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After the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment received a new title: first, in 1815, its name was changed to The Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps and then, in 1830, to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). In 1858, the Rifle Depot at Winchester was made their headquarters. The regiment served in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.
While most of the 'Pals battalions' formed in 1914–15 by local initiative were based on single towns or professions, one of the last to be formed was the 21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, known as the 'Yeoman Rifles' because it was raised from farmers across a wide area of rural Northern England. [3]
The 13th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, (13th KRRC) was an infantry unit recruited as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I.It served on the Western Front from July 1915 until the Armistice, seeing action at the Somme and the Ancre, at Arras and Ypres, against the German spring offensive, and in the victorious Hundred Days Offensive.
The 17th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British Empire League), (17th KRRC) was an infantry unit recruited by the British Empire League as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. It served on the Western Front , including the battles of the Somme and the Ancre , the Third Battle of Ypres and the German spring offensives .
The Officers of 13th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade, probably early 1915 before deployment with names of officers written at the bottom of the mount. The 13th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, (13th RB) was an infantry unit recruited as part of ' Kitchener's Army ' in World War I .
15th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 17th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (British Empire League) 18th Training Reserve Battalion; 21st (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) 24th (Reserve) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 51st (Graduated) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 51st (Service ...
Includes commissioned officers of the King's Royal Rifle Corps regiment of the British Army, which was raised in 1755 as the 62nd, Royal American Regiment, renumbered two years later as 60th, Royal American Regiment and renamed as the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1830. The regiment became part of the Green Jackets Brigade in 1958 and was renamed ...
He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal American Regiment of Foot also known as the 62nd (Royal American) Regiment and the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, on Feb. 23, 1756. [2] The creation of the regiment by Parliament was unique in that it allowed for "a certain number of foreign Protestants, who have served abroad as officers or engineers, to ...