Light Division
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The Light Division is a light infantry division of the British Army. It was reformed in 2022, as part of Future Soldier reforms.
1812 illustration of an officer and private of the 52nd Regiment of Foot
The Rifle Brigade was a rifle regiment of the British Army raised on 17 January 1800 as the Experimental Corps of Riflemen to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were renamed the Rifl
Light Division
…part of the Light Division, it and Rottenburg were influential in terms of British Army doctrine regarding rifle-armed light infantry. In 1800, an "Experimental Corps of Riflemen", was raised by Colonel Coote Manningham and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Stewart – drawn from officers and other ranks from drafts of a variety…
Cap badge of the Rifle Brigade
Coote Manningham (first from left), the co-founder of the regiment
c. 1803 illustration of a regimental rifleman
Illustration of a regimental soldier (right) in 1812