Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army. Formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts and skirmishers, they were soon renamed the "Rifle Corps". In January 1803 they became an established regular regiment and were titled the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). In 1816, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, they were again renamed, this time as the "Rifle Brigade".
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Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army. Formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts and skirmishers, they were soon renamed the "Rifle Corps". In January 1803 they became an established regular regiment and were titled the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). In 1816, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, they were again renamed, this time as the "Rifle Brigade".
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Das 95. Schützenregiment (95th ...... räger das Regiment The Rifles.
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La Brigada de Fusileros fue un ...... revolucionarios para la época.
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La Rifle Brigade (Prince Conso ...... fles dell'esercito britannico.
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La brigade des fusiliers brita ...... brigade des fusiliers en 1816.
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The Rifle Brigade (Prince Cons ...... een Jackets on 1 January 1966.
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4 Battalions in Peacetime (28 during the Great War)
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Light infantry
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742.443.960
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Cap badge of the Rifle Brigade
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I'm Ninety-Five
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the black and the green,
the finest colours ever seen.
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(A play on the word colours.)
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Das 95. Schützenregiment (95th ...... nkelgrünen Röcken uniformiert.
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La Brigada de Fusileros fue un ...... revolucionarios para la época.
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La Rifle Brigade (Prince Conso ...... e definitivo di Rifle Brigade.
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La brigade des fusiliers brita ...... brigade des fusiliers en 1816.
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The Rifle Brigade (Prince Cons ...... s time as the "Rifle Brigade".
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95th Rifles
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Brigada de Rifleros
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Brigade des fusiliers (Royaume-Uni)
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Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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Rifle Brigade
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Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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The Grasshoppers
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The Rifles
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The Sweeps
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