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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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This magnum opus is sub-titled: A Complete Record Of The Recipients Of The Victoria Cross From Its Institution in 1856, To The 29th October, 1920 With Descriptions Of The Deeds And Services For Which The Award Was Given And With Many Biographical And Other Details.ÕThis remarkable work has been compiled from official publications - including the London Gazette - and despatches, letters from commanding officers and other contemporary accounts, and from information from private sources. The biographic... more information

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The author of this work was born on the Isle of Wight about 1792. He fought at Waterloo as a Sergeant Major in the 7th Hussars, 5th Cavalry Brigade, and during the battle had his horse killed under him. After leaving the army he settled in Mont St Jean and became one oif the first guides to the battlefield in 1835; he also founded a Waterloo museum. He died in June 1849 and was buried on the battlefield in the garden at Hougoumont; later his remains were re-interred in the crypt of the Waterloo Memorial i... more information

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A British soldierÕs users manual from the early Napoleonic period. This concise book covers a wide range of military matters, including the formation of companies, battalions and regiments; drill; firing; care of colours; exercises, manoevres and even military funerals. What gives this fascinating volume added authenticity is that it is the work of an anonymous private soldier who, mindful of the dangers of a Napoleonic cross-Channel invasion, then at its height, dedicates his book to Lord Charl... more information

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