1777 J. Thacher (1823) 121 The gallant Colonel Morgan, at the head of his famous rifle corps..commenced the action.
1830 Jan. 37 The Duke of York's own Rifle Corps.
1920 H. Thompson et al. XVII. 833/2 The tea-planters of Ceylon came to Egypt as a rifle corps.
2006 K. Navikas in M. Philp iii. 62 Hanson led the Manchester, Salford and Stockport Independent Rifle Corps.