The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own),
COMPRISING
4 Batts., with Militia Battalions.
5th Batt. The Queen's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Militia.
6th Batt. The Royal Longford and West Meath Militia.
7th Batt. The King's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Militia.
Special Device on the Pouch.
TITLES.
1800-2. The Corps of Riflemen; also Manningham's Sharpshooters.
1802-16. The 95th (Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot.
1816-62. The Rifle Brigade.
1862-81. The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade.
1881 (from). The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" inscribed on the Pouch, &c.
*1801. Copenhagen.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
*1807. Monte Video.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Roleia.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
*1810. Busaco.
*1811. Barrossa.
1811. Sabugal.
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1811. Tarifa.
*1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
*1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria.
1813. St. Sebastian.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes.
1814. Tarbes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1814. Antwerp.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1815. New Orleans.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
*1846-53. South Africa (2 Honours).
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Lucknow.
*1874. Ashantee.
*1878-79. Afghanistan.
*1878. Ali Masjid.
*1885-87. Burma.
*1899. Khartoum.
1900. South Africa.
Uniform.—Green faced with Black (from formation).
Regimental and other Badges.—None given in Army List. On appointments appear "A Maltese Cross," surmounted by "A Crown." Previous to 1830 a figure of "Fame" surmounted the Cross. At one time the badge was "A Bugle Horn."
Nickname.—"The Sweeps" (from its facings).
Notes.—Formed in 1800 by detachments from various regiments. As King William IV. remarked, "What more can be said of you, Riflemen, than that wherever there has been fighting there you have been, and wherever you have been you have distinguished yourselves?"
Bibliography.—History of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own). Formerly The 95th. By Sir William H. Cope, Bart. Illustrated. [London: Chatto and Windus. 1877.]