The History of the Rifle Brigade (the Prince Consort's Own) Formerly the 95th

by William Henry Cope

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		27	78	329	891
July 23, 1812	Near the Tormes
August 24, 1812	San Lucar
August 26, 1812	Seville
October 29, 1812	Aranjuez		1	3	8
Nov. 15-19, 1812	Retreat to Portugal			3	11
June 12, 1813	Near the Hormuza
June 18, 1813	San Millan		1	4	13
June 21, 1813	Vittoria	1	6	11	61
June 23, 1813	Echarri-Aranaz
June 24, 1813	On the Araquil
July 15, 1813	Sta. Barbara
August 1, 1813	Bridge of Yanci		1	A	few.
August 2, 1813	Echalar
August 31, 1813	St. Sebastian		2	8	16[345]
” ”	Bridge of Vera	1	4	18	53
October 7, 1813	Pass of Vera	3	6	31	161
November 9, 1813	Nivelle	1	10	11	76
November 23, 1813	Arcangues		1		6
December 10, 1813	Nive	1		9	75
December 13, 1813	Bussassari
January 13, 1814	Before Antwerp			1	1
February 1, 1814	Donk
February 2, 1814	Merxem		4	3	6[345]
February 4, 1814	Sortie from Antwerp
February 24, 1814	Villeneuve
February 27, 1814	Orthez
March 20, 1814	Tarbes	1	11	6	75
March 27, 1814	Tournefeuille			A	few.
April 18, 1814	Toulouse		1	14	26[345]
December 22, 1814	Before New Orleans		3	23	59
December 28, 1814	Before New Orleans			1	4
January 1, 1815	Before New Orleans			1
January 8, 1815	Lines of New Orleans	1	6	11	94
June 16, 1815	Quatre Bras	2	3	8	51
June 18, 1815	Waterloo	3	31	57	339
December 31, 1846	Near the Kei river			1
January 11, 1847	Near the Kei river	2
February, 1847	Patrol on the Fish river
August 29, 1847	Boem Plaatz	1	2	6	8
April 29, 1852	Mundell’s Krantz		1		5
May 17, 1852	Mundell’s Krantz				3
May 29, 1852	Ingilby’s farm				4
July 8, 1852	Waterkloof			1
July 24, 1852	Waterkloof				2
September 14, 1852	Waterkloof
Carried forward		44	172	559	2048

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		44	172	559	2048
December 20, 1852	Berea			3
September 20, 1854	The Alma		1	11	38
October 14, 1854	Picquet				2
October 25, 1854	Balaklava				1
October 26, 1854	Careenage ravine				5
October, 1854	In the trenches		1	11	27
November 5, 1854	Inkerman	3	3	30	58
November 20, 1854	The Ovens	1		9	17
April 9, 1855	Rifle pits			5
June 18, 1855	The Redan	2	3	33	89
July 3, 1855	In the trenches			8	5
September 1, 1855	In the trenches	1		1	15
September 8, 1855	Sebastopol	2	8	23	137
November 15, 1855	Explosion		1	3	Several.
1854–5	In the trenches, or not otherwise accounted for			175	143[346]
November 26, 1857	Cawnpore			1
November 27, 1857	Cawnpore		1		6
November 28, 1857	Cawnpore	1	2	5	19
November 29, 1857	Cawnpore		1	3	5
December 1, 1857	Cawnpore
December 6, 1857	Cawnpore		1	1	19
December 25, 1857	Putarah
December 29, 1857	Etawah				3
January 1858	Near Allahabad
January 1858	On the Ramgunga
March 6-11, 1858	Lucknow	2		2	17
March 23, 1858	Koorsie
April 13, 1858	Baree
May 11, 1858	Nuggur			1
May 22, 1858	Goolowlie			3
May 23, 1858	Calpee			3
June 13, 1858	Nawabgunge		1		15
August 20, 1858	Nassreegunge
August 20-29, 1858	Sultanpore
September 6, 1858	Surajpore
September 8, 1858	Jamo		1		3
September 13, 1858	Mandaula
September 21, 1858	Fort of Birwah	1	1	3	27
October 20, 1858	Sukreta	1		4	5
October 21, 1858	Khooath Khas
October 23, 1858	Khurgurh
November 26, 1858	Hydergurh
December 3, 1858	Fort of Oomria
December 6, 1858	Futtehpore
Carried forward		58	197	897	2704

Date	Action	Officers		Other ranks
		Killed	Wounded	Killed	Wounded
Brought over		58	197	897	2704
December 6, 1858	Byram Ghât
December 26, 1858	Near Churdah
December 27, 1858	Fort of Mejidia			1	6
December 31, 1858	Bankee				1
February 9, 1859	Sidka Ghât				1
March 16, 1859	Near Supree
April 12, 1859	Akouna				1
April 25-26, 1859	Jugdespore jungles. Not otherwise accounted for to this date[347]			2	2
October 27, 1859	Mitharden
December 11, 1859	Shahgurh
January 2, 1864	Shubkudder
January 31, 1874	Amoaful		3		6
February 2, 1874	Between Amoaful and Aggemamu
February 3, 1874	Near the Ordah				8
February 4, 1874	Ordahsu				19
Died of wounds				2
Total		58	200	902	2748

Note.—In instances where no casualties are entered, it does not necessarily follow that there were no killed or wounded; but that I have been unable to ascertain their number. In skirmishes (and occasionally in greater actions) aggregate returns have frequently been made, in which it was impossible to separate the losses of the Regiment. I have noted occasions only where the Riflemen have been engaged or under fire.

FOOTNOTES:

[345] Return imperfect.

[346] Return of wounded imperfect. 648 Riflemen died of disease in the Crimea and in Turkey.—‘Medical and Surgical History,’ i. 449-57.

[347] Two Officers and 132 Riflemen of other ranks of the 2nd Battalion died of disease during the Indian Mutiny Campaign.

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