Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

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The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was a rifle regiment of the British Army. Raised in 1800 as the Experimental Corps of Riflemen, the regiment served in the War of the Second Coalition and was renamed the Rifle Corps in 1802. It became an established regular regiment in 1803 and was redesignated as the 95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles). The regiment served in the Napoleonic Wars before being renamed as the Rifle Brigade in 1816, subsequently serving in the Seventh Xhosa War and Crimean War. Albert, Prince Consort was the regimental colonel-in-chief from 1852 to 1861, during which the regiment was renamed as the Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade. During the 1850s and 1860s the regiment participated in the suppression of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 along with being stationed in Canada. It proceeded to serve in British India, including on the North-West Frontier and in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The regiment also fought in the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, Mahdist War and Second Boer...

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