* Three Riflemen ( Privates ) Rifles

Similar incidents took place including one in which French pursuit was so close there was not time enough for Paget, commander of the British rear guard, to complete the hanging of three British soldiers, as an example, for the pillaging a Spanish town. The gallant French cavalry General Colbert, considered the most handsome man in the French army, was killed while in hot, close pursuit across the bridge at the village of Cacabello by a remarkably long-range rifle shot fired by Thomas Plunket of the 95th Rifles after driving off the British 15th Hussars and riding down the Riflemen, capturing about 50.

Riflemen wore dark green jackets rather than the bright red coats of the British line infantry regiments of that time ; close-fitting pantaloons, rather than breeches ; black facings and black belts rather than white ; a green plume on their " stovepipe shakoes " which the light infantry also wore, as well as other accoutrements unique to Rifles regiments.

3. Provide a medium through which alumni at large can interact with fell Pershing Riflemen, connect with former classmates, and participate in Pershing Rifles active and alumni events.

Grigoriev together with his brigade became now part of the Red Army 1st Trans-Dnieper Riflemen Division ( later expanded to the 6th Ukrainian Rifle Division ), while Nestor Makhno led his troops as another brigade of that division and Pavel Dybenko who commanded the division was in charge of another brigade.

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.

Grigoriev was appointed a commander of the Ukrainian Kherson Division of the Southern group of Otaman Hrekov until January 29, 1919, later the 1st Trans-Dnipro Rifllemen Brigade (~ 6, 000 men ) of the 3rd Trans-Dnipro Riflemen Division.

* 4ES ( Company of Heroes )-4ES standing for 4 Engineers and a Sniper ( a unique American opening ); Fast Armored Car ( the objective being to get an Armored Car before the opponent has reach the same tech level-Wehrmacht ); Riflestall ( the objective being to use the power and flexibility of Riflemen squads to hold off the opponent before pulling out higher-tech units-American ); Piospam ( the objective being to produce large numbers of Pioneers and nothing else-until higher tier-Wehrmacht ).

In the Battle of Paju, the Tartumaa Partisan Battalion and the Finnish volunteers drove the Latvian Riflemen out of Valga on 31 January.

He was approximately 42 years old, and a Trooper in the Cape Mounted Riflemen, Cape Colonial Forces during the Basuto War when, on 8 April 1879 during the assault on Morosi's Mountain, South Africa, Trooper Brown spent all day carrying water to his wounded comrades who were lying under rocks where they had taken shelter.

From an exposed position, on open ground, he carried in his arms a wounded corporal of the Cape Mounted Riflemen.

He was promoted to the rank of Surgeon Major and on 3 February 1882 was transferred to the Cape Mounted Riflemen.

On 23 April 1919 the leading divisions of the 3rd Regiment of Polish Riflemen set foot on Polish soil, now free thanks to their own efforts.

The Cape Mounted Riflemen ( Imperial ) were formed on 25 November 1827 ; the cavalry wing was disbanded and the Corps reorganized as battalion of mounted infantry.

After some changes up and down due to perceived threats from France in particular, and brief experimentation with a combined arms " legion " concept led by General Anthony Wayne, Congress added five Regular infantry regiments in 1808, the 3d through the 7th, and the Regiment of Riflemen because of British aggression on the high seas.

Moorosi was to die in unclear circumstances on Mount Moorosi ( Sotho Thaba Moorosi ) in 1879, after a protracted nine-month siege by the British, Boer ( i. e. Afrikaner farmers ) and Basotho forces ( including the military participation of the Cape Mounted Riflemen ).

The regiment has previously been known as the 2nd Regiment of Dragoons ( 5 / 1836-3 / 1843, 4 / 1844-8 / 1861 ); 2nd Regiment of Riflemen ( 3 / 1843-4 / 1844 ); 2nd U. S. Cavalry Regiment ( 8 / 1861-7 / 1942 ); 2nd Cavalry Regiment ( Mecz ) ( 1 / 1943-12 / 1943 ); 2nd Cavalry Group ( Mecz ) ( 12 / 1943-7 / 1946 ); 2nd Constabulary Regiment ( 7 / 1946-11 / 1948 ); 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( 11 / 1948-7 / 1992 ); 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( Light ) ( 7 / 1992-6 / 2006 ); 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment ( 6 / 2006-7 / 2011 ) and most recently 2nd Cavalry Regiment ( July 2011-present ).

On June 29, 1775, shortly after the start of the American Revolutionary War, Timothy Murphy and his brother John enlisted in the Northumberland County Riflemen, specifically Captain John Lowdon's Company.

In the three decades following 1969, the Army was heavily deployed in Northern Ireland, to support the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( later the Police Service of Northern Ireland ) in their conflict with republican paramilitary groups, called Operation Banner.

The locally recruited Ulster Defence Regiment was formed, later becoming home service battalions in the Royal Irish Regiment in 1992, before being disbanded in 2006.

Following attacks on civil rights marchers by Protestant loyalists, as well as members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ), anger and violence mounted.

When it was deployed on duty in Northern Ireland, the British Army was welcomed by Roman Catholics as a neutral force there to protect them from Protestant mobs, the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) and the B-Specials.

Targets of the CIRA have included the British military, the Northern Ireland police service ( Royal Ulster Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland ) and Ulster loyalist paramilitaries.

The town's name ( with the archaic spelling ) continues to form part of the title to The Royal Irish Regiment ( 27th ( Inniskilling ) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment ).

* 1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.

* 1922 – The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.

A Police Service of Northern Ireland / Royal Ulster Constabulary barracks in Northern Ireland.

* Five Royal Schools in Ulster are given Royal Charter by King James I

** Members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) damage property and assault occupants in the Bogside in Derry.

** British troops arrive in Northern Ireland to reinforce the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

* February 28 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing 9 officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.

** The Royal Ulster Constabulary is officially founded.

* April 17 – The Stevens Report concludes that members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army cooperated with the Ulster Defence Association in the killings of Catholics in Northern Ireland.

In 1942, he participated in an IRA ambush on a Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) patrol but was himself shot, arrested and sentenced to eight years imprisonment.

Following the introduction of internment in 1971 " Operation Demetrius " was implemented by the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) and British Army with raids for 452 suspects on 9 August 1971.

Then, in 1986, he again argued that Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA ) had not killed Neave but that " MI6 and their friends " were responsible instead, claiming to have been told so by Royal Ulster Constabulary officers.

Elizabeth of York's arms, showing her husband ’ s arms ( the royal arms of England ) Impalement ( heraldry ) | impaling her own paternal arms: Femme: quarterly, first: Royal arms of England | France modern and England, second and third: or, a cross gules ( Elizabeth de Burgh, 4th Countess of Ulster | de Burgh ), fourth ( Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March | Mortimer ).

* Royal Ulster Constabulary, the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001

The Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) was the name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2000.

Following the awarding of the George Cross in 2000, it was subsequently known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC.

Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme ( 1916 ) | Battle of the Somme in World War I.

Memorial to William Henry Laverty, King's Royal Rifles, killed during WW1.

The regiment's traditions are preserved by the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, which is a redesignation of the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets.

* The King's Royal Rifles Association website

* 1883 – The Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Forces was founded.

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Colour guards in the artillery units are technically the lead gun's crew and leader ( except in the Honourable Artillery Company which uses both guns and Colours ) and there are no colour guards in the rifle regiments ( nowadays The Rifles ), the Royal Gurkha Rifles ( which use the Queen's Truncheon ) and in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea.

" The Maple Leaf Forever " is also the authorized regimental march of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and The Royal Westminster Regiment.

Several assault companies — notably those of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles and The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada — took heavy casualties in the opening minutes of the first wave.

The Brigade is made up of 30 ( IX ) Commando, 40 Commando ( home base: Taunton ), 42 Commando ( Bickleigh, South Hams, Plymouth ) and 45 Commando ( Arbroath, Scotland ), the Commando Logistic Regiment, 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines, 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery, 24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers and 1st battalion, The Rifles.

* Sam " Bo " McClelland ( 1966 – 1973 ) Described as a " tough disciplinarian ", he was personally appointed by Spence to succeed him as Chief of Staff, due to his having served in the Korean War with Spence's former regiment, the Royal Ulster Rifles.

The Parachute Regiment recruits nationally, while the Royal Gurkha Rifles recruits most of its serving personnel from Nepal, and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment recruits in Gibraltar.

Troops of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles near Ifs, France, 25 July 1944.

* The Royal Winnipeg Rifles at Minto Armoury

* Royal Ulster Rifles 1793-1881-renamed Royal Irish Rifles and retained name until 1921 ( renamed as Royal Ulster Rifles until 1947 when it merged with Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and Royal Irish Fusiliers to form North Irish Brigade