The 60th Rifles

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The 60th Rifles was a renowned British Army light infantry regiment, formally known as the King's Royal Rifle Corps, noted for its skirmishing tactics and service across the British Empire and in major 19th- and 20th-century conflicts.

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The 60th Rifles canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
associatedWith Green Jackets Brigade ⓘ
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) ⓘ
Royal Green Jackets ⓘ
battleHonour Cassino ⓘ
Delhi 1857 ⓘ
El Alamein ⓘ
Peninsula ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
South Africa 1899–1902 ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
Ypres 1917 ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
conflict Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison Peninsula Barracks, Winchester ⓘ
Winchester ⓘ
militaryRole light infantry ⓘ
motto Celer et Audax ⓘ
notableFor rifle-armed infantry ⓘ
service across the British Empire ⓘ
service in 19th-century conflicts ⓘ
service in 20th-century conflicts ⓘ
skirmishing tactics ⓘ
officialName King's Royal Rifle Corps ⓘ
partOf British Army light infantry tradition ⓘ
regimentalCollect O God, whose days are without end and whose mercies cannot be numbered ⓘ
regimentalDepot Winchester ⓘ
regimentalMarch I'm Ninety-Five ⓘ
successorUnit Royal Green Jackets ⓘ
The Rifles ⓘ
tacticalDoctrine independent fire and initiative ⓘ
marksmanship emphasis ⓘ
skirmishing in open order ⓘ
translationOfMotto Swift and Bold ⓘ
typeOfWeapon rifle ⓘ
uniformFeature black buttons ⓘ
black leather equipment ⓘ
rifle green jacket ⓘ

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King's Royal Rifle Corps → nickname → The 60th Rifles ⓘ