Formed initially as the 'Experimental Corps of Riflemen' it became the 'Rifle Corps' and then the '95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)'. In 1816 it became the Rifle Brigade. Unusually the soldiers wore green uniforms rather than red and on 1 January 1966 it merged with other corps to become the Royal Green Jackets.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Rifle Brigade
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Rifle Brigade - WW1 and WW2
There are 3 statues on this memorial: to the left - a rifleman of 1806; to th...
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Prince of Wales Theatre
Built as Prince's Theatre by Charles Phipps in 1884.  Just 2 years later it was renamed as the Prince of Wales Theatre after the future Edward VII.  It was rebuilt in 1937, designed by Robert Cromie.
A. C. Potter & Co
A civil engineering company of Grantham and London, active 1928. Their London address was Dickens House, Lant Street. Listed in the London Gazette (17 July 1942) as having been struck off the regis...
Friends of the Royal London Hospital
Registered charity also known as 'Friends of the London Hospital (Whitechapel)' and 'League of Friends'. We're guessing that this is the current form of the 1908 "friends of the hospital" that erec...
Kit-Cat Club
18th century London club with political (Whig) and literary interests. Tending to the clandestine it met, at different periods, at the Trumpet Tavern, the Fountain Tavern and at Barn Elms. In sum...
Group, Community / Clubs, Literature, Politics & Administration
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