Lützow's Wild Hunt - Quick March of the King's Royal Rifle Corps

The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. In 1958, the regiment joined the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Rifle Brigade in the Green Jackets Brigade and in 1966 the three regiments were formally amalgamated to become the Royal Green Jackets. The KRRC became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets. On the disbandment of the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in 1992, the RGJ's KRRC battalion was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, eventually becoming 2nd Battalion, The Rifles in 2007.

Performed by the Band of the King's Rifle Corps.

The photo is of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in Egypt, 1882.

[Viscount_Castlereagh]

Very interesting history of the regiment.

[JürgenKünzel-vw]

Not only the Regimental March was German. The nickname of the Regiment was "The Jagers" and it's 4th and 5th Bn.s were the first greenclad rifle units of the regular British Army, while the 1st to 3rd Bn.s still wore redcoats, and they were largely composed of Germans - therefore the nickname. The companies if the 5th Bn were distributed among the brigades of Wellington's Peninsula army to serve in the role the 95th Rifles performed for the army.
By the way, the 2nd Gurkha Rifles als adopted this march after serving side by side with the 60th during the siege of Delhi 1857.
As I served in the 1st German Mountain Division, I have a special interest in "Jagers", whether they are called Rifles, Chasseurs, Bersaglieri and Alpini, Cazadores etc.

[Iking]

A song originated from "Lützows wilde, verwegene Jagd", which was first published after the battle of Leipzig against france from the german liberation fighter Theodor Körner.

[christophermichaelclarence]

Wow what a pompeous song. Didn't expect it. Kinda like it.
I presume those Soldiers in the picture are still wearing Redcoats?
The Picture was taken during the Colonial Times?

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