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5 The Rifle Brigade
5 Battalion The Rifle Brigade

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
01-Jan-1753 01-Jan-1753 Active as 2 Royal Tower Hamlets Militia
15-Dec-1831 ? 15-Dec-1831 ? Renamed The Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia
30-Jun-1874 ? 30-Jun-1874 ? Renamed The Queen's Own Royal Tower Hamlets Light Infantry sometime in 1874
01-Jul-1881 01-Jul-1881 Renamed 5 Battalion The Rifle Brigade
01-May-1900 01-May-1900 Embodied
20-Oct-1900 20-Oct-1900 Disembodied
09-Dec-1901 09-Dec-1901 Embodied
03-Oct-1902 03-Oct-1902 Disembodied
30-Jul-1908 30-Jul-1908 Reorganised Transfered to the Special Reserve
04-Aug-1914 04-Aug-1914 Event Not Embodied
15-Apr-1953 ? 15-Apr-1953 ? Disbanded Officially
Number of Records Returned: 11
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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Home Unit Definition
Corps Corps of which the Unit was a part (British Commonweath Units only)
History Important Dates and Events in the History of the Unit
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Notes Miscellaneous Notes for Unit