Sevastopol, Lucknow, Ashantee 1873–74, Ali Masjid, Afghanistan 1878–79, Burma 1885–87, Khartoum, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899–1902 The Great War (21 battalions): Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, Armentières 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Hooge 1915, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Messines 1917, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Rosières, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Canal du Nord, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Macedonia 1915–18 The Second World War: Calais 1940, Villers Bocage, Odon, Bourguébus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Le Perier Ridge, Falaise, Antwerp, Hechtel, Nederrijn, Lower Maas, Roer, Leese, Aller, North-West Europe 1940 '44–45, Egyptian Frontier 1940, Beda Fomm, Mersa el Brega, Agedabia, Derna Aerodrome, Tobruk 1941, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Chor es Sufan, Saunnu, Gazala, Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, Ruweisat, Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, Tebaga Gap, Medjez el Bab, Kassarine, Thala, Fondouk, Fondouk Pass, El Kourzia, Djebel Kournine, Tunis, Hammam Lif, North Africa 1940–43, Cardito, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Monte Rotondo, Capture of Perugia, Monte Malbe, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Gothic Line, Orsara, Tossigniano, Argenta Gap, Fossa Sembalina, Italy 1943–45 Notable members John Baird – Rifleman and revolutionary. Thomas Sydney Beckwith – Officer in the 95th, served in the Peninsular War. Rowland Fraser, internationalist, killed while serving with the brigade. James Fullarton – Officer who saw action at the Battle of Waterloo William Green – Rifleman and author. Benjamin Randell Harris – Rifleman and author. Major-General Sir Henry Havelock – Officer of the 95th, later prominent in India. Sir John Kincaid (1787 – 1862) Officer of the 95th who wrote a first hand account of his service under Wellington. Alfred Mendes - author and grandfather of director Sam Mendes David Niven – Lieutenant and actor. Thomas Plunket – Rifleman who shot a French general Sir Harry Smith, 1st Baronet – Officer of the 95th at Badajoz and Waterloo. See also History of British light infantry New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) – short lived, World War I formation that fought on the Western Front. Combeforce 60th King's Royal Rifle Corps – sister regiment sharing much history & many traditions. Richard Sharpe