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The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's
Own) military art prints showing the Rifles Brigade during the Peninsula
War, Battle of Waterloo, Battle of Alma, Crimean War, World War Two at the
defence of Calais and the Kidney Ridge Action, North Africa. Published by
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THE RIFLE BRIGADE (THE PRINCE CONSORT'S OWN) raised in 1800 as the Rifle Corps, becoming in 1802 to 1805 The 95th of
foot.
Battle Honours
 | 1793 - 1802 Copenhagen during the French Revolutionary Wars |
| 1807 Monte Video during the Expedition against the Spanish in
Brazil |
| 1808 - 1814 Rolica, Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Barrosa,
Fuentos d'Onoro Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle,
Nive, Orthes, Toulouse during the Peninsula War |
| 1815 Battle of Waterloo |
| 1846 - 1847 Seventh Kaffir war |
| 1851 - 1853 Eighth Kaffir war |
| 1854 - 1855 Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol during the Crimean war |
| 1857 - 1858 Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny |
| 1873 - 1874 Ashantee, during the Ashantee war |
| 1878 - 1880 Ali Masjid during the second Afghan war |
| 1885 - 1887 Third Burma War |
| 1896 - 1898 Khartoum, Sudan campaign |
| 1899 -1902 Defence of Ladysmith and relief of Ladysmith during the Boer
War |
| 1914 - 1918 Le Cateau, Marne, Neuve Chappelle, Ypres, Soome Arras,
Messines, Cambrai, Hindenburg Line,
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Macedonia |
| 1939 - 1945 calaise 1940, Neda Fomm, Sidi Rezegh, Alem el Halfa, El
Alamein, in North Africa in 1940 - 1943, Cassino,
Capture of Perugia both in Italy 1943, 1945 |
VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS, Twenty Four Members of the regiments have been awarded the Victoria
Cross, Eight during the Crimean war, Four in the Indian Mutiny, One in
Somaliland in 1903, seven during the first world War, one during the Second
world war
The Rifle Brigade
This
regiment of four battalions seems to have the first corps organised sa
rifleman, though it was not the first body armed with the new weapon.
Its experimental stage began in 1800, when detachments of the
Royals, the 21st,23rd,25th,27th,29th,49th,56th,69th,
and 71st Regiments were formed into a species of Provisional
Battalion, which saw service at Ferrol.
Though it was dispersed after this affair, another was formed of
detachments from “fencible” or Light regiments, and this, in its turn,
did duty in the Copenhagen expedition in 1801, first coming under fire on
shipboard, when the adjustment was slain.
The next year it was numbered the 95th of the Line, and
soon after the second battalion was raised, which served under Auchmuty at
Monte Video. The regiment
furnished a force for the second time in Denmark, for it was represented
at the battle of Kioge in 1807, and then the two battalions were
transferred to the Peninsula, where they added to the battle-roll, already
heavy, besides the names of Copenhagen and Monte Video, the titles Roleia,
Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Barrosa, Fuentes d’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo,
Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Nivelle,
Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, and the Peninsula.
Thus it was present throughout the whole of the great war, and, as
the above list shows, took part in nearly all the principal operations of
the campaign. But it saw much
hard work besides the battles already enumerated, and gained laurels, too,
at Obeidos, Casabelo, Barba del Puerco, Torres Vedras, Sobral, Valle,
defence of Tarifa, and Cadiz, Paialvo, Pombal, Redinha, Casa Nova, Foz
d’Aronce, Ponte de Murcella, Freizadas, Sabugal, Marialva, San
Francisco, Puente Larga, Hormuzas, San Millan, Santa Barbara, Bridge of
Yanci, Echalar, Bridge of Vera, Aerrhunes, Arcagnes, Tarbes, and Tourne
Feuille. Meanwhile
the 2nd battalion had hard fighting at New Orleans and fort
Boyer in 1817, and the three then existing battalions joined in the great
battles of Quatre, Bras and Waterloo, adding the name of the latter to the
regimental honours.
On the 16th February, 1816, the regiment was named
“The Rifle Brigade,” but it saw no further service until that in
Kaffirland in 1846-53, by which time a reserve battalion had been formed;
and during the Russian War its brilliant gallantry gained it the honour of
adding “Alma,” “Inkerman,” and “Sevastopol” to its battle
roll. The peace was followed
by an addition of one battalion to the “Rifles.”
The 2nd and 3rd battalions embarked for
India, and did good work during the Mutiny at Lucknow and elsewhere.
In 1862 the Brigade received its present title of “The Prince
Consort’s Own.” In
1874-75 the 2nd took part in the Ashantee War; and, and between
1873 and 1879, the 4th battalion took part in the expedition
against the Jowaki and Hazari tribes, and in the Afghan campaign, for
which it added “Ali Masjid” and “Afghanistan, 1878-79,” to the
list of honours; in 1886-87 the 1st battalion served in the
Burmese campaign. Both
the rifle Brigade and the King’s Royal Rifles have the peculiarity that
their supreme commanding officers are entitled “Colonel-in-Chief” and
“Colonel-Commandant,” other Foot regiments having only a
“Colonel.” There have
been many recipients of the Cross for Valour.
The Crimean campaign won it for Major Clifford, Captains
Cunninghame and Bourchier, Lieutenant Knox, and Privates Wheatley,
M’Gregor, Humpston, and Bradshaw; the Mutiny gave it to Privates Shaw
and Haukes, Corporal Nash, and Captain Wilmot; in 1866 it was bestowed on
Private O’Hea for his gallantry in extinguishing a fire in a railway
truck containing ammunition. The
uniform has had many changes. Up
to 1816 it had borne a Line number the 95th; but in that year
it was entitled the “Rifle Brigade.”
Probably, therefore, its uniform was much that of the Line at that
period; but, as with the 60th, there has been a tradition that
the rifle-green was originally adopted in Spain to match the colour of the
foliage of the cork woods. Up
to 1855 the jacket and pelisse had been worn by officers, but in this year
the tunic was substituted. The
present green uniform has black facings.
In 1871 the shako worn until then was replaced by a fur (racoon-skin)
busby with a bag and a plume in front; but this was replaced by a helmet
later on, which, in its turn, gave place to a busby of Astracan for
officers, and sealskin for the men, with a black plume.
The button carries a stringed bugle, crowned, within a
laurel-wreath, and the words “Rifle Brigade.”
The Maltese Cross has a lion between each pair of rays, and bears
the battle of the regiment; outside it is a wreath, also bearing battles,
and crowned. The words
“Waterloo,” “Peninsula,” and “Prince Consort’s Own” appear
also on the badge. The
affiliated Militia battalions are the Queen’s Own Tower Hamlets, the
Royal Longford, the King’s Own Royal Tower Hamlets, and the Westmeath
battalions. The volunteer
battalions are the 7th Middlesex, London Scottish (grey, and
blue facings); 14th, Inns of Court (grey and scarlet); 15th,
Customs and Docks (green and scarlet); the 16th, London Irish
(green and light green); the 18th, Paddington (green and
black); the 19th, St. Giles and St. George’s (green and
green); the 20th Artists (grey and grey); the 24th,
General Post Office (green and blue); the 26th Cyclists; and
the 1st and 2nd Tower Hamlets (scarlet and blue, and
grey and scarlet). The
regiment’s usual nickname is the either the “Green Jackets” or the
“Sweeps,” from its sombre uniform and facings.
The depot is at Winchester.
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Tribute to the 95th Rifles by Chris Collingwood.
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Original painting by Chris Collingwood. Size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £14000.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
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ITEM CODE DHM1498
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The 95th Rifle Brigade at the Battle of Fuentes De Onoro, 5th May 1811 by Chris Collingwood.
The Duke of Wellington was blockading the fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo with 32,000 troops. The French sent a force of 45,000 troops under Marshal Andre Massena to relieve the fortress. Wellington took up a strong position at Fuentos DOnoro and the French attacked on May 5th with superior numbers. The British army held their ground with the cost of 1,500 casualties, the French suffered higher losses of 2,200 troops and finally withdrew. The Duke of Wellington quickly seized Almeida.
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ITEM CODE DHM1160
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The Defence of La Haye-Sainte, 18th June 1815 by Chris Collingwood.
The garrison under the command of Major G Baring consisted of the 2nd Light Battalion of the 2nd Brigade Kings German Legion and reinforced by two Nassau companies. Here Major Baring is seen leading his Legion against Quiots Brigade (54th and 55th of the line)
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95th Rifles by Chris Collingwood (P)
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm). Price £400.00
ITEM CODE CCP0034
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The Rearguard by J P Beadle.
Craufurds Light Brigade, of which the 95th Rifles, the 43rd and 52nd, were part of, faces about once more to face the enemy, during the retreat from Spain of Sir John Moores Army. The Light Brigade fought a series of brilliant delaying tactics under the most adverse of conditions during the Peninsula War.
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The Defence of Le Haye Saint by the Kings German Legion by Adolf Northern.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 14 inches (64cm x 36cm). Price £51.00
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ITEM CODE DHM1091
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Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms.
The Storming party, 750 volunteers, included 200 men of the Guards, one hundred each from the First and Coldstream Guards. They moved off at two in the morning on the 31st August 1813, and occupied a ruined convent where they remained till half past nine. Aware of the almost impossible task ahead of them, and subjected to a violent electric thunderstorm, the troops waited in a state of savage anticipation. Wild senseless laughter was said to have preceded the attack on the breach which could not be entered except in single file under heavy fire. The troops attacked in succession, but were struck down by hundreds. General Graham then ordered the artillery to fire over the heads of the assailants, clearing the ramparts. A shell ignited a quantity of powder, and under cover of the explosions, the storming party forced its way into the town. San Sebastian was savagely sacked and burned, and the good name of Wellingtons Army suffered as it had done at Badajoz. The civilians were raped, robbed and murdered in revenge for the heavy losses suffered by the troops. The Franco-Spanish governor retired the citadel (San Marcial) and on the 9th September, after a gallant resistance of over a week, surrendered the charge he had so faithfully defended. The casualties among the officers of the first Guards were one Officer, Ensign Burrard, First battalion (a son of Sir Henry Burrard who was responsible for the disastrous Treaty of Cintra) severely wounded, since dead, and one Officer, Ensign Orlando Bridgeman, wounded. In the Coldstream Guards, one officer ensign Thomas Chaplin, According to Lord Saltoun there were in round numbers, 150 casualties amongst 200 Guardsman. Total losses of volunteers from all regiments were 1500 men. (text by Atlanta Clifford, assistant to the Curator-The Guards Museum) In the painting. you see Ensign Chaplin lying wounded, attended by an Officer of the Coldstream Guards, Orlando Bridgeman is calling Assistant Surgeon Bacot, First Foot Guards, to go to the aid of his fellow officer, Burrard.
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Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
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Fording the Alma by Lewis H. Johns.
The second battalion the Rifle Brigade preparing the way across the River Alma.
Open edition print. Image size 24 inches x 16 inches (61cm x 41cm). Price £43.00
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**Open edition print. (6 copies reduced to clear) Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £14.00
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95th Rifleman, Waterloo 1815 by Stuart Liptrot.
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The Defence of Calaise by Terence Cuneo.
Depicting members of the 1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £51.00
**Open edition print. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £45.00
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The Kidney Ridge action by Terence Cuneo.
Members of the 2nd battalion The Rifle Brigade and 239 Battery RA knocking out at least 32 enemy tanks during the desert campaign on 27th October 1942, Lieutenant VB Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £51.00
**Open edition print. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £40.00
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Bergendel by J P Beadle.
The Battle of Bergendel during the Boer War showing Rifle Brigade (now part of the Royal Green Jackets) advancing on boer position.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 14 inches (64cm x 36cm). Price £43.00
ITEM CODE DHM1023
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Morning of Waterloo by Aylward.
The Duke of Wellington Accepts a cup of tea from the 1st Battalion 95th Rifles.
Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (58cm x 38cm). Price £43.00
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The Exploit at the Ovens, Death of Lieutenant H Tryon, Rifle Brigade 20th November 1854 by Harry Payne
Open edition print. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original lithograph from 1898. . Price £90.00
ITEM CODE UN0089
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Landing at Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope by Thomas Baines
Open edition print. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm)
. Price £37.00
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The Rifle Brigade Embarks at Dover by T. Baines.
Open edition print. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £37.00
ITEM CODE VAR0449
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Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own) by Richard Simkin.
Open edition print. Image size 9 inches x 12 inches (23cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
Original chromolithograph published c.1900. Image size 7 inches x 11 inches (18cm x 28cm). Price £75.00
ITEM CODE UN0466
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Germans Advancing Against Captain Railston And His Men, Across Ground Covered By Standing Corps.
Under the splendid lead of Captain Railston (1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade) every man did his utmost, either in keeping up rapid rifle fire, or bandaging wounded comrades, or else collecting ammunition from the bandoliers of the dead and wounded. But owing to the deadly shellfire the trench was soon in a terrible state, and all the time the Germans were advancing along the British front, concentrating in considerable numbers on some dead ground among standing crops. When not at the parapet with a rifle, Captain Railston was tending the wounded. His clothes were riddled with bullets and he was wounded in the leg, but he refused to abandon his section of the trench. He had displayed great gallantry and was deservedly awarded the D.S.O.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0803
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Major W. LA T. Congreve, Conducting A Battalion To Its Position Of Deployment.
During preparations for the attack Major Williams La Touche Congreve, D.S.O., M.C., of the Rifle Brigade, carried out, under fire, reconnaissances of the enemy lines. By night he conducted a battalion to its position of deployment, afterwards returning to it and establishing himself in an exposed forward position from whence he successfully observed the enemy and gave his orders. Two days later he went out and assisted a medical officer to safely, although he was himself suffering severely from gas and other shell effects. On a subsequent occasion he showed supreme courage in tending wounded under heavy shellfire. He was shot dead while writing his report, after returning to the front line. In recognition of his great gallantry a posthumous award if the V.C. was made.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0815
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British Riflemen (60th Regiment & 95th Regiment) by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith.
Modern reprint of the coloured lithograph vignettes by J C Stadler after Charles Hamilton Smith from Charles Hamilton Smiths Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1812, published by Colnaghi & Co. 1812-1815, showing the British uniform of 1812 during the Napoleonic war. Only 800 have been reprinted in 2002.
Open edition print. Image size 9 inches x 11 inches (23cm x 28cm). Price £14.00
Coloured lithograph vignette. Image size 9 inches x 11 inches (23cm x 28cm). Price £180.00
ITEM CODE UN0377
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The 95th Rifle Brigade at the Battle
of Fuentes De Onoro, 5th May 1811 by Chris Collingwood Men of the 95th (Rifle Regiment of
Foot) provide covering fire for the Royal Horse Artillery.
The Rearguard by J.P. Beadle Craufurds Light Brigade, of which the 95th Rifles, the 43rd and 52nd,
were part of, faces about once more to face the enemy, during the retreat
from Spain of Sir John Moores Army. The Light Brigade fought a series of
brilliant delaying tactics under the most adverse of conditions during the
Peninsula War.
Assault on the Breach of San Sebastian by Mark Churms
THE STORMING OF SAN SEBASTIAN The Storming party, 750 volunteers, included 200 men of the Guards, one
hundred each from the First and Coldstream Guards. They moved off at two
in the morning on the 31st August 1813, and occupied a ruined convent
where they remained till half past nine. Aware of the almost impossible
task ahead of them, and subjected to a violent electric thunderstorm, the
troops waited in a state of savage anticipation. ' Wild senseless
laughter' was said to have preceded the attack on the breach which could
not be entered except in single file under heavy fire. The troops attacked
in succession, but were struck down by hundreds. General Graham then
ordered the artillery to fire over the heads of the assailants, clearing
the ramparts. A shell ignited a quantity of powder, and under cover of the
explosions, the storming party forced its way into the town.
San Sebastian was savagely sacked and burned, and the good name of
Wellington's Army suffered as it had done at Badajoz. The civilians were
raped, robbed and murdered in revenge for the heavy losses suffered by the
troops. The Franco-Spanish governor retired the citadel (San Marcial) and
on the 9th September, after a gallant resistance of over a week,
surrendered the charge he had so faithfully defended. The casualties among
the officers of the first Guards were one Officer, Ensign Burrard, First
battalion (a son of Sir Henry Burrard who was responsible for the
disastrous Treaty of Cintra) severely wounded, since dead, and one
Officer, Ensign Orlando Bridgeman, wounded. In the Coldstream Guards, one
officer ensign Thomas Chaplin, According to Lord Saltoun there were in
round numbers, 150 casualties amongst 200 Guardsman. Total losses of
volunteers from all regiments were 1500 men. (text by Atlanta Clifford,
assistant to the Curator-The Guards Museum) In the painting. you see Ensign Chaplin lying wounded, attended by an
Officer of the Coldstream Guards, Orlando Bridgeman is calling Assistant
Surgeon Bacot, First Foot Guards, to go to the aid of his fellow officer,
Burrard.
Fording the Alma by Lewis H. Johns The second battalion the Rifle Brigade preparing the way across the
River Alma.
The Defence of Calaise by Terence Cuneo. Depicting members of the
1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during
which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and
infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British
Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk.
The Kidney Ridge action by Terence Cuneo. Members of the 2nd
battalion The Rifle Brigade and 239 Battery RA knocking out at least 32
enemy tanks during the desert campaign on 27th October 1942, Lieutenant VB
Turner was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.
Bergendel by J P Beadle The Battle of Bergendel during the Boer War showing Rifle Brigade
(now part of the Royal Green Jackets) advancing on boer position.
Morning of Waterloo by Aylward The Duke of Wellington Accepts a cup of tea from the 1st Battalion
95th Rifles.Germans Advancing Against Captain Railston And
His Men, Across Ground Covered By Standing Corps.
Under the splendid lead of Captain Railston (1st
Battalion, Rifle Brigade) every man did his utmost, either in keeping up
rapid rifle fire, or bandaging wounded comrades, or else collecting
ammunition from the bandoliers of the dead and wounded.
But owing to the deadly shellfire the trench was soon in a
terrible state, and all the time the Germans were advancing along the
British front, concentrating in considerable numbers on some dead ground
among standing crops. When
not at the parapet with a rifle, Captain Railston was tending the
wounded. His clothes were
riddled with bullets and he was wounded in the leg, but he refused to
abandon his section of the trench.
He had displayed great gallantry and was deservedly awarded the
D.S.O.
Major W. LA T.
Congreve, Conducting A Battalion
To Its Position Of Deployment.
During preparations for the attack Major Williams La Touche
Congreve, D.S.O., M.C., of the Rifle Brigade, carried out, under fire,
reconnaissances of the enemy lines. By night he conducted a battalion to its position of
deployment, afterwards returning to it and establishing himself in an
exposed forward position from whence he successfully observed the enemy
and gave his orders. Two
days later he went out and assisted a medical officer to safely,
although he was himself suffering severely from gas and other shell
effects. On a subsequent
occasion he showed supreme courage in tending wounded under heavy
shellfire. He was shot dead
while writing his report, after returning to the front line.
In recognition of his great gallantry a posthumous award if the
V.C. was made.
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