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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 ...
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.
Formally, the regiment became the 9th (Westmeath Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 1 July 1881 [4] [44] The Rifle Brigade Depot was at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, but the militia battalions retained their own headquarters.
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")
The British and Commonwealth force were drawn mainly from the 7th Armoured Division's, 7th Armoured Brigade and 7th Support Group and from the independent 22nd Guards Brigade. They were organised into three groups: Coast Group 2nd battalion The Rifle Brigade (minus one company) Mortar support, 3rd battalion Coldstream Guards [1]
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 ...
Amalgamated 15 March 1920 with the 52nd Regiment Prince Albert Volunteers and redesignated as The North Saskatchewan Regiment Reorganized on 15 May 1924 as four separate regiments: The Yorkton Regiment (now the 64th Field Battery , 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA ); The Saskatoon Light Infantry ; The Battleford Light Infantry and The Prince ...