Hutton Edward T.H. A Brief History of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 1755 to 1915

Wagram Press, 2014. — 136 p.Every effort has been made to narrate in a concise and popular form the origin, history, and world-wide services of the several battalions, so that every Rifleman may be able to learn at least the outlines of the history of his Regiment—a Corps whose battle honours are unequalled in number, and whose reputation for discipline and courage is unsurpassed in the annals of the British Army. The gallant exploits of the Regiment are here given in no spirit of pride or self-adulation, but with the earnest hope that, profiting by the example of their predecessors, the present and future generations of Riflemen may not only successfully maintain as a sacred trust the credit and renown of The King’s Royal Rifle Corps, but may also still further add to the honours and reputation already won. As Section X (south African War, 1899 - 1902) and Section XII (present Great War, August, 1914, to December, 1915) deal with contemporaneous history, and concern members of the Regiment still serving, it has been deemed advisable to adopt a short record of events by battalions, leaving to the historian of the Regiment the compilation hereafter of the complete narrative.