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Great value Victorian military uniform
prints of the King's Royal Rifles, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry and the Rifle Brigade now part of the Royal Green Jackets, by Victorian artist Harry Payne, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the
military art print company.
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Kings Royal Rifles by Harry Payne.
Open edition print. Image size 7 inches x 12 inches (18cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE UN0048
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The Ox and Bucks Light Infantry by Harry Payne.
Open edition print. Image size 7 inches x 12 inches (18cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE UN0038
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The Rifle Brigade by Harry Payne.
Open edition print. Image size 7 inches x 12 inches (18cm x 31cm). Price £14.00
ITEM CODE UN0005
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THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS Raised in 1755 as the 62nd, (Royal American regiment) and in 1757 becoming
the 60th Foot.
Battle Honours
 | 1756 - 1763 Louisbrg, Quebec Martinique, Havannah,
during the Seven years War |
 | 1763 - 1764 Pontiac's Conspiracy in North America. |
 | 1809 Martinique during the Napoleonic wars |
 | 1808 - 1814, Rolica, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentos d'Onoro, Albuhera,
Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria,
Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse, during the Peninsula War |
 | 1848 - 1849 Mooltan, Goojerat, Punjaub during the
Second Sikh War |
 | 1851 - 1853 Eighth Kaffir war |
 | 1857 - 1858 Delhi, during the Indian Mutiny |
 | 1857 - 1860 Taku Forts, Pekin during the Second China War |
 | 1877 - 1879 Zulu and Basuto War |
 | 1878 -1880 Ali Masjid, Ahmed Khel, Khandahar during the second Afghan War |
 | 1880 Tel El Kibir, during the Arabi Pasha revolt |
 | 1882 -1884 First Sudan War |
 | 1895 Chitral Campaign |
 | 1899 - 1902 Defence of Ladysmith, relief of Ladysmith during the Boer
war |
 | 1914 - 1918 Mons, Marne, Ypres 1914, 1915 , 1917, 1918, Somme,1916,
1918, Arras 1917, 1918 Messines 1917,
1918 Epehy, Canal du Nord, Selles Sambre |
 | 1939 - 1945 Calais 1940, Rhineland, Egyptian Frontier, 1940, Sidi
Rezegh 1941, Alem el Halfa, El Alamein, Italy 1943,
45, Greece 1941, 1944 - 45 |
VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS TWENTY MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENTS HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE VICTORIA
CROSS, Eight in the Indian Mutiny, one in the Zulu and Basuto war,
one in Egypt, one in the Sudan war, one in The Boer war, Ten in World War One
and One in the Second World War.
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The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Regiment, (43rd and 52nd) became in 1958
The 1st Green Jackets The King's Royal Rifle Corps became the 2nd Green Jackets, and The
Rifle Brigade became the 3rd Green jackets.
THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY (43RD AND 52ND)
Raised in 1741 as the 54th Foot, becoming in 1748 The 43rd of Foot, and in
1755 changed to the 54th Foot and in 1757 the 52nd Foot.
In 1881 These two Regiments became the 1st and 2nd battalions of the
Oxfordshire Light Infantry and again changing in 1908 to the Oxfordhsire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
Battle Honours shown on standards
 | 1756 - 1763, Quebec, (1759) Martinique (1762) Havannah
during the Seven Years War |
 | 1789 - 1791 Mysore during the Third Mysore War |
 | 1790 - 1793 Hindoostan in India |
 | 1793 - 1802 Martinique during the French Revolutionary Wars |
 | 1808 - 1814 Vimiera, Corunna, Busaco, Fuentos d'Onoro, Ciudad Rodrigo,
Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria,
. Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse during the
Peninsula war |
 | 1815, Battle of Waterloo |
 | 1851 - 1853 South Africa during the Eighth Kaffir War |
 | 1857 - 1858 Delhi, during the Indian Mutiny |
 | 1863 - 1865 New Zealand |
 | 1899 - 1902 relief of Kimberley, Paardeburg, during the Boer War |
 | 1914 - 1918 Mons, Ypres, Langemarck, Nonne Bosschen, Somme, Cambrai,
Piave, Doiran, Ctesiphon, defence
of Kut Al Amara during the First World War |
 | 1939 - 1945 Cassel, Ypres Comines Canal, Normandy Landing,
Pegasus Bridge, Reichswald, Rhine, Enfidaville, Salerno, Anzio, Gemmano Ridge. |
VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS Six members of the regiments have been awarded the Victoria Cross,
three during the Indian Mutiny, one during the Third Maori War and Two during
the First World War
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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, Macedonia |
 | 1939 - 1945 Calais 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
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