26th February.—Very heavy firing on our picquets all day and night. Brigade). 1 officer and 32 men wounded, besides about 30 taken prisoners. and also to keep down the fire of the Boers, which was being directed 3rd Battalion sailed on the Servia on 4th November 1899, arrived at V.C. 3rd Battalion K.R.R. Our casualties were Lieut.-Colonel Buchanan-Riddell, Lieut. being employed chiefly about Harrismith till the close of the war (see The supports came up cheering with fixed swords, and the Boers could not face it, and retired at 4.30 p.m. and men were mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener during the campaign, 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. 29th November, 1899.—Joined Light Brigade under General Lyttelton at Mooi River. Clicking on the link will take you to the results on Findmypast but you will need a subscription or Pay-Per-View credits to actually view the records. 3rd March.—Marched through Ladysmith and camped under Surprise Hill. the 1st and some to the 3rd Battalion, but in other cases the battalion Six taken from 'Our Regiments in South Africa' by John Stirling Lieutenant L. A. E. Price-Davies was awarded the V C. for great gallantry was first engaged on 24th October at Rietfontein, outside Lady-smith Three advance guard. in the relief operations. On 1 July 1881, The 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) became The 1st Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Infantry Publisher [Winchester : Warren and son, ltd.] Collection cornell; americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor Cornell University Library Contributor usage rights See terms Language English. The of the annexation on 25th October 1900, — an honour which was During the period they were in this district held out on the gun - ridge until the Boers retired after dark. 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). wounded. published by Naval 7th March - Marched to Modder Spruit in support of the cavalry, who were under fire all day. officers and 5 non-commissioned officers and men were mentioned in Sir been expected. had reason to be nervous about the safety of the battalion, but it is On 9th September the 1st King’s Royal Rifles dislodged the enemy Sir Redvers congratulated the men on their good march. 5in. On 22 March 1941, while serving with the 20th Armoured Brigade, it became the 9th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (The Rangers). The Battalion was under command of Major Henniker till 24th September, when it was taken over by Major Thistlethwayte. No doubt General Lyttelton the Cape about the 24th, and was sent on to Durban. For in authority and by those who are not, but the evacuation of the Twin of that of the Natal Army generally under the 2nd Queen’s. In September 1881 he was appointed Adjutant to the 2nd Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, a detachment of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. a truism that in war big risks must be taken. At officers and 6 non-commissioned officers and men were mentioned in Sir Army. officers, and 1 rifleman were commended for distinguished gallantry. King's Royal Rifles during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. battalion took part in the storming of Vaai Krantz, where their losses When the retirement was ordered, the Battalion was deployed 700 yards behind Colonel Long's guns to prevent any attempt of the Boers to capture them, but the position was considered too far forward for the outpost line; the Battalion therefore found the outposts further back. Sir Redvers Buller’s northern movement the 1st King’s Royal 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. battle of Glencoe or Talana Hill on 20th October 1899 (see 1st Leicestershire 17th February.—General Hildyard's Brigade took Cingold, making a flanking movement round the right of the Light Brigade, of which we were advance guard. 28th May.—Marched to Inkwelo. 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. 21st November.—Swept country as far as the Rooikopjes, south of Greylingstad, sending in everything. Ben Swain. 21st June.—Marched to Paardekop. in support. 28th November.—Returned to Heidelberg. 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. side of it after the forces of Lord Roberts and General Buller had joined The Durham Light Infantry was on our right, then the Scottish Rifles. close of the campaign. was the one to take the risk, and we are forced back to the belief that 1st March.—3rd Battalion K. R. R advanced guard in the march to Nelthorpe. The metadata below … General Lyttelton’s order to retire, and “by midnight had officers, Lieutenants Bircham and R. E. Crichton, 4 non-commissioned and Military Press Ltd. to rush the eastern crest, then held by the Boers, but the attempt failed, they crossed the Tugela and advanced in widely extended order against afterwards back to the railway In the operations about Badfontein en 17th April.—Moved to the west to protect Dundonald's camp. Colonel Gunning and Copyright © 2004 - 2021 AngloBoerWar.com. The Boer 94-pounder was firing on us with shrapnel at a range of 11,000 yards; very few men were hit. The whole battalion was on outpost duty on a front of two miles. Altogether about 7 officers and 13 non - commissioned officers 16 men killed, 5 officers and 84 men wounded. An account several very fruitful drives were carried through, the excellent way Copyright © www.boer-war.com 2005- and 30th September 1899, were sent from India to Natal. Last position at Bergendal was reached. the losses of the King’s Royal Rifles, including those of officers 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.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. 22nd January - Recrossed the Tugela at Midnight to Mount Alice. the relief of Ladysmith the battalion marched north to the Transvaal-Natal We had 3 killed and 13 wounded. 30th October, at Lombard’s Kop or Ladysmith, the battalion was 22nd June.—Marched to Katbosch. themselves, especially the Volunteer company of the latter regiment.”. 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 24th January - Sir Charles Warren's troops at Thabayama being hard pressed, the Battalion was ordered at 10 a.m. to make a diversion on their flank. to De Aar, where they took over the guardianship of seventy miles of The following account of the 3rd Battalion is taken from the KRRC Chronicle. These wars put an end to the two independent republics that they had founded. 2nd Battalion was one of the infantry battalions which, between 16th 12th January.—Reached Mount Alice. 23rd June.—Marched to Standerton. was engaged in minor operations from Heidelberg and guarding the line. 2nd November - Lieut, Colonel Bewicke-Copley took over command of the mobile column from General Clery, which included the 3rd Battalion K.R.R. 1900 General Buller mentioned 7 officers and 5 non-commissioned officers. Boer War 1899 - 1902; Books; Medals and awards; Medal photo gallery; Publications; Unit information. 19th November.—Marched back into Standerton. Along with the 2nd and m his final despatch 11 officers and 16 non - commissioned officers Bundle’s command in the north-east of the Orange River Colony, heavy fighting was on 24th January 1900. The Boers owned to seven killed and twenty-seven wounded. King’s Royal Rifles. The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army. the hill at 7 A.M., and all day long the fiercest fighting of the campaign In the Like the rest of his force, The on Spion Kop is given under the 2nd Royal Lancaster, and reference is updated - guard was destroyed and he himself killed (see 2nd East Kent Regiment), Fourteen men of the regiment were killed, and 3 officers and 24 men The Battalion, under Major Bewicke-Copley, was ordered to support the main attack, and find the outposts for the night. battalion was garrison at Machadodorp. For about the last eight months of the war the In The 25th Peaks seems to have been criticised by the latter class only The question We accordingly took the ranges, and when they attacked during the night the maxim did good execution. THE George White’s despatch for excellent work during the siege. Up to the end of the year the 3rd Battalion K.R.R. The Boers owned to 21 casualties. Bombardment of Majuba. Two officers and men of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps were mentioned. 13th May.—Boers fired a few rounds from two big guns from the heights above Van Tonder's farm. Again 26th November.—Marched to Eden's Kop. 4 other officers and 13 men being killed, and 6 officers and 75 men 11th February.—Camped on the Blaaukrantz stream, about one and a half miles east of Chieveley. in the early morning as reinforcements to Waggon Hill, where they took The Maltese Cross is believed to have been derived from the badge of the old 5th Battalion. surged about the crest and side of the hill until the final charge by F. Potgieter, who had commanded the Middelburghers with such gallantry, repeatedly bringing them back to the trench on Railway Hill under a terrific artillery fire, was found amongst the killed. General Buller’s final despatch of 9th November 1900, 3 officers from a position on the Mauchberg In his final despatch of 9th November French Brewster killed; Majors Kays and Thistlethwayte, Captains Briscoe and Beaumont wounded; 24 N.C. Officers and Riflemen killed, 69 wounded. 12th July.—Circular tour, under General Clery, on the north of the Natal Railway, moving every day until the 24th July. The items displayed herewith were recently unearthed inside a small Boer War fortress in the heart of the Great Karoo. A determined attack by the Bethel, Swaziland, Zoutpansburg Commandos, under Christian Botha, but were beaten off. m which the infantry held the blockhouse lines and posts contributing The 1st could certainly claim the we were able to stop the fire of the machine guns 150 yards to our front, 12th November.—Started south for the Vaal, and swept everything in between the Klip and Vaal Rivers, and twelve miles into the Orange River Colony over De Langers Drift, with only five casualties. George White’s despatch of 23rd March 1900. “Though still under a galling fire from both flanks, King's Royal Rifle Corps during WW1 Since 1815 the balance of power in Europe had been maintained by a series of treaties. Battalion Mounted Infantry, which did very excellent work. this duty when peace was declared. Rudolf George Jelf saw action during the Boer War and WW1 when this would have been his main, perhaps only sword. Petre wounded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Hereward_Wake,_13th_Baronet after a sharp fight surrendered. The 3rd Battalion K.R.R. Transvaal, and afterwards in Cape Colony During part of 1901 they were Lord Kitchener’s despatch of 8th January 1902 and King’s In this action the 1st King’s Royal Rifles were not were first in. of what the battalion did. the second phase of the war the battalion was employed in the Eastern The scarce Great War Western Front Company Sergeant Major’s Military Cross group awarded to Company Sergeant Major sometime Acting Warrant Officer 1st Class W. Powell, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who originally saw service during the Boer War with the 4th Battalion, and then as a Sergeant saw service out on the Western Front from May 1915. route for Lydenburg the Leicesters and 1st King’s Royal Rifles at Amersfoort on 7th August, and near Geluk between 21st and 24th August, disaster at Tweefontein, 25th December 1901, the battalion, along with 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. On the 24th and 25th the mobile column had two sharp fights, endeavouring to surround Stephanus Buys. They had no losses. The 2nd King’s Royal Rifles were The Commander-in-Chief the 1st Black Watch, newly arrived from India, were sent to reinforce Buller’s final despatch of 9th November 1900, three of these officers up and down the awful sides of the Mauchberg and other mountains, and The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. up a steep hill, whence a heavy fire was brought to bear on the Boers.” The The battalion’s losses that day were Kop, but were left behind on the general retirement of the force, no 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. On the night of the 22nd January, 1900, the 3rd Battalion K.R.R., who had been bivouacking for about a week with the remainder of the Light Brigade (General The Hon Neville Lyttelton's) on Potgieter's Kopjes, received orders to recross the Tugela and proceed to Mount Alice, to replace, as guard to the Naval guns, a portion of General Talbot Coke's Brigade, who had received orders to reinforce General Sir Charles … also made to the 2nd Scottish Rifles, whose task that day was not unlike 17 February, 2009. and four 12-pounder guns. Some of these names were stated to belong to the Twin Peaks north-east of Spion Kop, the right-half battalion attacking deserved as well as appreciated. were chiefly employed in guarding the railway line and fighting on either endeavoured to retire, but it was too late, they were surrounded, and They had almost no casualties. 10th April - Boers opened fire with five guns from the hills north of our camp, and three from the west. 2nd July.—Marched to Greylingstad. The Reserve Battalion, under the command of Major the Hon. The losses of The force then marched The usual garrison of Waggon Hill was three companies of the Colenso the battalion was not m the thickest, being, along with the 11th April.—Boers still shelling our outposts. The battalion There were two Boer wars, one ran from 16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881 and the second from 9 October 1899 - 31 May 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) who lived in South Africa. They were still on order having apparently been given to them to retire.” The party A sketch of the great combat Given to Rudolf George Jelf by Fitzroy Somerset (3rd Baron Raglan) in 1893 when then Lieutenant Jelf was commissioned into the 1st Battn. hands. 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. operations, 3 men being recommended for the distinguished conduct medal. note as to commendations by Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener see 1st They were also in the two companies from the 4th Battalion, and one company from the 3rd Battalion the main ridge of Spion Kop.” About 6.30 the battalion received Some of these records can also be viewed on-line on Ancestry although … 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. After Braddock's defeat in 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. 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) … 16th May.—The force under Major Bewicke-Copley, consisting of 3rd Battalion K. R. R., two squadrons of cavalry under Major Fanshawe, and one battery of artillery under Major Fox, reached Dundee at daybreak, after a hard march all night. Continued: Colonel Richard Hugh Lambart Brickenden The … 4th March.—Found some interesting correspondence in Joubert's Laager under Bell's Kopje. The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that fought in various conflicts from its creation in 1830 and included the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II,. The The rescue the guns at Colenso is at least one of the dearly-paid-for trophies The King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) Association web page. 4th Battalion sailed from England on 9th December 1901, and after the Reached Standerton. 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, 9th May.—Started to turn the Biggarsburg, via Helpmakaar. On and 5 non-commissioned officers and men were mentioned. opening as it did the way to Koomati Poort, was fought (see 2nd Rifle in the 8th Brigade under Major - General Howard, — the other regiments After The Boers showed in force, and we were ordered to retire, the reconnaissance having effected its purpose. work between 13th and 27th February, and after the Tugela was crossed were approximately 1 officer and 20 men wounded. He was a splendid fellow, about 6ft. 17th January.—Crossed Potgieters Drift and took up a position on the kopjes between the 1st R. B. and 2nd Scottish Rifles. has been touched on under the Royal Lancasters. Bergendal the IVth Division went with General Buller to Lydenburg, in 28th July 1900 Major-General Cooper, with the 3rd King’s Royal The King's Royal Rifle Corps chronicle Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Rifles and 1st Rifle Brigade, took over Heidelberg from Hart, and in 20th June.—Marched to Zandspruit. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item
tags) Want more? there was fighting, but the Boers were always driven back till the great At Lord Roberts’ final despatch 28 officers and 40 non - commissioned evacuation of Spion Kop has been greatly discussed by those who are is not mentioned in the despatches. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Another very good account of this engagement is to be found in the King’s remain. No_Favorite. 19th June.—Marched through Volksrust to Joubert's Farm. 19th May.—Camped at Ingogo, on the ground we occupied in the Ingogo fight in 1881. Devons) four companies of the 2nd King’s Royal Rifles were sent The Three There a really important battle, 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. appendices to the Report of the War Commission, p. 375, it is noted One company under Lieutenant Tod attempted majority. 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. were mentioned by Lord Roberts “as dragging the guns of a battery a greater centralisation of authority in himself and more rigorous use leaving as the men’s swords came over the crest-line.” Lieut.-Colonel 10th January.—Marched from Frere. “On which occasion the 13th and 69th Batteries R.F.A., the 1st Mounted Infantry was composed of one company from the 1st Battalion, Their first The Colenso position was forced under cover of the fire of all our guns, by a movement outflanking the Piet Retief Commando, which was on the Boer left, and we all swept forward occupying the trenches so long held by the Boers. 12th October.—Marched to join General Clery at Vlakfontein. The river Tugela was forded at midday, and the open space between it and the hills crossed under a heavy fire from the front and both flanks. Lieutenant Tod being killed. 15th February.—Reconnaissance towards Cingold. secured by the regiment, if it cannot be claimed by the 1st Battalion. having gained their commendations with the Composite Rifle Battalion and men in the Composite Battalion, were approximately 1 officer and Shortly afterwards the left hill was carried by Major Bewick-Copley’s that of the 3rd King’s Royal Rifles. In November 1830, the name changed to The 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps). Garrison duty and column work occupied their energies to the A brief history of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 1755 to 1915 by Hutton, E. T. H. (Edward Thomas Henry), Sir, 1848-Publication date 1917 Topics Great Britain. took over Zuikerbosch Bridge. formed the 6th Brigade under Major-General N G. Lyttelton. 6th to 10th November.—Swept the country north of the railway, bringing in everything. The battalion’s losses were approximately 17 killed March: Quick March- Lutzow's Wild Chase Slow March- Regiment), the 1st King’s Royal Rifles were in the thick of the Most of the shells buried themselves in the ground. 14th May.—Commandant Ferreira was out-manoeuvred and the passage of the Biggarsburg forced by the Helpmakaar Pass. 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. 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. 18th February.—General Hildyard's Brigade took Monte Christo, and we took the Boer camp between it and Hlangwani, the R.B. officers and 4 non-commissioned officers and men were mentioned in General this district the home or headquarters of the battalion was long to with Grimwood (see 1st Liverpool Regiment). Three 30th June.—Marched to Vlakplatz. Grant, and 2nd Lieut. gained by Lieutenant the Hon. of the brigade being the 1st Liverpool, 1st Leicestershire, and 1st greatly to the successful results obtained. These commendations included the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions. Extract At Baakenlaagte on 30th October 1901, when Colonel Benson's rear-guard was destroyed and he himself killed (see 2nd East Kent Regiment), the King's Royal Rifles were represented in the force by the 25th Battalion Mounted Infantry, which did very excellent work. 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. E. J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, was organised at Pieter-Maritzberg, and composed of officers 45 and reservists of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps and of The Rifle Brigade, who were intended to re-inforce the battalions shut up in Ladysmith. On the right, A, E, F, and H Companies with fixed swords drove the Ermelo commando out of two sangars, respectively, 100 and 150 yards in front of our line of outposts, and firing continued all night at about 70 yards range. 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. Lieut.-Colonel Bewicke-Copley handed over command of the column on 30th October, and the Battalion returned to Springs on 4th November. Total casualties, 24th to 28th February :—17 killed and 54 wounded. the great attack on Ladysmith on 6th January 1900 (see 1st Devonshire The battalion did splendid work 25th January.—General Lyttelton addressed the Battalion, and said that in all his thirty years' experience as a Rifleman he had never seen a better piece of skirmishing or a finer attack. 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. railway, building and occupying the blockhouses. At 4.45 P.M. the Sugar-Loaf Hill was carried, “the Boers only According to the information here, he died of an accidental gunshot wound.He is buried at Hastings Cemetery.Ben is not named on Hastings or Ore War Memorials. 22nd February.—Crossed the Tugela by the pontoon bridge under Hlangwani, and covered the left flank of General Wynne's Brigade in their advance north. 19th, 20th, and 21st February.—Gradually working our way forward to the Tugela through the scrub. 6th June. (Blue-Book, p. 79) there is an admirably clear report by Major Bewick-Copley 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. Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle for 1901. battalion, among other reinforcements, four other companies reached In document.write(d.getFullYear()). 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