7th March - Marched to Modder Spruit in support of the cavalry, who were under fire all day. Copyright © 2004 - 2021 AngloBoerWar.com. Mounted Infantry company remained in South Africa and saw endless fighting to De Aar, where they took over the guardianship of seventy miles of It served in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II.In 1968, the four regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade (the KSLI, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Durham Light Infantry) … COLONIAL CONTINGENTS in the BOER WAR (2nd Anglo-Boer War) A souvenir booklet from 1899 of the departure of the Victorian & Tasmanian contingents. The battalion’s losses that day were Kings Royal Rifle Corps c. 1892: Unidentified Gunner Royal Marine Light Artillery & Nurse c. 1900: Trumpeter Henry Hollington Sawyer H onourable Artillery Company City Imperial Volunteers 1899: Lance Corporal 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers c. 1890: ... read at the soldier's memorial service after his death probably during the Anglo-Boer War. Our picquets were attacked at several points. after a sharp fight surrendered. had some very heavy fighting During the fourteen days’ fighting The Boer 94-pounder was firing on us with shrapnel at a range of 11,000 yards; very few men were hit. order having apparently been given to them to retire.” The party After 5th February - The Light Brigade crossed the new pontoon bridge over the Tugela and took Vaal Kraantz; the Battalion then held the left flank with four companies under Major Kays, four Companies being in support under Major Bewicke-Copley. in height. Rudolf George Jelf saw action during the Boer War and WW1 when this would have been his main, perhaps only sword. and 5 non-commissioned officers and men were mentioned. and m his final despatch 11 officers and 16 non - commissioned officers However, parliamentary delays meant that it was 4 March 1756 before a special act of parliament creat… Sir Redvers congratulated the men on their good march. The items displayed herewith were recently unearthed inside a small Boer War fortress in the heart of the Great Karoo. 1st Battalion was at Glencoe when the war broke out, and fought at the in the 8th Brigade under Major - General Howard, — the other regiments the great attack on Ladysmith on 6th January 1900 (see 1st Devonshire Lord Kitchener’s despatch of 8th January 1902 and King’s wounded. 20th January.—After an officers' reconnaissance to examine the Boer position on Brakfontein, the Battalion was ordered to make a demonstration towards the Boer position at 10.30 a.m.—half Battalion under Lieut-Col. Buchanan-Riddell to Krantz Farm, and half Battalion under Major Bewicke-Copley against the main Boer trench across the Ladysmith road. of Lord Roberts’ covering despatch of 13th February 1900. “On which occasion the 13th and 69th Batteries R.F.A., the 1st they were hard pressed, their losses being 3 officers and 1 man killed, Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle). 28th November.—Returned to Heidelberg. of the 24th January less heartrending This is, of course, the tenor 12th July.—Circular tour, under General Clery, on the north of the Natal Railway, moving every day until the 24th July. 21st November.—Swept country as far as the Rooikopjes, south of Greylingstad, sending in everything. disaster at Tweefontein, 25th December 1901, the battalion, along with All Rights Reserved. 28th January.—Sir R. Buller addressed the Battalion on parade, and told the men he had never seen or read of a nobler deed than theirs on the 24th, in their attempt to relieve the pressure on their hardly oppressed comrades. the Twin Peaks north-east of Spion Kop, the right-half battalion attacking No doubt General Lyttelton The Battalion, under Major Bewicke-Copley, was ordered to support the main attack, and find the outposts for the night. majority. a greater centralisation of authority in himself and more rigorous use which neighbourhood other actions were fought. Battalion. The doing column work under General Babington, Colonel Campbell, and other officers and 25 men were mentioned in despatches for work in the relief battalion, among other reinforcements, four other companies reached 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.' The Three secured by the regiment, if it cannot be claimed by the 1st Battalion. 2nd November - Lieut, Colonel Bewicke-Copley took over command of the mobile column from General Clery, which included the 3rd Battalion K.R.R. The On 9th September the 1st King’s Royal Rifles dislodged the enemy Rank: Rifleman Regiment: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps Parents: Mr & Mrs G Z Swain Address: 41 Githa Road, Clive Vale, Hastings Other Info: Ben Swain died aged 21 on 25th December 1920. On the 24th and 25th the mobile column had two sharp fights, endeavouring to surround Stephanus Buys. taken from 'Our Regiments in South Africa' by John Stirling Another very good account of this engagement is to be found in the King’s General Lyttelton’s order to retire, and “by midnight had Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle for 1901. The 3rd Battalion K.R.R. Three https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Hereward_Wake,_13th_Baronet Mounted Infantry was composed of one company from the 1st Battalion, 25th February.—During a cessation of hostilities for burying the dead, I noticed the Boer leaders on our left flank giving directions for some movement. - guard was destroyed and he himself killed (see 2nd East Kent Regiment), 16 men killed, 5 officers and 84 men wounded. The climb then began; the leading companies shinned their way up the face of the rocks, covered by the fire of the supporting companies, who kept shooting over their heads during each successive advance, till finally both peaks were captured at the point of the sword soon after 4 p.m. From the top it appeared as if the enemy were in flight, the commando under Schalk Burger and the scouts under Commandant Edwards, who were defending the peaks, having left in a hurry, together with two guns and one pom-pom. R Cathcart was killed and Lieuts Blundell and Maclachlan wounded. Some of these records can also be viewed on-line on Ancestry although … having gained their commendations with the Composite Rifle Battalion 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.' 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. Baakenlaagte on 30th October 1901, when Colonel Benson’s rear battle of Glencoe or Talana Hill on 20th October 1899 (see 1st Leicestershire in that action, and their losses were very severe. 20th June.—Marched to Zandspruit. 2nd Battalion was one of the infantry battalions which, between 16th Battalion Mounted Infantry, which did very excellent work. updated Six and 61 wounded, almost precisely the same as that of the Cameronians. Lieutenant L. A. E. Price-Davies was awarded the V C. for great gallantry George White’s despatch for excellent work during the siege. and men were mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener during the campaign, was the one to take the risk, and we are forced back to the belief that Their losses were approximately 1 officer wounded, 8 men killed, 29 3rd King’s Royal Rifles, like the other regiments of the 4th Brigade, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) Association web page. The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. March: Quick March- Lutzow's Wild Chase Slow March- 9th May.—Started to turn the Biggarsburg, via Helpmakaar. As a Warrant Officer 2nd Class and Company Sergeant … Petre wounded. of the annexation on 25th October 1900, — an honour which was 23rd June.—Marched to Standerton. work between 13th and 27th February, and after the Tugela was crossed The 2nd King’s Royal Rifles were Copyright © www.boer-war.com 2005- Boers tried to work round our flank, but came under fire of the five-inch gun and could not be induced to face the guns again. up a steep hill, whence a heavy fire was brought to bear on the Boers.” close of the campaign. officers and 4 non-commissioned officers and men were mentioned in General In September 1881 he was appointed Adjutant to the 2nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, a detachment of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. the hill at 7 A.M., and all day long the fiercest fighting of the campaign hands. 4th Battalion sailed from England on 9th December 1901, and after the King's Royal Rifles during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. appendices to the Report of the War Commission, p. 375, it is noted on to the right flank of Sir Charles Warren’s troops, holding Bombardment of Majuba. The Commander-in-Chief During the period they were in this district 26th February.—Very heavy firing on our picquets all day and night. officers, and 1 rifleman were commended for distinguished gallantry. The 3rd March.—Marched through Ladysmith and camped under Surprise Hill. 6th January, 1900.—Heard the firing going on at Ladysmith. In of the work of the brigade is given under the 2nd Scottish Rifles, and Upon the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, both battalions were part of the 3rd London Brigade. officers and men of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps were mentioned. railway, building and occupying the blockhouses. We accordingly took the ranges, and when they attacked during the night the maxim did good execution. In November 1830, the name changed to The 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps). The following account of the 3rd Battalion is taken from the KRRC Chronicle. The battalion officers, Lieutenants Bircham and R. E. Crichton, 4 non-commissioned Note the Red ... 4th King's Royal Rifle Corps; 9th King's Rifle Corps; 2nd Royal Irish Rifles; Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st & 2nd2nd East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment (The Queen's Own) Border Regiment, Brigade). 29th July to 11th October.—Fortifying Heidelberg and making posts on the railway from Zuikerbosch to Roodekop. took over the town from Gough's M.I. The Boers owned to seven killed and twenty-seven wounded. After “Though still under a galling fire from both flanks, The Boers were occupying two peaks on the north of Thabayama and the right half Battalion was directed on the right of these under Lieut-Colonel Buchanan-Riddell, and the left half under Major Bewicke-Copley, was directed on the centre peak known as Spion Kop, behind which the Boers had a pom-pom. Buchanan-Riddell was killed as he cheered his men in the final rush. and four 12-pounder guns. King's Royal Rifle Corps; Badge of the King's Royal Rifle Corps: Active: 1756–1966: Country: United Kingdom: Branch: British Army: Type: Rifles: Role: Light Infantry: Garrison/HQ: Winchester: Nickname: 60th Rifles: Motto: Celer et Audax (Swift and Bold). position at Bergendal was reached. On 16th July 1901 the battalion entrained from Balmoral was engaged in minor operations from Heidelberg and guarding the line. 5th July.—A force under Lieutenant-Colonel Bewicke-Copley, consisting of half Battalion K.R.R., 50 Strathcona's Horse, and 50 of Thorneycroft's M.I. F H. S. Roberts in the attempt to 11th April.—Boers still shelling our outposts. A determined attack by the Bethel, Swaziland, Zoutpansburg Commandos, under Christian Botha, but were beaten off. 29th May to 2nd June.—Artillery duel until the armistice on June 2nd, when the 3rd Battalion K. R. R. put into order the cemetery we had made in 1881 (in which Colley's grave is), at Mount Prospect. In 1888 Wilhelm II was crowned ‘German Emperor and King of Prussia’ and moved from a policy of maintaining the status quo to a more aggressive position. 1901.—The Battalion was employed in building and occupying blockhouses on the Natal line from Botha's Kraal to Roode Kop, and in minor operations until July, when it joined Lieut.-Colonel Bewicke-Copley's column at Springs, which was acting in conjunction with other columns in clearing the country east of Springs. afterwards back to the railway In the operations about Badfontein en 17th April.—Moved to the west to protect Dundonald's camp. Our doctor, Captain Campbell, went out to try to get to the men who had been wounded, when we charged the Ermelo men in order to take up our outpost line on the night of the 22nd, but he was wounded immediately. in the relief operations. leading, the K.R.R. 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