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Unusually, this history of the QVRs (as they became known), covers the period from the earliest days up to the Great War in an appendix (185 pages) at the end of the book. According to tradition they were the descendants of The Duke of CumberlandÕs Corps of Sharpshooters which was inaugurated in September 1803. In 1859 it became the 1st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and in 1892 and after a couple of mergers with other Middlesex Rifle Corps it became in 1908, when the TF was created, the 9th (County of ... more information

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The Rifle Brigade was formed in 1800 by detachments from various regiments as the ÔExperimental Corps of RiflemenÕ initially and then ÔRifle CorpsÕ. It was under this name that the new regiment first made its mark under Nelson in the following year at the Battle of Copenhagen. In 1803 it was designated the 95th (Rifle) Regiment and in 1816, after Waterloo, it was taken out of the numbered regiments of the line and styled ÔThe Rifle Brigade.Õ In this first part... more information

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The author begins with a very interesting account of the development of rifle fire in the British Army between 1800 and 1815 and describes various European rifle corps, sharpshooters and light infantry that served in British (60th Rifles, later KRRC) and continental armies. The uniform of rifle green with black facings was probably inspired by the dress of continental riflemen. It was certainly a change from the scarlet of the other regiments and that and the uniqueness of the regiment proved quite a dra... more information

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Colonel William Willoughby Cole Verner was born in 1852 and commissioned into The Rifle Brigade in 1874, retiring in 1904. He served on the staff in the Egyptian campaign of 1884-85 and during the Boer War. He died in 1922. This is a masterly volume, beautifully written and produced with a wealth of detail and excellent illustrations. This has to be the finest regimental history produced for Peninsular War. What a shame the author died before further volumes could be produced. 2 Vols bound in one. 220 + 5... more information

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