The Experimental Corps of Riflemen was raised in 1800 under the guidance of Colonel Coote-Manningham and Lt. Colonel The Hon.William Stewart. Their recruits came from 13 regiments, each providing 33 soldiers including N C O’s plus 3 Officers. Further recruits came from 33 Fencible Regiments providing 12 recruits each. They wore green jackets and pantaloons and were armed with the newly issued Baker Rifle. From their raising in the spring of 1800 till August the same year they were trained in field exercises devised by Manningham. Later that month they saw their first action at Ferrol in Spain and, although a military failure, the Rifle Corps gained valuable experience in covering the amphibious landings. The only other action the Corps took part in was in 1801 where some detachments acted as marksmen onboard Nelson’s flagship during the attack on Copenhagen and the destruction of the Danish fleet. Even in this short period the Corps had proved they were elite troops and that their style of fighting would change the way the British Army would go to war. In 1802 the Experimental Corps of Riflemen was brought into line as the 95th Rifle Regiment.

Taken from the site http://www.95th-rifles.org.uk/

This is the beginning of the story of the original 95th rifles. How the clan i´m a member of got its name i do not know, but as far as i gather, one of the founders was a big fan of "the Sharpe´s series" -written by Bernard Cornwell.

The clan is built up around a military structure, and since the clan mostly bump existing members a step or two in the "career ladder" when a new vote comes around, i´m now a Corporal, soon to be Sargeant i guess....

Our ranks are filled with people of all ages, and therefore run a tight ship so to speak....Not to say we´re not loonies, the clans members are some of the wierdest people it has been my (un)lucky fortune to come across.

 To he bottom right of the picture you can see our slogan, and i think its pretty describing for our community.

The game we play is called DAY OF DEFEAT, wich is a "First person shooter  game" -often compared to counter strike that many more people probably has heard about. -but DOD is set during ww2, and the maps we play are mostly built on actual events during the war. if you want to learn more about the game, I have put up special pages describing the game in more detail.... ;)