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*'''1913''' [[Murree|Kuldana]]
A thread from the 2nd Battalion 95th Rifles Forum<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004200837/http://2nd95thrifles.myfastforum.org/archive/2nd-battalion-rifle-brigade__o_t__t_371.html 2nd Battalion 95th Rifle Regiment of Foot Re-enactment Group Forum], now an archived webpage.</ref> provides the following details
*Dec 1911 2/RB stationed at Fort William, Calcutta.
*Jan 1912 2/RB form guard of honour for King's departure from Calcutta.
''Battalions of the Territorial Force in WW1''
The 18th, 23rd and 24th went to India. The 21st went to India via Egypt<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/the-rifle-brigade-1914-1918.net/rb.htm The Rifle Brigade] 1914-1918longlongtrail.co.uk.net</ref>
The 18th came into being about 11/11/15. Their time overseas was spent in [[Rangoon]], based in Sale Barracks, with detachments at Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands, guarding the convict settlement there. Detachments went on escort duty to Basra (and qualified for The Victory Medal), and were employed on the minesweepers patrol at Bombay.<ref name=LRB>stiletto_33853 [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/103704-london-rifle-in-burma/index.php?showtopicdo=103704findComment&hlcomment= 980455 London Rifle in Burma?] ''Great War Forum'' 10 August 2008 et al. Retrieved 8 December 201425 April 2019.</ref> <ref>stiletto_33853 [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php?showtopic=53333 -18th-rifle-brigade/ 18th Rifle Brigade] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2006 et al. Retrieved 8 December 201425 April 2019.</ref>
The 23rd were at [[Multan]] at first and then [[Bareilly]] with one company in [[Amritsar]] for May 1916. The 24th were at [[Sialkot]] with detachments at different times at [[Jullunder]], Amritsar, [[Lahore]] and [[Ferozepore]] and was involved in internal security duties.<ref> stiletto_33853 [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/190732-182324-rifle-brigade-in-india-1916-where-were-they/index.php?showtopicdo=190732 findComment&comment=1863968 18/23/24 Rifle Brigade in India 1916. Where were they ?] ''Great War Forum'' 08 February 2013. Retrieved 8 December 201425 April 2019.</ref>
An article in the 1928 ''Rifle Brigade Chronicle'', pages 162 to 182 inclusive, by Captain R.C. Bridgeman, covers the formation of these battalions, with a precis of each battalion’s war record.<ref name=LRB/>
''The Rifle Brigade Chronicle'' was published annually from 1891, for the year 1890, and is available at the [[British Library]]. Seven editions are available to read online, refer below.
== External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rifle_Brigade The Rifle Brigade] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Jackets_Brigade Green Jackets Brigade] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets Royal Green Jackets] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rifles The Rifles] Wikipedia<br>
**Some regimental archives are available at [http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives Hampshire Archives and Local Studies]
*[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/riflebrmem.htm Rifle Brigade Memorials] from Stephen Lewis’ [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Soldiers Memorials]
*[httphttps://www.postimagebritisharmyancestors.orgco.uk/blog/2nd-bn-rifle-brigade-shahjahanpur-1907/image Photograph of officers 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, Shahjahanpur 1907] britisharmyancestors.co.uk.php?v=aV1JgnPJ *Photograph of 2nd Battalion “B” Company’s Football Teamor Captain D Wood's Company. Winners of the Minerva Challenge Cup, Calcutta 1911]. Football<ref> Posted in a thread [https://web.archive.org/web/20190425065123/https://postimg.cc/FY2VLMQc Photograph] from Townsend, Ben. [httphttps://2nd95thrifleswww.myfastforumtapatalk.orgcom/groups/archive2nd95thrifles/2nd-battalion-rifle-brigade__o_t__t_371brigade-t371.html 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade] ''2/95th Rifle Regiment of Foot Re-enactment Group Rifles Forum]'' 18 September 2008, Retrieved 25 April 2019.</ref>
*[http://www.calkin.co.uk/arthur_dagshi2_1913.html Photograph: Arthur Calkin in Dagshai, India 1913], with a group of soldiers outside the barracks, and a [http://www.calkin.co.uk/arthur_dagshi_1913.html second photograph] Family website. He was in the 4th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade<ref> "In the two photos the soldier is very definitely in the Rifle Brigade. In the first image the badges are clear and in the second, on the horse, the black buttons corroborate” Email to User:Maureene dated 11 March 2014</ref>
*[https://greatwarlondon.wordpress.com/tag/rifle-brigade/ DEG Quelch, far from Flanders] He was in the 18th (London) Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, based at Table Island, where there was a wireless station, near the Cocos Islands. "Great War London"
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/riflebrigadechr05owngoog#page/n8/mode/2up 1905 (Sixteenth Year)] 1906. All years from Archive.org
: For those in North America and some other countries, editions for years up to c 1923 are available on Google Books and the [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000545832?type%5B%5D=all&lookfor%5B%5D=Rifle%20Brigade%20Chronicle&ft= Hathi Trust Digital Library]. Editions beyond this date may be available through academic library access.
:[[Findmypast]], pay website, includes a database "Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1890-1920",<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/rifle-brigade-chronicle-1890-1920 Rifle Brigade Chronicle 1890-1920] findmypast</ref> located in Armed Forces & Conflict/Regimental & Service Records, with a complete run of editions. Currently (2018/11) however, this This database is only searchable, (by name or keyword) with the search result showing a page of the Chronicle (and if required adjoining pages) . It is possible browse the various editions, although it is a slow process. From the findmypast page, "Browse Title" and not browsable as an online bookselect a year, then click on Search (leaving all details blank). This will bring up a long list of all pages for that year. Once you have selected a page, you can scroll to the previous, or next page, using buttons located near the top of the findmypast page. If you need to increase the size of the pages in order to read them you may need to download (button near the top of the findmypast page) but this must be done page by page.
*''Large Game Shooting in Thibet and the North West'' by Alexander Kinloch, Rifle Brigade and later [[60th Regiment of Foot|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/SportInLadakh/page/n2 ''Sport in Ladakh. Five letters from “The Field”''] by F. E. S. A. [Sir Frederick Edward Shafto Adair] ; illustrated from photographs by R. S. A. 1895 Archive.org. Originally appeared in ''The Field'' newspaper.:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023017738 ''A Summer in High Asia, being a record of sport and travel in Baltisan and Ladakh''] by Capt F E S Adair, late Rifle Brigade 1899 . [https://archive.org/details/biggameofbaltist00adairich/page/n19 2nd file] images may be marginally better. Archive.org
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