KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
The regiment was raised in New York in 1755. The uniform was scarlet with blue facings. It became the first green-coated rifle regiment in 1797, having scarlet facings and black leathern helmets. The roll of honour shows how well the regiment has served in all the subsequent campaigns, and it has a reputation for bravery and discipline second to none in the Army.
Nicknames: "The Greenjackets," from the colour of the uniform; "The Jaegers"; "The 60th Rifles"; and quite recently has been jocularly dubbed "The Kaiser's Own" from the fact that the regimental badge, a Maltese Cross, closely resembles the Iron Cross.
(Depot, Devizes.)
(Record Office, Exeter.)
"Louisburg," "Nive," "Peninsula," "New Zealand," "Ferozeshah," "Sobraon," "Sevastopol," "Pekin, 1860," "South Africa, 1879, 1900-02."
Uniform, Scarlet.
Facings, Buff.
Head-dress, Helmet.
Cap, Blue.
Regimental March, "The Wiltshire."
Allied Regiment: 10th (North Otago) Regiment of New Zealand.