2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. 21st Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Served in Gallipoli. In 1966 the Royal Green Jackets Regiment was formed, the Regiment becoming 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps), wearing the Royal Green Jackets Regiment cap badge. King's Royal Rifle Corps and Army Cyclist Corps Old Contemptible: Pte C H Boot Holder's service details: C H Boot Military Year:1914 Rank:Rifleman 21st Battalion (2) 223rd Brigade (1) 22nd (1) 22nd Division (1) 254th Tunnelling Company (1) 28th Battalion (1) 2nd Battalion (5) 2nd Glasgow (1) Thus 2879/40F 2171+35F 2239 Pte Joseph Green describes him as serving in the 60th Kings Royal Rifles with No 2879 whilst serving in 1851. Brig. John Lewis. Memorial states Rifleman. Add to basket. However, parliamentary delays meant that it was 4 March 1756 before a special act of parliament creat 3rd Battalion, The 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot. 1st battalion king's royal rifle corps 1917. Tuesday 27-10-1914. 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps 20th Brigade 1st Battalion, 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British Fusiliers) 1st Battalion, 25th (King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot 1st Battalion, 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot 6th Division (Portsmouth) 21st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 3. His Royal Highness's sword and belts were presented to the officers of the Battalion by H.M. King George IV, and are now in the Regimental Museum. On the 6th April 1898, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment raised a third, regular battalion in Ireland which was designated the 3rd Battalion. They died that we might live. 22 Dec Charlotte Frances Bona Spencerdaughter of the Hon Capt George Augustus The 2nd Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 2nd Brigade in the 1st Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front and saw action at the Battle of Aubers Ridge in May 1915. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, inspecting men of the 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps at Le Buissiere, near Bruay, 1 July 1918. In 1922, the Machine Gun Corps was disbanded and the guns returned to the Infantry Battalion as a Machine Gun Platoon and then formed as a Machine Gun Companyin the early 1930s. 6th-12th September : Auchonvillers sector. Family group: Pair: Private C. A. Assigned to the 21st (Service) Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, affectionately known as the Yeoman Rifles, he experienced fierce fighting on the Somme 1916, during Messines Ridge and Third Ypres in 1917 before deployment to Italy in the immediate aftermath of the Caporetto disaster. In 1968 the KRRC sub-title was dropped. 23rd Hussars Regiment. A Kitchener Man's Bit: In The Great War With The 21st (Service) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (The Yeoman Rifles) Gerald Dennis, Work Design (Grid Series In Industrial Engineering) Stephan A Konz, Glassware Manufacture For Developing Countries (Technical Papers) Gary Whitby, Military Industrialization And Economic Development: Theory And Historical Case Studies (UNIDIR) Raimo Colin, thanks for the info pm sent, Geoff Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. Assigned to the 21st (Service) Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, affectionately known as the Yeoman Rifles, he experienced fierce fighting on the Somme 1916, during Messines Ridge and Third Ypres in 1917 before deployment to Italy in the immediate aftermath of the Caporetto disaster. 27 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength. Age 23. 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps at New Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire in 1911 Census return evidence of the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1911 Created by: Keith133517 After Braddock's defeatin 1755, royal approval for a new regiment, as well as funds, were granted by parliament just before Christmas 1755 hence the regiment's traditional birthday of Christmas Day. Youngest Son of Prince Henry & Princess Beatrice of Battenberg & Grandson of Queen Victoria. Regiment : 21st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Rank : Rifleman Service Number : R/33490 Died Tags: Groom, Hanmer Memorial, Horsemans Green Memorial, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, Memorials, Whitchurch Grammar School Memorial. 23rd SAS [T.A.] These activities were interrupted only by an alarm on the 21st. Thanks again, Geoff annals of the king's royal rifle corps: vol1 A colourful and exciting unit history of the King's Royal Rifle Corps which originated in Britain's wars in the Americas during the 18th and 19th centuries under the first of its great battalion commanders, Henri Bouquet. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Abraham Chambers Age 22 A Coy Kings Royal Rife Corps. Up to 27 October 1917, this was known as 284th Graduated Battalion and had no regimental affiliation. Before that it had been 17th Battalion of the Training Reserve and up to September 1916 had been the 11th (Reserve) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 1914 . The Kings Royal Rifle Corps Blackened Shoulder Title (Westlake 1292). 13th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Another Appleton killed in action. Colin, I agree: I would definitely treat the WD info as the more reliable. The Battalion War Records sections of the KRRC Chronicle are mostly a pr Winchester: Warren & Son, The Wykeham Press 1903-1958, and London: Jordan-Gaskell Ltd. et al 1959 onwards: Capt. The recognised Cadet Battalions of the Church Lads Brigade are affiliated to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. We hope that every member of the CLB will appreciate the honour of belonging to the famous 60th, and that this will be one more incentive to obtain even 3rd Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps May 1915 : landed at Boulogne. The Corps lost three more battalions, the 7th, 8th and 9th, on the first day of the German Spring offensives on March 21st 1918. A Period of Peace. 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was raised in the American colonies in 1756 as the 62nd (Royal American) Regiment to defend the thirteen colonies against attack by the French and their Native American allies. 8th Battalion (41st Brigade - 14th Light Division) C. Hope. The 16th battalion, by contrast, beat off the attacks on it in the battle of the Lys in April, and the Corps took part in the final allied WINTER. Albert enlisted before his elder brother, at Kingsway Recruiting Office, Middlesex on 17 April 1915. 44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment; 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (Motor) 6th Guards Armoured Brigade (B) (C.O. Brigadier J. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion: R2091: Private--Link: 24438: Haines, Arthur: 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps: 203355: Private [1] 11th Rifle Brigade 17930 Private [2] 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps 203355 Private [3] 3rd Liverpool Regiment 91230 Private [4] 19th London Regiment 6722529 Private [5] 19th London Regiment 6722529 Private : Alfred Edward Downing: 7th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Regiment 5th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Regiment 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. The King's Royal Rifle Corps . The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from North American colonists. The battalion was to be made ready to march to a certain rendezvous. Son of Maitlan Hutchison and Ann Aitken. It was under canvas until the 14 th November when it moved into billets for the winter at Amersham (A & B Coys) and Great Missenden ( C & D Coys). During the war, a further 15 service battalions were raised (7th to 21st). The battalion was to be made ready to march to a certain rendezvous. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from North American colonists. The Earl of Feversham had the idea of raising a battalion of farmers sons and country lads from the north of England. Private Henry Samuel Gough, a Shoreditch man, died of wounds in France on 14.12.1916, while serving in the 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 21st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. Clark of Queen Victorias Rifles was given the task and on 15 May the Queen Victorias Rifles Cadet Corps was born. 41st Brigade.Prior to being reduced to Cadre. 8 Dec Caroline Cronandaughter of Pte Peter Cronan and Catherine born on 23 November 1834. John W Goldthorpe Age 25. On 21st June 1899 Field Marshal Edward Roberts V.C. Mindel Trench British Cemetery. 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps was raised in September 1915 from volunteers from the farming communities of Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland by the Northern Command. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters (1st Notts & Derby Regiment) Leonard Monks: Royal Army Medical Corps 21st British General Hospital HM HS VITA. 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, originally raised in North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from North American colonists. Wulsten, Cant be specific, I took this from the history of the Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-18. "Third Ypres." In September 1917 the 41st Division John Grant Lewis was born in Green End, Whitchurch in 1894. 10.00. This was changed to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) in 1830 when King George IV ascended to the throne and his brother His Royal Highness Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge became colonel. Geoff, Lots of further information including a scan of the relevant section for this date from the 1917 KRRC Chronicle here: Harold Marshall M.M Ki Rifleman Whiting was a sniper with 21st Battalion, the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, commonly known as the Yeoman Rifles. The Reserve Battalion, under the command of Major the Hon. The future British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, was among its officers. 99 fatal casualties. E. J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, was organised at Pieter-Maritzberg, and composed of officers 45 and reservists of The Kings Royal Rifle Corps and of The Rifle Brigade, who were intended to re-inforce the battalions shut up in Ladysmith. 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) Sept 1915 Formed from companies of farmers from Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, Lincoln, Leicestershire and Norfolk. Born Glasgow, Scotland 1879. Jan 1916 Moved to Aldershot and joined the 124th Brigade of the 41st Division. Sunday 17-09-1916. E. J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, was organised at Pieter-Maritzberg, and composed of officers 45 and reservists of The Kings Royal Rifle Corps and of The Rifle Brigade, who were intended to re-inforce the battalions shut up in Ladysmith. World War 1939-1945. Buried at Green Cliff Cemetery. A Soldier In The King's Royal Rifle Corps Archive Film King's Royal Rifle Corps Band Marching 1st Battalion (Regular) Addy K J B 2nd Lt : Obituary Alder F H RSM MSM 85205442 : 21st Btn (Service) (Yeoman Rifles) Allan J E Sergt 12006 : Obituary 16th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Reserve Battalion, under the command of Major the Hon. The 2nd Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, and the 1st Battalion, the Northamptonshire Regiment, defended the front line equally, or 700 yards each in round figures, with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps holding the dune sector against the North Sea, and the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment controlling the adjoining sector towards Nieuport. Prior-Palmer) 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards; 13/18 Hussars John Greaves They trained at Duncombe Park, Helmsley, moving to Aldershot to The list was headed by The Life Guards (numbered 1st and 2nd), Royal Horse Guards, the Royal Horse Artillery followed by, Dragoon Guards (numbered 1st to 7th), Dragoons, Hussars and Lancers (numbered 1st to 21st), Royal Regiment of Artillery, Corps of Royal Engineers, Foot Guards, Infantry of the Line (numbered 1st to 109th) and the Rifle Brigade. The 2nd Cadet Battalion, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a Home Guard instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. This is the order of battle for the Battle of the Somme fought from 1 July to 18 November 1916 as one of the main engagements of the First World War. The 2nd Cadet Battalion, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a Home Guard instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. The 2nd Battalion was one of the infantry battalions which, between 16th and 30th September 1899, were sent from India to Natal. 144 fatal casualties. Arthur Samuel Plumb 8th Service Battalion The Rifle Brigade Kings Royal Rifle Corps (d.30th Oct 1915) Arthur was a volunteer Rifleman in an Infantry Unit the 8th Service Battalion the Rifle Brigade, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (The Prince Consorts Own), formed as part of the 'First New Army' Kitchener's Volunteers or K1 (The first 100,000 volunteers), at Winchester 21st August 1914. The division's three infantry brigades were the 110th, composed of four battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment, the 111th, two battalions of the Royal Fusiliers and one each from the King's Royal Rifle Corps and the Rifle Brigade, and the 112th, one battalion each from the Warwick, Bedford, East Lancashire and North Lancashire Regiments. Their only child David was born in 1917. 17th Battalion. 39. Son of George & Rose Ada Thompson of Long Street, Easingwold, Yorkshire, UK. Hope, 21st (Yeoman Rifles) Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action during operations in the Somme battles on the Western Front on 17 September 1916 British War and Victory Medals (R-19483 Pte. 2. Greenacre) 4th Tank Battalion Grenadier Guards; 4th Tank Battalion Coldstream Guards; 3rd Tank Battalion Scots Guards; 8th Armoured Brigade (A) (C.O. Married 29/08/1916 at St Stephen's church, Hull. The 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot. Brig. 27 Oct 1834 18 officers, 512 men, 31 women and 70 children of the 1st Battalion 60th KRRC arrived from Gibraltar on the transport Jupiter. Died at King's Royal Rifle Corps; First World War. 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment. Enlsited Hull. Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) was raised in 1800. 1st Battalion (99th Brigade - 2nd Division) Sergeant Gill. This is the order of battle for the ground forces involved in Operation Crusader, a World War II battle between the British Commonwealth and the European Axis Powers of Germany and Italy in North Africa between 18 November 30 December 1941. This rare and historic 1st pattern Brunswick was once carried in the hands of the elite riflemen belonging to the 1st Battalion of the legendary 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps aka the KRRC. In August 1942 he was involved in heavy fighting at the southern end of the El Alamein battle line. Clark of Queen Victorias Rifles was given the task and on 15 May the Queen Victorias Rifles Cadet Corps was born. Delville Wood - 24th July/3rd August. H. T. Chidgey, an officer of the same Battalion. 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment 1st East Anglian Regiment 17th-21st Lancers 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) > King's Royal Rifle Corps. King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Battalion: R2091: Private--Link: 24438: Haines, Arthur: 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps: 203355: Private [1] 11th Rifle Brigade 17930 Private [2] 11th King's Royal Rifle Corps 203355 Private [3] 3rd Liverpool Regiment 91230 Private [4] 19th London Regiment 6722529 Private [5] 19th London Regiment 6722529 Private : Kings Royal Rifle Corps Blackened Shoulder Title. Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the 159th INFANTRY BRIGADE. The following battalion summary is compiled from Wikipedia: 7th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps. Recently found that the 21st Kings Royal Rifle Corps were in billets in Tatingham was this an area of rest for units resting or refitting etc 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment 1st East Anglian Regiment 1st King's Dragoon Guards 17th/21st Lancers 18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) King's Royal Rifle Corps. In 1992 1st Battalion The Royal These activities were interrupted only by an alarm on the 21st. B. Chucher. 1st Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) "1879" (1034) + 141 no clasp. 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps at New Barracks, Gosport, Hampshire in 1911 Census return evidence of the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1911 Created by: Keith133517 13th (Service) Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps (left April 1915) 13th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (left April 1915) 237th Machine Gun Company (joined 17 July 1917, transferred into 21st MG Battalion 24 February 1918) 21st Battalion Machine Gun Corps (formed 24 February 1918) Divisional Mounted Troops visited the camp and the battalion was ordered to parade in marching order in brigade with the 3rd and 4th Kings Royal Rifle Corps, but the day being very inclement the parade could not take place. Battalions during the Great War. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was raised in British North America in 1755-56 as the Royal American Regiment during the Seven Years' War. The Loyal Regiment. 18th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In 1824 the Regiment was granted by King George IV the name of "The 60th, Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps" in honour of their Colonel-in-Chief. Pioneers), 1915-1919. Thiepval Memorial. 21st Battalion. The 2nd Cadet Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a Home Guard instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. Len Moore fought with the 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps 2/KRRC across the deserts of North Africa during WW2 from 1941 to 1943. Corporal Len Moore's King's Royal Rifle Corps WW2 Medals (left to right 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, Italy Star and War Medal 1939-45) The next few pages will tell the story of his time in the 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps as a member to the Lot 993, 27 Feb 19. Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. 19 Aug 1914 - Factory landlord Lawrence Taylor (L), portraying a Colour Sergeant from the King's Royal Rifle Corps, part of the Rifles Living History Society, performs a drill with Connor Young (R) of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Living History Group as they recreate the life of a First World War soldier at the Eden Valley Museum in Edenbridge in southeast England May 10, 2014. King's Royal Rifle Corps. 21st (Service) Battalion, (Yeoman Rifles). Description. K. R. Rif. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known as 'The French and Indian War.' Tag: Shoulder Titles. Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) The London Regiment was reformed in 1992 through the regimentation of most of the remaining successors of the original regiment (except the Rifles and the Artists Rifles). On the 21st November, 1941, during the attack by a Battalion of The King's Royal Rifle Corps at Sidi Rezegh against a strong enemy position, the Company to which Rifleman Beeley belonged was pinned down by heavy fire at point-blank range from the front and flank on The battalion was first engaged on 24th October at Rietfontein, outside Lady-smith (see 1st Liverpool Regiment). G.E. No trace CWGC. Assigned to the 21st (Service) Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, affectionately known as the Yeoman Rifles, he experienced fierce fighting on the Somme 1916, during Messines Ridge and Third Ypres in 1917 before deployment to Italy in the immediate aftermath of the Caporetto disaster. 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeoman Rifles) Formed in September 1915 from volunteers from the farming communities of Yorkshire, Northumberland and Durham by the Northern Command. Moved to Duncombe Park at Helmsley. KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS (Yeoman Rifles) 124th Brigade / 41st Division 14th September : In line North of Delville Wood. The 13 th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. 143 pp. 15th September : Attack of Flers. Prior the the First World War, the regiment comprised four battalions (1st to 4th) and two reverse battalions (5th & 6th). ; Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~). SKU: STBM1958 Category: Kings Royal Rifle Corps - Blackened Shoulder Title (Westlake 1292). Clark of Queen Victoria's Rifles was given the task and on 15 May 1942 the Queen Victoria's Rifles Cadet Corps 13th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Another Appleton killed in action. He may have served initially with 19th (Reserve) Battalion, KRRC, which had been formed from the depot companies of the 16th (Service) Battalion (Church Lads Brigade) Battalion, KRRC. On 1 July 1881, The 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) became The 1st Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. The Maltese Cross is believed to have been derived from the badge of the old 5th Battalion. Baptismsin 1834: 1. Regiment: King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), 12th Battalion 12th (Service) Battalion 21.09.1914 Formed in Winchester as part of the Second New Army (K2) then moved to Cowshot, Bisley to join the 60th Brigade of the 20th Division. Harry The Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers (1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland) - merger of 1st Bn Royal Scots and 1st Bn KOSB 21st SAS [T.A.] The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was raised in British North America in 1755-56 as the Royal American Regiment during the Seven Years' War. Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. The subsequent details show the regiment(s) and number(s) of units previously served with. KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS (British Empire League) 117th Brigade / 39th Division 3rd September : Attack North of the Ancre. January 8, 2021 Uncategorized No Comments Uncategorized No Comments W.D.C. It was fought between mixed French, British and Dominion forces and the German Empire in the Somme River valley in northern France. The war diary; theoretically a primary source ststes they arrived at noon on the 26th and that all companies were settled into billets by 230 pm He seems to have only ever served with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, with the regimental number C1600. Ypres Town Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Stone Inscription :- "An Endearing Life Cut Short He Nobly Lived And Died". Died from wounds received in France 10th April 1927, aged 33 years. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 41 Division 124 Infantry Brigade King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion: 5 at the best online prices at eBay! Assigned to the 21st (Service) Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, affectionately known as the Yeoman Rifles, he experienced fierce fighting on the Somme 1916, during Messines Ridge and Third Ypres in 1917 before deployment to Italy in the immediate aftermath of the Caporetto disaster. THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS. The 1st/60th replaced the 42nd Foot and moved into Lower St Elmo Barracks. The 60th The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Born 03-10-1891 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland & was a member of the Hessiaan princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family, the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria. Australian Army Medical Corps (SA) 4ACH(SA) Fourth Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (SA) 8ACH(SA) Eighth Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (SA) 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Rifles) 2nd Kings Royal Rifle Corps; 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th Burma Mounted Infantry; Age 21. 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeomen Rifles), King's Royal Rifle Corps (disbanded March 1918) 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light Infantry ( transferred from 123rd Brigade March 1918 ) 124th Machine Gun Company ( joined June 1916, moved to 41st Commemorated AMCOTTS CHURCHYARD MEMORIAL, Lincs. Free shipping for many products! Williams younger brother Albert Edward was serving in the Ploegsteert Wood area of Belgium, as a Rifleman with A Company of the 21st Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps (Yeoman Rifles) (KRRC) when his brother died. Related Articles View all Battn moved to Halton Park Camp, Wendover Bucks on the 7 th & 8 th Oct in two halves. King's Royal Rifle Corps. 8th (Motor) Battalion The Rifle Brigade. Len Moore 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Royal Garrison Artillery. 7th Battalion (41st Brigade - 14th Light Division) Orchard Trench / Delville Wood / Brewery trenches - 17th/26th August. 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment "1879" (689) + 345 no clasp. Lieutenant-Colonel R.L. Husband of Charlotte Anna Colley (formerly Hutchison), of 12, Booth St., Hull. 8 Dec Jane Pughdaughter of Sgt John Pugh and Jane born on 30 November 1834. 1 in stock. By virtue of Army Order 78 published on 11th March 1922, the 3rd and 4th Battalions were disbanded. The index also indicates regiments a man may have previously served in. The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle, 1901-6? 15/19 KINGS ROYAL IRISH HUSSARS The Regiment was formed during 1755-56 in North America initially as the 62nd and then as the 60th Royal American Regiment. The Regiment recruited from colonists and volunteers from other British Regiments with the purpose of adopting an Indian system of forest warfare with lighter equipment, more mobile and open formations. A Short History of the 20th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps (B.E.L. The original component of what would become the 60th Rifles was formed in America during the French-Indian Wars by American Colonists & Foreigners. A. S. Turberville. 4th Battalion Kings Shropshire Light Infantry. It would seem you are correct - the war diary for the 21st Bn KRRC (the Yeoman Rifles?) states in August 1917 the Battalion proceeded by route marc 21st Middlesex (Finsbury) VRC (7th Volunteer Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps) HQ Pentonville Unit 12th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (The Rangers) Formerly 22nd Middlesex VRC (Central London Rangers) (8th Volunteer Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps) HQ Holborn 2nd London Division 4th London Brigade Unit Harold Marshall M.M Kings Royal Rifles Harold Marshall was actually in 18/KRRC (Arts & Crafts) but this Topic covers the Battle of the Menin Road