9 The Rifle Brigade
9 Battalion The Rifle Brigade
Unit Histories
| 30-Jun-1793 |
30-Jun-1793 |
Created |
as Westmeath Militia at Mullingar in County Westmeath |
| 30-Jun-1855 ? |
30-Jun-1855 ? |
Renamed |
Wastmeath Rifles sometime in 1855 |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Renamed |
9 Battalion The Rifle Brigade |
| 01-Apr-1899 |
01-Apr-1899 |
Absorbed By |
6 The Rifle Brigade |
| 30-Aug-1914 |
30-Aug-1914 |
Reformed |
at Aldershot |
| 27-Apr-1918 |
27-Apr-1918 |
Reduced to Cadre |
in France |
| 03-Aug-1918 |
03-Aug-1918 |
Disbanded |
in France |
| 15-Jan-1941 |
15-Jan-1941 |
Converted from |
1 Tower Hamlets Rifles as 9 Battalion The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) (Tower Hamlets Rifles) |
| 22-Mar-1941 |
22-Mar-1941 |
Event |
Battalion arrived at Mersa Brega |
| 31-Mar-1941 |
31-Mar-1941 |
Event |
Battalion attacked at Mersa Brega |
| 07-Apr-1941 |
07-Apr-1941 |
Event |
Battalion arrived at Tobruck |
| 15-May-1941 ? |
15-May-1941 ? |
Event |
Battalion evacuated to the Delta by sea |
| 22-Dec-1942 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Suspended Animation |
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| Number of Records Returned: 13 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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