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
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
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The Royal Green Jackets was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division.
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
…as 3rd Green Jackets and was amalgamated with the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) and the 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps) to form the Royal Green Jackets on 1 January 1966. On 17 January 1800 the Experimental Corps of Riflemen was raised by Colonel Coote Manningham and Lieutenant-colonel William Stewart…
Royal Green Jackets cap badge
A memorial sign of the 1982 Regent's Park bombing