Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
Military unit
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The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Rifle... Wikipedia
Founded: January 1800
Active: 1802–1816 as 95th Rifle Regiment, 1816–1966 as Rifle Brigade
Garrison/HQ: Peninsula Barracks, Winchester
March: I'm Ninety-Five
Nickname(s): : The Rifles; The Grasshoppers; The Sweeps; Manningham's Sharpshooters;
Size: 4 battalions in peacetime (28 during the Great War)