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Three members of 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, who had fought in the Crimean War: Private John Sitcombs, Colour Sergeant A. Holdaway and Colour Sergeant J. Johnson 2nd Rifle Brigade at the Battle of Alma, 1854. In 1852 HRH Prince Albert, the Prince Consort took over the role of colonel-in-chief. [6]
Soldiers of the Rifle Brigade wearing the shako, c. 1857. The Albert shako (also known as the Albert pot) [1] was an item of headgear worn in the British Army between 1844 and 1855. It was a development of the Albert hat proposed by Prince Albert in 1843 as a replacement for the bell-top shako then in use.
Portrait of Prince Albert is an 1859 portrait painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter depicting Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the husband of Queen Victoria and Prince Consort of the United Kingdom. [1] [2] It was the last of several portraits Winterhalter painted of Albert before the prince's death in 1860.
The Prince Albert Volunteers or Prince Albert Rifles were organized in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, North-West Territories, for service in the Canadian Militia during the North-West Rebellion. "Gentleman" Joe McKay , an Anglo-Métis scout of the North-West Mounted Police was sent to Prince Albert from Fort Carlton to enlist about 20 men as ...
The 28th Battalion originally recruited in Saskatoon, Regina, Moose Jaw and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Fort William and Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay), Ontario and was mobilized at Winnipeg, Manitoba. [2] The battalion had five officers commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel J.F.L. Embury, CMG, 29 May 1915 – 17 September 1916
1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade; 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards (attached) French Motor Marine Company (attached) Divisional Troops [g] Divisional signals, Royal Corps of Signals; 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) (from 10 April) D Squadron, No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF (from October, attached to 11th ...
The Eleventh At War: Being The Story Of The XIth Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) Through The Years 1934-1945. Michael Joseph. Erskine, David (2001) [1956]. The Scots Guards 1919-1955. DNaval & Military Press Ltd. ISBN 1-84342-061-9. Hastings, Major R.H.W.S. (1950). The Rifle Brigade In The Second World War 1939-1945. Gale & Polden.
1st VB, The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) 2nd VB, The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) 4th Bn, The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) 5th Bn, The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) 6th Bn, The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) Southampton 1st VB, The Hampshire Regiment