8 The Rifle Brigade
8 Battalion The Rifle Brigade
Unit Histories
| 30-Jun-1793 ? |
30-Jun-1793 ? |
Created |
as Leitrim Militia at Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim sometime in 1793 |
| 30-Jun-1855 ? |
30-Jun-1855 ? |
Renamed |
Leitrim Rifles sometime in 1855 |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Renamed |
8 Battalion The Rifle Brigade |
| 31-Jul-1889 |
31-Jul-1889 |
Disbanded |
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| 22-Aug-1914 |
22-Aug-1914 |
Reformed |
at Aldershot |
| 25-Apr-1918 |
25-Apr-1918 |
Reduced to Cadre |
in France |
| 03-Aug-1918 |
03-Aug-1918 |
Disbanded |
in France |
| 15-Jan-1941 |
15-Jan-1941 |
Converted from |
2 The London Rifle Brigade |
| 31-Aug-1945 |
31-Aug-1945 |
Active |
in North West Europe |
| Number of Records Returned: 9 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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