1800-2. The Corps of Riflemen; also Manningham's Sharpshooters.
1802-16. The 95th (Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot.
1816-62. The Rifle Brigade.
1862-81. The Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade.
1881 (from). The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own).
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGNS, BATTLES, &c.
* "Honours" inscribed on the Pouch, &c.
*1801. Copenhagen.
1806. Buenos Ayres.
*1807. Monte Video.
1807. Copenhagen.
*1808-14. Peninsula.
*1808. Roleia.
*1808. Vimiera.
*1809. Corunna.
1809. Flushing.
*1810. Busaco.
*1811. Barrossa.
1811. Sabugal.
*1811. Fuentes d'Onor.
1811. Tarifa.
*1812. Ciudad Rodrigo.
*1812. Badajos.
*1812. Salamanca.
*1813. Vittoria.
1813. St. Sebastian.
*1813. Nivelle.
*1813. Nive.
*1814. Orthes.
1814. Tarbes.
*1814. Toulouse.
1814. Antwerp.
1814-15. Netherlands.
1815. New Orleans.
1815. Quatre Bras.
*1815. Waterloo.
*1846-53. South Africa (2 Honours).
*1854. Alma.
*1854. Inkerman.
*1855. Sevastopol.
1857-58. Indian Mutiny.
*1858. Lucknow.
*1874. Ashantee.
*1878-79. Afghanistan.
*1878. Ali Masjid.
*1885-87. Burma.
*1899. Khartoum.
1900. South Africa.
UNIFORM.--Green faced with Black (from formation).
REGIMENTAL AND OTHER BADGES.--None given in _Army List_. On
appointments appear "A Maltese Cross," surmounted by "A Crown."
Previous to 1830 a figure of "Fame" surmounted the Cross. At one
time the badge was "A Bugle Horn."
NICKNAME.--"The Sweeps" (from its facings).
NOTES.--Formed in 1800 by detachments from various regiments.
As King William IV. remarked, "What more can be said of you,
Riflemen, than that wherever there has been fighting there you
have been, and wherever you have been you have distinguished
yourselves?"
BIBLIOGRAPHY.--_History of The Rifle Brigade (The Prince
Consort's Own). Formerly The 95th._ By Sir William H. Cope, Bart.
Illustrated. [London: Chatto and Windus. 1877.]
The West India Regiment,