CELER ET AUDAX: A Sketch of the Services of the Fifth Battalion Sixtieth Regiment (Rifles) During the Twenty Years of its Existence

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Details from the regiment were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and placed on active service on 1 September 1939 for local protection duties until disbanded on 31 December 1940. The regiment subsequently mobilized the 1st Battalion, The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment), CASF on 5 March 1942.40 It served in Canada in a home defence role as part of Military District No. 2, until disbanded on 15 October 1943. Altogether, over 2,000 Rangers served in the Second World but those who went overseas did so in other regiments. The 7th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 41st Brigade in the 14th (Light) Division in August 1914 for service on the Western Front [22] and saw action the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915, the Battle of Delville Wood in July 1916 and the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in September 1916 as well as the advance to the Hindenburg Line, the Battle of Arras in April 1917, the Battle of Langemark in August 1917, the First Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917 and the Second Battle of Passchendaele in November 1917 before taking part in the Battle of St Quentin in March 1918 and the Battle of the Avre in April 1918. [27] In 1866, the regiment had an average strength of 513 men. There were 669 hospital admissions (1304.1 admissions per 1000 of mean strength) with 1 death in hospital (1.95 deaths per 1000 of mean strength). It had 150 admissions (292/1000 mean strength) for continued fevers with no deaths. The cases of continued fevers in the 60th accounted for more than a quarter of the total number of admissions into hospital. The majority were of a mild type and were blamed on exposure to the sun. Arms: Gules a fess between three sheldrakes argent. Crest: A sheldrake rising proper. Seat: Barton Hall, Preston, co. Reorganized and redesignated 11 June 1907 as Battery B, 6th Field Artillery. It was inactivated 31 March 1930 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland. Activated 1 July 1940 at Fort Hoyle, Maryland

Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, inactivated 15 September 1995 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division Brown, Robert (March 1909). Siege and Capture of Havana in 1762. Vol.4. Maryland Historical Magazine. p.324. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 October 1944 to 4 July 1945 (37th infantry division cited; da GO 47, 1950)Celebrating Ontario and Canada". Honouring service to the Crown. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. 2015-09-10 . Retrieved 2016-04-08. Mar 1866 The 1st/60th Regiment embarked at Kingstown, Ireland on the Simoom, disembarking in Malta on 17 March. A detachment of 6 men was left in Malta on the departure of the regiment. The 3rd/The King's Royal Rifle Corps

Jan A soldier fell a height of 50 feet sustaining a compound fracture of his right wrist and an extensive compound fracture of the right thigh. The fracture extended from his knee joint to the middle of the thigh from which several pieces of bone protruded. The femur was completely shattered, as also were the patella and head of tibia. His jaw was also fractured. On the 28 January Surgeon Alexander Melvin decided to amputate the right leg. The patient endured the operation with fortitude but died on 30 January. These squadron designations were intended to represent each of the three Territorial Force mounted rifles regiments from which the OMR drew its personnel. As far as possible, each squadron drew its recruits from its geographical region until September 1917. From then on, men were sent overseas as generic mounted rifles reinforcements but were still generally assigned to their region’s unit. Further reading Messenger, Charles (16 March 1994). A History of British Infantry: For Love of Regiment. Vol.2, 1915–1994. p.156. ISBN 9780850524222. Celer et Audax was the motto of the British 60th Regiment (Royal Americans) formed in 1755 in North America. Its 1st Battalion was commanded by the renowned Light Infantry expert Colonel Henry Bouquet. After the American War of Independence the 60th Regiment moved to Canada. The 5th Battalion 60th Regiment, formed in 1798, were green uniformed riflemen who served with distinction in the Napoleonic Wars in Portugal and Spain in the early 1800s. Their first commander was Colonel Francis de Rottenburgh who wrote the British Army Light Infantry training manual of that period. Many of his ideas can be seen to be the forerunners of modern infantry concepts. Nov Ernest James Parker born 21 Oct 1895, son of Hannah Lizzie and CSgt Barzillai Parker of Floriana.

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Sep 1867 The 1st/60th (KRRC) embarked on the Himalaya for Canada, where it arrived on 29 September. It was relieved int Malta by the 1st/31st Foot from Ireland. One fatal case of cholera and 14 of diarrhoea, two of which died, occurred on the voyage. The 1st/The King's Royal Rifle Corps 1902 1st/KRRC No musket for such a man, bold and brave, swift as only a Rifleman can, deadly is his aim, his Rifle, his psyche, his game, a chosen man, strong and fit, can march for miles at a pace, and still his target hit.

World War I: *Montdidier-Noyon; *Aisne-Marne; *St. Mihiel; *Meuse-Argonne; *Lorraine 1917; *Lorraine 1918; *Picardy 1918 Is a Regular Infantry Battalion of around 550 Riflemen. It is based in Chepstow; from where it deploys worldwide on training missions and operations. Originally within 3 Commando Brigade, 1 RIFLES is now part of 1st (UK) Division - which heads up the British Army's Light Role Adaptable Force, optimised for the challenges of today, both within the UK and abroad. Redesignated 3 February 1962 as the 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery, concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion [all organized in 1898 as the 6th Regiment of Artillery], and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Artillery) There is a pride, that they can not hide, a Rifleman, best be on your side, history shows how brave they be, regiment and Riflemen in battle, honoured constantly, the bravest of the brave, to them, the VC.Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, assigned 13 September 1972 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1987 as Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, and remained assigned to the 1st Infantry Division.