The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the “Experimental Corps of Riflemen” to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers.
The Regiment formed a total of 28 battalions during the First World War, in addition to the pre-war establishment of two Regular and two Militia and two Territorial Battalions. The regiment lost 11,575 men who were killed during the course of the war and were awarded 52 battle honours including 10 Victoria Crosses.
Commonwealth War Graves
Betty, Lieutenant Alfred (d1917, aged 48, illness)
Burstow, Rifleman Frederick (d1916, aged 24, illness)
Crook, Rifleman Walter (d1916, aged 27, illness)
Ely, Serjeant Frank (d1919, aged 40, illness)
Hawkins, Lance Corporal Francis (d1918, aged 23, illness)
Hill, Rifleman George (d1918, aged 52, illness)
Hooper, Rifleman William (d1918, aged 27, illness)
Knight, Rifleman Walter (d1918, aged 30, illness)
Morris, Serjeant Ernest (d1920, aged 40, cause of death unknown)
Palmer, Second Lieutenant George (d1918, aged 22, illness)
Rumbelow, Serjeant Albert (d1918, aged 39, illness)
Vanstone, Lieutenant Charles (d1917, aged 28, died of wounds)
Death and Service 