RIFLE BRIGADE.
The Regiment was raised from detachments of the 1st, 21st, 23rd, 25th, 27th, 29th, 49th, 55th, 67th, 69th, 71st, 72nd, 79th, 85th, and 92nd Regiments of Foot, and was then commonly known as “Manningham’s Sharpshooters” from its Colonel’s name, and its being armed with rifles.
It bore a “Bugle Horn” before the badge of “The Maltese Cross” was adopted, which probably took place when the names of victories were first granted. It was at first surmounted with a figure of “Fame.” The Cross was surmounted by a Crown about 1830.
It ranks next to the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders.
It is nicknamed “The Sweeps” from its dark coloured uniform.