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Men of the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade take cover as a mortar bomb explodes in a stream in the village of Nieuwstadt, north of Sittard, the Netherlands, 3 January 1945. The 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade was in England on the outbreak of the Second World War, originally part of the 1st Support Group, part of the 1st Armoured Division. [47]
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 ...
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Formally, the regiment became the 8th (Leitrim Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 1 July 1881. [4] [5] [33] The Rifle Brigade Depot was at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, but the militia battalions retained their own headquarters. [33] However, by the late 1880s the 8th Battalion was under threat.
11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) (until 14 April) 1st Royal Tank Regiment (from 10 April) 3rd The King's Own Hussars (from 13 October) 7th Support Group (formed 22 January) M Battery, 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (anti-tank) C Battery, 4th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery; 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps; 2nd Battalion, Rifle ...
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.
The Daily Advertisers – 5th Lancers [3] The Dandies – 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards; The Dandy Ninth – 9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots [26]; The Death or Glory Boys – 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) later 17th/21st Lancers, then Queen's Royal Lancers [1] [3] (from the regimental badge, which was a death's head (skull), with a scroll bearing the motto "or Glory")
11th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General A. G. Hunter-Weston) 1st Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment; 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment; 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 12th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General H. F. M. Wilson)