Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
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Lieutenant-General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, 1st Baronet, GCB was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. A veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, he is also particularly remembered for his
Portrait of Smith
Smith's annexations from 1847 to 1854
1860 portrait of Smith
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
Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet
…at the Battle of Montevideo in 1807, but first came to real prominence during the Peninsular War. Smith served throughout these campaigns with the 95th Rifles in which he served from 1808 through to the end of the war at the Battle of Toulouse in 1814. In 1810 he was appointed ADC to Colonel Beckwith. Early…
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