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unusual facts about Rifle Brigade



Battle of Bergendal

There were several other clashes during the battle, but the battle's climax occurred on 27 August, when 74 men of the Johannesburg section of the ZARPs faced an attack on foot by 1,500 men of the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment and Gordon Highlanders after a heavy artillery bombardment.

Blackett baronets

He was educated at Eton College and served in the Rifle Brigade in the Crimean War and was seriously injured at the Sebastopol Redan.

George Dundas

Dundas purchased a Second Lieutenantcy in the Rifle Brigade in 1839, serving in various places such as Bermuda and Nova Scotia.

Horace Thomas

He reached the rank of Second Lieutenant within the Rifle Brigade and was killed in battle at Guillemont in September 1916.

John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton

He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War.

Operation Colossus

Three Italian-speaking interpreters were attached to the troop for the duration of the operation: Squadron Leader Lucky MC, Rifleman Nasri from the Rifle Brigade and a civilian named Fortunato Picchi, a waiter in the Savoy Hotel.

Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman

He served in the Rifle Brigade in the years 1950 and 1951, commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, and in the Royal Green Jackets reaching the rank of Lieutenant.

Thomas Sydney Beckwith

In 1800, he was appointed to command a company in Colonel Coote Manningham's "Experimental Corps of Riflemen", which later was designated the 95th Regiment and subsequently the Rifle Brigade.


see also

10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division

Three tank brigades (including one from Perm) and one motor-rifle brigade and other military units were included in its structure.

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade

Adventures in the Rifle Brigade is the name of two Vertigo comic book limited series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Carlos Ezquerra.

Maykop

On the south side of the city, alongside the Belaya River is the military complex housing the 131st Motor Rifle Brigade of the North Caucasus Military District, which took part in the First Chechen War.

Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 11th Baronet

On 25 August 1857, Egerton transferred from the Rifle Brigade to a position as lieutenant and captain in the Coldstream Guards.

Victor Buller Turner

He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst before commissioning as Second Lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade in 1918.