+ | *'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | ||
+ | *'''1905''' Chaubattia | ||
+ | *'''1908''' [[Calcutta]] | ||
+ | *'''1911''' [[Rawalpindi]] | ||
+ | *'''1913''' Kuldana | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''3rd Battalion'' | ||
+ | *'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | ||
+ | *'''1864''' [[Mohmand Expedition 1863-64|Mohmand Expedition]] | ||
+ | *'''1889''' India | ||
+ | *'''1892''' Jullunder | ||
+ | *'''1894''' [[Peshawar]] | ||
+ | *'''1897''' Kuldana | ||
+ | *'''1897''' [[Tochi Valley Expedition 1897-98|Tochi Valley Expedition]] | ||
+ | *'''1901''' [[Meerut]] | ||
+ | |||
''4th Battalion'' | ''4th Battalion'' | ||
*'''1873''' India | *'''1873''' India |
Revision as of 17:24, 29 August 2009
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
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1905 Chaubattia
- 1908 Calcutta
- 1911 Rawalpindi
- 1913 Kuldana
3rd Battalion
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
- 1864 Mohmand Expedition
- 1889 India
- 1892 Jullunder
- 1894 Peshawar
- 1897 Kuldana
- 1897 Tochi Valley Expedition
- 1901 Meerut
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