A Brief History of the King's Royal Rifle Corps

Sir Edward Hutton

CONTENTS.

Preface.

PART I. 1755 - 1824.

PART II. 1825 - 1870.

PART III. 1871 - 1902.

PART IV.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

From a photograph by W. & D. Downey, London.

A BRIEF HISTORY
OF
THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.

“Celer et Audax.”

“Louisberg,” “Quebec, 1759,” “Martinique, 1762, 1809,” “Havannah,” “Roleia,” “Vimiera,” “Talavera,” “Busaco,” “Fuentes D’Onor,” “Albuhera,” “Ciudad Rodrigo,” “Badajoz,” “Salamanca,” “Vittoria,” “Pyrenees,” “Nivelle,” “Nive,” “Orthes,” “Toulouse,” “Peninsula,” “Punjaub,” “Mooltan,” “Goojerat,” “Delhi,” “Taku Forts,” “Pekin,” “South Africa, 1851–2–3, 1879,” “Ahmad Khel,” “Kandahar, 1880,” “Afghanistan, 1878–80,” “Egypt, 1882, 1884,” “Tel-el-Kebir,” “Chitral,” “South Africa, 1899–1902,” “Defence of Ladysmith,” “Relief of Ladysmith.”

Colonel-in-Chief:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING.

Colonels Commandant:

1st Battalion -	Field Marshal Rt. Hon. F. W. Lord Grenfell, P.C, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
2nd Battalion -	Lieut.-Gen. Sir Edward T. H. Hutton, K.C.M.G., C.B.
3rd Battalion -	Major-Gen. Sir Cromer Ashburnham, K.C.B.
4th Battalion -	Major-Gen. Sir Wykeham Leigh-Pemberton, K.C.B.

Reprinted by permission from “The King’s Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle” of 1911, and Published 1912.

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.

A BRIEF HISTORY
OF
THE KING’S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS.