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Tensions rose between the United Kingdom and France following an assassination attempt on Emperor Napoleon III in January 1858. It emerged that the would-be assassin, Felice Orsini had travelled to England to have the bombs used in the attack manufactured. On 29 April 1859 war broke out between France and the Austrian Empire (the Second Italian War of Independence), and there were fears that Britain might be caught up in a wider European conflict.

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  • London Rifle Brigade
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  • Tensions rose between the United Kingdom and France following an assassination attempt on Emperor Napoleon III in January 1858. It emerged that the would-be assassin, Felice Orsini had travelled to England to have the bombs used in the attack manufactured. On 29 April 1859 war broke out between France and the Austrian Empire (the Second Italian War of Independence), and there were fears that Britain might be caught up in a wider European conflict.
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  • Tensions rose between the United Kingdom and France following an assassination attempt on Emperor Napoleon III in January 1858. It emerged that the would-be assassin, Felice Orsini had travelled to England to have the bombs used in the attack manufactured. On 29 April 1859 war broke out between France and the Austrian Empire (the Second Italian War of Independence), and there were fears that Britain might be caught up in a wider European conflict. On 12 May 1859 the Secretary of State for War, Jonathan Peel issued a circular letter to lord lieutenants of counties in England, Wales and Scotland, authorising the formation of volunteer rifle corps and of artillery corps in defended coastal towns. On 23 July 1859 a meeting was convened by the Lord Mayor of London with the aim of establishing a rifle volunteer corps in the City. The corps was duly formed and accepted into service as the 1st London (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade) Rifle Volunteer Corps on 14 December 1859. In 1881 the corps was affiliated to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) as a volunteer battalion. In 1891 the unit's title was varied to 1st London Volunteer Rifle Corps (City of London Volunteer Rifle Brigade). During the Second Anglo-Boer War they provided Active Service Companies as reinforcements to the Royal Fusiliers, and were awarded the battle honour "South Africa 1900-'02". In 1908 reserve forces were reorganised with the creation of the Territorial Force. All rifle volunteer units within the County of London became battalions of the new London Regiment. The unit's title became the 5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade).
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