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| The Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
 | 1800 - 1966
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| | | | | | Some Titles..... | | 95th Regiment of Foot | 1802 | | The Rifle Brigade | 1816 | | The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade | 1862 | | The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) | 1921 | | 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade | 1958 | | | | Earliest recognised formation: | 1800, as an experimental corps of riflemen. Experiment successful and incorporated into the establishment within months. | | | | Motto: | ? | | | | Regimental Journal: | The Rifle Brigade Chronicle | | | | WWI: | Battle Honours; 52 | Victoria Crosses; 10 | Died; 11580 | | WWII: | Battle Honours; 57 | Victoria Crosses; 1 | Died; ??? | | | | Amalgamated: | 1966, with the
1st Green Jackets, 43rd and 52nd, and the
2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, to form; The Royal Green Jackets. | | |
| | | | | | Two battalions from 1805, with a third operational 1809-1819. | Peninsula War 1808 - 1814. 1st 2nd and 3rd Battalions | Military General Service Medal. 1793 - 1814 clasps: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Battle Honours: Roleia; Vimiera; Corunna; Busaco; Barrosa; Fuentes d' Onor; Ciudad Rodrigo; Badajos; Salamanca; Vittoria; Pyrenees; Nivelle; Nive; Toulouse; Orthes; Peninsula. |
| | | | | | | Battle of Waterloo 1815; 1st and 2nd Battalions, with a detachment of the 3rd Battalion attached to the 2nd. | Waterloo Medal 1815 | | Battalion: | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | | Number: | 570 | 632 | 205 | | | | | | Casualties 16th, 17th & 18th June 1815 (extracted London Gazette 8/7/1815 & "Medals of the British Army: And how they were won" T. Carter 1861*) | 1st Battalion Officers: 2 Lieutenants killed; 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, 1 Major, 2 Captains, 10 Lieutenants and 1 Ensign wounded. | | 2nd Battalion Officers: 2 Majors, 2 Captains and 10 Lieutenants wounded. | | 3rd Battalion Officers: 1 Major, 1 Captain and 2 Lieutenants wounded. | | | *Sergeants, Trumpeters, Drummers, Farriers and Rank and File: 1st/2nd/3rd Battalions | | Killed | Wounded | Missing | | Died of wounds | Suffered amputation | Discharged | Transferred to Veteran or Garrison Battalions | Rejoined the Regiment | Remaining in hospitals in April 1816 | Total | Rejoined the Regiment | Not since heard of, supposed dead. | | 31/27/3 | 21/22/4 | -/16/1 | -/15/- | 3/3/- | 111/87/23 | 12/22/10 | 147/165/38 | -/3/- | 12/-/- | | | | | | *Carter's figures are in turn extracted from the return prepared by the Adjutant-Generals office, 13th April 1816. | Battle Honour; Waterloo. | | |
| | | | 1816; Removed from the line list nomenclature and given the title "The Rifle Brigade"; 1819: 3rd battalion disbanded. | | | 7th & 8th Kaffir Wars 1846 - 1853 1st Battalion (arrived Nov 1846) | South Africa Medal 1834-53 | | number: | 765* | | | *161 of these recipients served in both the 1846-47 and 1850-53 campaigns. | | | Battle Honours: South Africa 1846-7, South Africa 1851-1852-1853. |
| | | | | | | Crimean War 1854 - 1856 1st and 2nd Battalions | Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | 1st Battalion | | Clasp: → | ..none... | | | | | Total Medals | | Number: → | ? | ? | 608 | ? | ? | ? | | | | 2nd Battalion | | Clasp: → | ..none... | | | | | Total Medals | | Number: → | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | | | Battle Casualties; (1st/2nd ) | | Action. | Killed | "Wounded" | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing | | Battle of the Alma | -/1 | 1/39 | -/- | -/- | -/- | -/- | | First bombardment of Sebastopol, first battle of Inkermann and minor actions | 2/6* | 3/13 | -/- | -/- | 4/8 | -/- | | The Battle of Inkermann | 23/12 | 80/23 | -/- | 1/- | 2/1 | -/- | | The Assault on the Quarries | -/1 | -/- | 1/- | 1/3 | -/9 | -/ | | The First Attack on the Redan | 6/24 | -/- | -/7 | 6/36 | 7/38 | 1/- | | The Final Attack on the Redan | 3/28 | -/- | 1/9 | -/67 | 5/60 | -/- | | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and final bombardments of Sebastopol and minor actions |
34/24** | -/- | 9/17 | 48/69 | 61/117 | -/- | | The Magazine Explosion at the French Siege Train | -/1 | -/- | -/- | 1/2 | 1/4 | -/- | | | | | | | | | Grand Totals: 303/619 | * = (5 killed +1 mortally wounded) | |
**23 Killed, 1 DOW | | | Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: | Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | 
VCs: 8; Wheatley, Clifford, Cunninghame, Bourchier, Knox, Bradshaw, Humpston, McGregor
see the R.Bde. VC page
| | | Battle Honours: Alma; Inkermann; Sevastopol. | |
| | | | The 3rd Battalion of regulars reformed 1855 and a 4th Battalion formed 1857. Both these battalions now carry on with continuous service until the 1922 reductions. | | | Indian Mutiny 1857 2nd and 3rd Battalions | Indian Mutiny Medal. 1857 -59 | | | | | | clasp: | | ....none.... | | battalion: | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | | number: | 722 | 840 | 353 | 65 | | | VCs: 4; Hawkes, Nash, Shaw, Wilmot.
see the R.Bde. VC page | | | Battle Honour: Lucknow |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ashanti War 1873-74 2nd Battalion | Ashanti Medal 1873-74 | | clasp: | ...none.... | | | numbers : | 700 | 621 | | | Battle Honour: Ashantee 1873-4 |
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| | | | | | | Afghan War 1878-80 4th Battalion | Afghanistan Medal 1878 -1880 | | clasp: | ...none... | | | | | total | | number: | 356* | 600* | 1 | 2 | 3 | 957* | | | *these figures could be several higher due to some illegible page edges on the original roll. | | | General Roberts' March, Kabul to Kandahar 9-31 August 1880 | Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 | | | | number: | 4** | | | **Capt. W.W Hammond; Lt. J. Sherston (also shown as Sherstone); 1950 Pte. David Chilton and 2254 Pte. William Gill. | | | Battle Honours: Ali Musjid, Afghanistan 1878-9 |
| | | | | | | Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-87, and aftermath. 1st and 4th Battalion | India General Service Medal 1854 - 95 | | | | | | | clasp: | | | | | battalion: | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | | number: | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | Battle Honour: Burma 1885-7 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | North West Frontier Operations 1897-98 3rd Battalion | India Medal 1895 | | clasp: | | | | number: | ? | ? | | | | |
| | | | | | | South African War 1899 - 1902 or "Boer War" 1st Battalion (Nov 1899- end), 2nd Battalion (Oct 1899-end) and the 4th Battalion arrived Jan. 1902. Detachments also served as Mounted Infantry. | Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 (no KSAs to 4th Battalion) | QSAs Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: | | | | | | 2nd | | | MI | | | clasp: | | | | | | | | number: | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | | | | MI | MI | | MI | | | | clasp: | | | | | | | | number: | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | | Casualties: | | Officers | NCOs and Men | | KIA & DOW | Wounded | Disease | KIA & DOW | Death from disease | Wounded | Missing / POW | | 1st Battalion | | 5 | 9 | 1 | 46 | 62 | 291 | - | | 2nd Battalion | | 7 | 14 | 1 | 68 | 80 | 165 | - | | 4th Battalion | | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | - | | | VCs: 2; Congreve; Durrant | | | Battle Honours: Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902 |
| | | | | | | Somaliland Operations 1902-04 Composite detachment formed from the 3rd and 4th battalions served as a single section of No. 2 Company, British Mounted Infantry (Bengal Company). | Africa General Service 1899-1956 | | clasp: | | | | number: | 33 | 2 ? | | | VCs: 1; Gough
see the R.Bde. VC page | | |
| | | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 (total of 28 battalions; 19 served overseas:- ) | Generally awarded the British War Medal & Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a 1914 or 1914-15 Star. | | Battalion → | 1 | 2* | 3 | 4* | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | 23/8
1914 | 6/11
1914 | 12/9
1914 | 21/12
1914 | ?/5
1915 | ?/5
1915 | ?/5
1915 | 21/7
1915 | 21/7
1915 | | France & Flanders | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | | Gallipoli | | | | | | | | | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | | | | | | | | | Macedonia | | | | x | | | | | | | Italy | | | | | | | | | | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | x | x | x | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only | | | | x | x | x | x | x | x | | VCs at a glance: |  | | | | |  | | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the regiment as a whole lost an additional 219 officers who are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a battalion.) | 1622 | 1574 | 921 | 397 | 708 | 881 | 923 | 580 | 649 | | |
VCs: 10: Woodall 1st, Noble 2nd, Cates 2nd, Daniels 2nd, Drake 8th, Woodroffe 8th, Gregg 13th, Beesley 13th, Burman 16th, Congreve (?),
see the R.Bde. VC page | | | Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
66 officers and men of the Rifle Brigade also qualified for this medal. | * The 2nd and 4th battalions were in India when war broke out and returned first to the UK
| Regular | Territorial Force | New Armies | Garrison. |
| | | | | Battle Honours: Le Cateau; Marne 1914; Neuve Chapelle; Ypres 1915, 1917; Somme 1916, 1918; Arras 1917, 1918; Messines 1917; Cambrai 1917, 1918; Hindenburg Line; Macedonia 1915-18. Retreat from Mons; Aisne 1914, 1918; Armentières 1914; Gravenstafel; St Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Aubers; Hooge 1915; Albert 1916, 1918; Bazentin; Delville Wood; Guillemont; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Le Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916; Vimy 1917; Scarpe 1917, 1918; Arleux; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Menin Road; Polygon Wood; Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; St Quentin; Rosières; Avre; VillersBretonneux; Lys; Hazebrouck; Béthune; Drocourt-Quéant; Havrincourt; Canal du Nord; Selle; Valenciennes; Sambre; France and Flanders 1914-18. |
| | | | | | The Great War 1914 - 1918 | continued......... | | Battalion → | 12 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | | London | Western | Northern | Midland | Wessex & Welsh | North Western | Home Counties | | All designated garrison duty. | date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red x ) | 22/7
1915 | 31/7
1915 | 8/3
1916 | 1916 | ?/1
1916 | ?/1
1916 | ?/1
1916 | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | | France & Flanders | x | x | x | | | | | | | | | Gallipoli | | | | | | | | | | | | Egypt & Palestine | | | | | x | x | x | x | | | | Macedonia | | | | | | | | x | | | | Burma | | | | x | | | | | | | | India | | | | x | | | x | | x | x | Star
possible ? | 1914 or 1914-15 | | | | | | | | | | | | or 1914-15 only |
x | x | | | | | | | | | | VCs at a glance: | | | | | | | | | | | died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the regiment as a whole lost an additional 219 officers who are recorded with 'battalion not shown' or with battalions not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a battalion.) | 786 | 812 | 727 | 21 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 38 | 28 | 34 | | |
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| | | | 3rd and 4th Battalions of regulars disbanded 1922 | | | | | | | | | | WW2 1939 - 1945 | | Battalion → | 1st | 2nd | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | | campaign ↓ | | | | | | | France and
Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) | x
| | | | | | | North Africa & Middle East | x | x | x | | x | x | | Far East | | | | | | | | Sicily / Italy | x | x | x | | | x | | N.W. Europe | x | | | x | | | | | Notes. | | All the battalions spent most of their service as lorried infantry or "motor battalions", generally in support of armour. | 1st Support Group, F&B 1940 Campaign. Heavy losses Defence of Calais 24-26th May. Remainder captured. Reformed UK. 2nd Armoured Brigade 31/10/40 - 19/6/42 then 22nd Armoured Brigade 19/6/42-31/8/45 Landed NW Europe, D-Day +2 | serving 1st, 6th, 7th, 10th, Armoured Divisions, North Africa and Italy. | Previously designated 1st London Rifle Brigade.
Became 7th Rifle Brigade 19/1/41 | Previously designated 2nd London Rifle Brigade.
Became 8th Rifle Brigade 18/1/41Landed NW Europe, D-Day +9 with 29th Armoured Brigade. | Previously designated 1st Tower Hamlets Rifles. Became 9th Rifle Brigade
?/?/41 Disbanded in North Africa. Aug 1942
| Previously designated 2nd Tower Hamlets Rifles. Became 10thRifle Brigade 15/1/41 26th Armoured Brigade 15/1/41-29/5/44 Disbanded Italy | WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding 39-45 star )
Key: A = Africa, P = Pacific, B = Burma, I = Italy, F&G = France and Germany | | | A, I, F&G | A, I. | A, I. | F&G | A | A, I. | | | | | | | | | | | VCs: 1; Turner
see the R.Bde. VC page | | | Most also entitled to the 1939-45 War Medal and many the Defence Medal | | | Battle Honours: Calais 1940; North-West Europe 1940, 1944-5; Beda Fomm; Sidi Rezegh 1941; Alem el Halfa; El Alamein; North Africa 1940-3; Cassino II; Capture of Perugia; Italy 1943-5. Villers Bocage; Odon; Bourguébus Ridge; Mont Pinçon; Le Perier Ridge; Falaise; Antwerp; Hechtel; Nederrijn; Lower Maas; Roer; Leese; Aller; Egyptian Frontier 1940; Mersa el Brega; Agedabia; Derna Aerodrome; Tobruk 1941; Chor es Sufan; Saunnu; Gazala; Knightsbridge; Defence of Alamein Line; Ruweisat; Tebaga Gap; Medjez el Bab; Kasserine; Thala; Fondouk; Fondouk Pass; El Kourzia; Djebel Kournine; Tunis; Hammam Lif; Cardito; Liri Valley; Melfa Crossing; Monte Rotondo; Monte Malbe; Arezzo; Advance to Florance; Gothic Line; Orsara; Tossignano; Argenta Gap; Fossa Cembalina. |
| | | | 2nd Battalion Disbanded 1948 | | | Mau Mau Rebellion, Kenya. 1953 1st Battalion | Africa General Service Medal 1902 - 56 | | clasp: | | | number: | ? | | |
| | | | | The Malaya Emergency: Operations against Communist insurgents. 1948-60 1st Battalion | General Service Medal 1918 - 62 | | | | | clasp: | | | number: | ? | | |
| | | | | | 1958: 1st Battalion now designated 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) | | | | | © This website and its contents are copyright. Images are digitally watermarked. © North East Medals, All Rights Reserved |
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Selected Links | The Regimental Museum. (Located in )  | | | | | | | Selected Bibliography; | | | | Author | Title | Publisher | | Sir William H. Cope, Bart., late Lieutenant. | The History of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), formerly the 95th.
537 pp | London: Chatto & Windus, 1877 | | Walter Wood. | The Rifle Brigade. (British Regiments in War and Peace). 215 pp | London: Grant Richards, 1901 | | Col. Willoughby Verner. | History and Campaigns of The Rifle Brigade. 2 vols.
Part 1. 1800-1809.
Part II. 1809-1813. | London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd., 1912 | Reginald Berkeley (Capt.). Vol.1
William W. Seymour (Brig.-Gen.) Vol.2 | The History of The Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914-1919.
Vol. 1. August 1914-December 1916.
Vol. 2. January 1917-June 1919. | The Rifle Brigade Club Ltd., 1927 | | By Major R. H. W. S. Hastings | The Rifle Brigade in the Second World War, 1939-1945. 475 pp. | Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1950 | | Capt. Willoughby Verner. | The First British Rifle Corps. 149 pp. | London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1890 | | (Compiled by) Col. Gerald Edmund Boyle. | The Rifle Brigade Century. An Alphabetical List of the Officers of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (Regular Battalions) from 1800 to 1905. 205 pp. | London: William Clowes and Sons Ltd., 1905. | | D. H. Rowlands | For the Duration. The Story of the Thirteenth Battalion The Rifle Brigade. 158 pp. | London: Simpkin, Marshall, Ltd. (for the 13th Battn. The R.B. Old Comrades' Association [1932] | | Noel Bell | From the Beaches to the Baltic. The Story of ` G ' Company 8th Battalion. The Rifle Brigade during the campaign in North-West Europe. 123 pp., | Aldershot: Gale & Pollen Ltd., 1947. | | | Digest of Services of 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) from its formation in 1800 until its arrival in Bombay 1880. Belgaum, India, c. 1880. 129 pp. | | | A. Bryant. | Jackets of Green, a Study of the History, Philosophy, and Character of the Rifle Brigade. 478 pp. | London: Collins, 1972 | | George Caldwell and Robert Cooper. | Rifle Green at Waterloo; An Account of the 95th Foot in the Netherlands Campaign of 1813-14, at Quatre Bras and Waterloo 16th-18th June 1815, and the Occupation of Paris. With a full Medal and Casualty Roll for the Fourteen Companies at Waterloo and Details of Weapons, Clothes and Equipment used in the campaign. 208 pp., | Leicester: Bugle Horn Publications, 1990. | | Additional Bibliography for this Page. | | | | Author/Compiler | Title | Publisher | | Officers of the Regiment. | Unpublished rolls in the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. | - | | T. Carter | Medals of the British Army: And how they were won. | 1861 | | | Additional bibliography same as Northumberland Fusiliers page | | | | | | | | | | | |
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