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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">The Rifles</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rifles_cap_badge.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Rifles_cap_badge.PNG/100px-Rifles_cap_badge.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Rifles_cap_badge.PNG/150px-Rifles_cap_badge.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Rifles_cap_badge.PNG/200px-Rifles_cap_badge.PNG 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="477" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RGBWback.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/RGBWback.PNG/100px-RGBWback.PNG" decoding="async" width="100" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/RGBWback.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="124" data-file-height="114" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cap and Back badges of The Rifles</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">2007 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Rifles</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_The_Rifles" title="1st Battalion, The Rifles">1st Battalion</a>—Light Infantry<br />2nd Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Infantry">Light Infantry</a><br />3rd Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Mechanised_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanised Infantry">Mechanised Infantry</a><br />5th Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Mechanised_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanised infantry">Armoured Infantry</a><br /><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Battalion, The Rifles">6th Battalion</a>—Light Infantry<br /><a href="/wiki/7th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" title="7th Battalion, The Rifles">7th Battalion</a>—Armoured Infantry<br />8th Battalion–Light Infantry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">Seven battalions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data">RHQ—<a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a><br />1st Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Alexander_Barracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Barracks">Dhekelia</a><br />2nd Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Thiepval_Barracks" title="Thiepval Barracks">Lisburn</a><br />3rd Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Dreghorn_Barracks" title="Dreghorn Barracks">Edinburgh</a><br />5th Battalion—<a href="/wiki/Bulford_Camp" title="Bulford Camp">Bulford</a><br /><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Battalion, The Rifles">6th Battalion</a>—<a href="/wiki/Wyvern_Barracks" title="Wyvern Barracks">Exeter</a><br /><a href="/wiki/7th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" title="7th Battalion, The Rifles">7th Battalion</a>—<a href="/wiki/Brock_Barracks" title="Brock Barracks">Reading</a><br />8th Battalion–<a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland" title="Bishop Auckland">Bishop Auckland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>"Celer et Audax"</i> (<span style="font-size:85%;">Latin</span>)<br /><i>"Swift and Bold"</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data">Rifle Green</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">Quick: "Mechanised Infantry"<br />Double Fast: "<a href="/wiki/The_Keel_Row" title="The Keel Row">Keel Row</a>/<a href="/wiki/The_Road_to_the_Isles" title="The Road to the Isles">Road to the Isles</a>"<br />Slow: "Old Salamanca"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colonel in Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queen_Camilla" title="Queen Camilla">Queen Camilla</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colonel Commandant</th><td class="infobox-data">Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Copinger-Symes" title="Thomas Copinger-Symes">Thomas Copinger-Symes</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Tactical Recognition Flash</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rifles_TRF.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rifles_TRF.svg/100px-Rifles_TRF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rifles_TRF.svg/150px-Rifles_TRF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Rifles_TRF.svg/200px-Rifles_TRF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2458" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Arm Badge</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/106px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/159px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/212px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br />Croix de Guerre<br /><small>From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">RIFLES</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>The Rifles</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a> and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular battalion was formerly an individual battalion of one of the two <a href="/wiki/Large_regiment" title="Large regiment">large regiments</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light Division</a> (with the exception of the 1st Battalion, which is an amalgamation of two individual regiments). Since formation, the regiment has been involved in the later stages of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Rifles was created as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Delivering_Security_in_a_Changing_World" title="Delivering Security in a Changing World">Future Army Structure</a> review. Under the original announcement, the Light Division would have remained essentially unchanged, with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Infantry">Light Infantry</a> gaining a new battalion through the amalgamation of two other regiments, and both gaining a reserve battalion from within the Territorial Army (TA) as it was then called. However, on 24 November 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> announced that the four regiments would amalgamate into a single five-battalion regiment. The regular battalions of The Rifles was formed on 1 February 2007 by the amalgamation of the four Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments of the <a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light Division</a> as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion The Rifles (formed from the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry</a> and the 1st Battalion <a href="/wiki/Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment">Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry</a>)</li> <li>2nd Battalion The Rifles (formed from the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets" title="Royal Green Jackets">Royal Green Jackets</a>)</li> <li>3rd Battalion The Rifles (formed from the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">Light Infantry</a>)</li> <li>4th Battalion The Rifles (formed from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets)</li> <li>5th Battalion The Rifles (formed from the 1st Battalion, Light Infantry)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Battalion, The Rifles">6th Battalion</a> The Rifles (formed from the <a href="/wiki/Rifle_Volunteers" title="Rifle Volunteers">Rifle Volunteers</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" title="7th Battalion, The Rifles">7th Battalion</a> The Rifles (formed from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rifle_Volunteers" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Rifle Volunteers">Royal Rifle Volunteers</a> minus the <a href="/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment" title="Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment">Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment</a> Company but with the surviving two Companies (F and G) from The <a href="/wiki/London_Regiment_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="London Regiment (1993)">London Regiment</a>)</li></ul> <p>The Rifles was formed to serve as the county regiment of the following counties:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berkshire" title="Berkshire">Berkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Yorkshire" title="South Yorkshire">South Yorkshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></li></ul> </div> <p>The 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, and the 4th Battalion were all deployed in <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> during some of the worst fighting of the <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a>, including the withdrawal from Basra Palace in September 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-care_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-care-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1st Battalion undertook a tour in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> between October 2008 and April 2009, ground holding and mentoring the <a href="/wiki/Afghan_National_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghan National Army">Afghan National Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-care_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-care-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 5th Battalion was one of the last British Army units to leave Iraq in May 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-care_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-care-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>B and R Company, 4th Battalion, the Rifles provided reinforcement cover for the elections in Afghanistan and took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Panther%27s_Claw" title="Operation Panther's Claw">Operation Panther's Claw</a> in the Summer of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-care_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-care-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the 2nd Battalion was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Sangin" title="Sangin">Sangin</a> and was relieved in due course by 3 Rifles Battle group supported by A company and S Company, 4th Battalion, The Rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-care_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-care-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1st battalion returned to the Nahr i Siraj District of Afghanistan in April 2011, to then be relieved by the 2nd and 5th Battalions in October 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2018, the 2nd Battalion returned home after a six-month operational deployment to Iraq in support of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Shader" title="Operation Shader">Operation Shader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment's 4th battalion was re-subordinated to the <a href="/wiki/Ranger_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)">Ranger Regiment</a> on 1 December 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment has four regular and three reserve battalions, each configured for a specific infantry role: </p> <ul><li><b>1st Battalion</b>, an amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a> and the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment">Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment</a>. Initially configured in the <a href="/wiki/Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Light Infantry">light role</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/3_Commando_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="3 Commando Brigade">3 Commando Brigade</a>, it moved to <a href="/wiki/160th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales">160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales</a> under Army 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being transferred to the <a href="/wiki/7th_Light_Mechanised_Brigade_Combat_Team" title="7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team">7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Personnel are based at <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Barracks" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Barracks">Alexander Barracks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>. In 2027, the battalion will move to <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_Propellant_Factory,_Caerwent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent">Caerwent Station</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2nd Battalion</b>, a redesignation of the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets" title="Royal Green Jackets">Royal Green Jackets</a>. Initially configured in the light role as part of <a href="/wiki/19th_Light_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)">19 Light Brigade</a>, it moved to <a href="/wiki/38th_(Irish)_Brigade" title="38th (Irish) Brigade">38th (Irish) Brigade</a> under Army 2020, and is now part of the <a href="/wiki/51st_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_Scotland" title="51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland">51st (Scottish) Infantry Brigade</a>. Personnel are based at <a href="/wiki/Thiepval_Barracks" title="Thiepval Barracks">Thiepval Barracks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisburn" title="Lisburn">Lisburn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>3rd Battalion</b>, a redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a>. Initially configured in the light role as part of <a href="/wiki/52nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="52nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">52nd Infantry Brigade</a>, it moved to <a href="/wiki/51st_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_Scotland" title="51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland">51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland</a> under Army 2020, before later forming part of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Armoured Infantry Brigade</a>. Under Future Soldier reforms, 3 RIFLES will re-role to the <a href="/wiki/11th_Security_Force_Assistance_Brigade" title="11th Security Force Assistance Brigade">11th Security Force Assistance Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Personnel are based at <a href="/wiki/Dreghorn_Barracks" title="Dreghorn Barracks">Dreghorn Barracks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>5th Battalion</b> – redesignation of the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a>. Configured in the armoured infantry role as part of <a href="/wiki/20th_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team</a>, it will remain as a Warrior battalion (converting to <a href="/wiki/Boxer_(armoured_fighting_vehicle)" title="Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle)">Boxer</a>) under Army 2020. Personnel are based at <a href="/wiki/Bulford_Camp" title="Bulford Camp">Bulford Camp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Battalion, The Rifles">6th Battalion</a></b> – redesignation of the <a href="/wiki/Rifle_Volunteers" title="Rifle Volunteers">Rifle Volunteers</a>. It comes under <a href="/wiki/19th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="19th Brigade (United Kingdom)">19th (Light) Brigade</a> and is paired with 1 RIFLES. Headquarters is at <a href="/wiki/Wyvern_Barracks" title="Wyvern Barracks">Wyvern Barracks</a> in Exeter with detachments in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated9_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated9-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/7th_Battalion,_The_Rifles" title="7th Battalion, The Rifles">7th Battalion</a></b> – redesignation of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Rifle_Volunteers" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Rifle Volunteers">Royal Rifle Volunteers</a>, minus the <a href="/wiki/Princess_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Regiment" title="Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment">Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment</a> <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">company</a>, plus G Company of the <a href="/wiki/London_Regiment_(1993)" class="mw-redirect" title="London Regiment (1993)">London Regiment</a> (the descendants of the 4th (V) Battalion the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets" title="Royal Green Jackets">Royal Green Jackets</a>). 7 RIFLES primarily covers the areas of London and the South East. It forms part of the <a href="/wiki/20th_Armoured_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_Kingdom)" title="20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)">20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team</a> and is paired with 5 RIFLES.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated9_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated9-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>8th Battalion</b> – Formed on 1 November 2017. The battalion primarily covers the areas of County Durham, Yorkshire, Shropshire and Birmingham, with headquarters located in <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Auckland" title="Bishop Auckland">Bishop Auckland</a>, County Durham. The Battalion is paired with 2 RIFLES.<sup id="cite_ref-parliament1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parliament1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonels">Colonels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Queen is the <a href="/wiki/Colonel-in-Chief" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel-in-Chief">Colonel-in-Chief</a> of the Regiment, whilst each battalion has its own Royal Colonel: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_Colonels-in-Chief">List of Colonels-in-Chief</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of Colonels-in-Chief"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2007–2020: <a href="/wiki/Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Philip, Duke of Edinburgh</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2020–present: <a href="/wiki/Queen_Camilla" title="Queen Camilla">Queen Camilla</a> (formerly the Duchess of Cornwall)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Colonels">Royal Colonels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Royal Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1st Battalion, The Rifles: <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Kent">Prince Edward, Duke of Kent</a> (ex-Colonel-in-Chief, DDLI)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, The Rifles: <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh</a></li> <li>3rd Battalion, The Rifles: <a href="/wiki/Princess_Alexandra,_The_Honourable_Lady_Ogilvy" title="Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy">Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy</a> (ex-Colonel-in-Chief, LI)</li> <li>5th Battalion, The Rifles: <a href="/wiki/Sophie,_Duchess_of_Edinburgh" title="Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh">Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh</a></li> <li>6th Battalion, The Rifles: <a href="/wiki/Prince_Richard,_Duke_of_Gloucester" title="Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester">Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester</a></li> <li>7th Battalion, The Rifles: <a href="/wiki/Birgitte,_Duchess_of_Gloucester" title="Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester">Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester</a></li> <li>8th Battalion, The Rifles: <i>Vacant</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonel_Commandant">Colonel Commandant</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Colonel Commandant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2019–2023: General <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Sanders_(British_Army_officer)" title="Patrick Sanders (British Army officer)">Sir Patrick Sanders</a></li> <li>2023–present: Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Copinger-Symes" title="Thomas Copinger-Symes">Thomas Copinger-Symes</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_bands">Regimental bands</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regimental bands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg/250px-Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg/375px-Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg/500px-Waterloo_Band_of_The_Rifles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>The Waterloo Band of The Rifles in London</figcaption></figure> <p>The regular element of The Rifles maintains a single regular regimental band, the <b><a href="/wiki/Band_and_Bugles_of_The_Rifles" title="Band and Bugles of The Rifles">Band and Bugles of The Rifles</a></b>. The band form one of 14 professional bands within the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Army_Music" title="Royal Corps of Army Music">Royal Corps of Army Music</a>. This was formed by renaming the Band and Bugles of the Light Division, which in itself was an amalgamation of four separate bands:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Corunna Band of the Light Infantry</li> <li>The Salamanca Band of the Light Infantry</li> <li>The Peninsula Band of the Royal Green Jackets</li> <li>The Normandy Band of the Royal Green Jackets</li></ul> <p>In addition, the two <a href="/w/index.php?title=Army_Reserve(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Army Reserve(United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">Army Reserve</a> Battalions maintain their own bands: </p> <ul><li>The Salamanca Band of the Rifles – 6th Battalion (formerly the Band of the Rifle Volunteers)</li> <li>The Waterloo Band of the Rifles – 7th Battalion (formerly the Band of the Royal Rifle Volunteers)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Band_and_Bugles">Band and Bugles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Band and Bugles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Band and Bugles of The Rifles is the most senior band in the regiment based in the Rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The central Band of The Rifles are based at Sir John Moore Barracks in <a href="/wiki/Winchester" title="Winchester">Winchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The band is notable in that buglers accompany the band in the front rank.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2016, Major Jason Griffiths has served as the director of the band and bugles.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Salamanca_Band_(6th_Battalion)"><span id="Salamanca_Band_.286th_Battalion.29"></span>Salamanca Band (6th Battalion)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Salamanca Band (6th Battalion)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Salamanca Band is a 35-member band based at <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a>, being part of the 6th Reserve Battalion. The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment formed the former Band of the <a href="/wiki/Rifle_Volunteers" title="Rifle Volunteers">Rifle Volunteers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It formed the backbone of the Salamanca Band. The band also has a detachment in <a href="/wiki/Truro" title="Truro">Truro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the summer of 2017, the band went on a tour of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, visiting <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, performing with the <a href="/wiki/Band_of_the_General_Staff_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Armenia" title="Band of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia">Band of the General Staff</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Military_Band_of_the_National_Guard_of_Georgia" title="Military Band of the National Guard of Georgia">Band of the National Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Military_Band_Service_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_Azerbaijan" title="Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan">Band of the Ministry of Defence</a> respectively for public performances. On the Georgia visit, the band performed <i>Tbiliso</i>, which is the unofficial anthem of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Tbilisi" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Tbilisi">City of Tbilisi</a>, was also performed during a concert on a bridge in the neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Metekhi" title="Metekhi">Metekhi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2016, the first musician to serve as an army vocalist came from The Salamanca Band.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterloo_Band_(7th_Battalion)"><span id="Waterloo_Band_.287th_Battalion.29"></span>Waterloo Band (7th Battalion)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Waterloo Band (7th Battalion)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Waterloo Band is a 35-member band based in <a href="/wiki/Abingdon-on-Thames" title="Abingdon-on-Thames">Abingdon</a>, being part of the 7th Reserve Battalion. The Waterloo Band has performed at events across the UK and the world such as the <a href="/wiki/Basel_Tattoo" title="Basel Tattoo">Basel Tattoo</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sounding_Retreat">Sounding Retreat</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sounding Retreat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Sounding Retreat</i> is a ceremony similar to <a href="/wiki/Beating_Retreat" class="mw-redirect" title="Beating Retreat">Beating Retreat</a>. The main difference between this ceremony and the regular Beating Retreat is that this is performed by the bugle bands of The Rifles, as well as the former of the bands of the Britain's <a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light Division</a>, rather than using drums, as is the case with other infantry regiments. This traditional ceremony (which represents the sounding of Sunset or Retreat in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>) has been done on 31 May and 1 June on <a href="/wiki/Horse_Guards_Parade" title="Horse Guards Parade">Horse Guards Parade</a> as recently as 1993 and 2016. Besides the Band and Bugles of the Rifles, the <a href="/wiki/Band_of_the_Brigade_of_Gurkhas" title="Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas">Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas</a> also takes part in the ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Golden_threads">Golden threads</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Golden threads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a rifle regiment, a private soldier in The Rifles is known as a <i>Rifleman</i> and Serjeant is spelt in the archaic fashion; the regiment wears a <a href="/wiki/Rifle_green" class="mw-redirect" title="Rifle green">Rifle green</a> beret. A number of <i>golden threads</i> i.e. distinctive honours have been brought into the new regiment from each of its founder regiments:<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)" title="Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de Guerre</a> – the French Croix de Guerre ribbon awarded to the <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment" title="Devonshire Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, and subsequently worn by the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, and also awarded to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1918, is worn on both sleeves of No. 1 and No. 2 dress.</li> <li>Back Badge – the badge worn on the back of headdress reads Egypt. This was awarded as an honour to the <a href="/wiki/28th_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="28th Regiment of Foot">28th Foot</a> and subsequently worn by the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry. It is worn on the forage cap and side hat; and on the <a href="/wiki/Shako" title="Shako">shako</a> of the regimental band and bugles.</li> <li>Bugle Horn – the bugle horn badge of the Light Infantry, now surmounted by <a href="/wiki/St._Edward%27s_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Edward's Crown">St. Edward's Crown</a>, is the regiment's cap badge.</li> <li>Maltese Cross – the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese Cross">Maltese Cross</a> of the Royal Green Jackets is worn as a buckle on the cross belt, and will contain the regiment's representative battle honours; currently one space is kept free for future honours. In accordance with the tradition of rifle regiments, the regiment does not carry <a href="/wiki/Colours,_standards_and_guidons" class="mw-redirect" title="Colours, standards and guidons">colours</a>.</li> <li>Black Buttons – the traditional black buttons of a rifle regiment are worn on all forms of dress with the exception of combat dress.</li> <li>Double past – the <a href="/wiki/March_(music)" title="March (music)">march</a> played when the regiment moves at <a href="/wiki/Marching" title="Marching">double time</a> is an amalgam of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Keel_Row" title="The Keel Row">Keel Row</a></i>, the double past of the Light Infantry, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Road_to_the_Isles" title="The Road to the Isles">The Road to the Isles</a></i>, the double past of the Royal Green Jackets.</li> <li>Marching Speed – The Rifles march at 140 paces to the minute compared to the Army standard of 120 paces, and retains the custom of the ‘double past’ on ceremonial parades and never slow march. This originates from historically conducting advance guard and flanking duties, which needed the Rifles to move around the battlefield faster than the rest of the Army. The length of a pace is reduced however to ensure the Rifles maintain the same marching speed as other units. <sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following battle honours are a representation of the total honours awarded to the regiments which formed The Rifles. These are inscribed on the regiment's belt badge:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Gibraltar" title="Great Siege of Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1801)" title="Battle of Copenhagen (1801)">Copenhagen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Plassey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen" title="Battle of Dettingen">Dettingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minden" title="Battle of Minden">Minden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham" title="Battle of the Plains of Abraham">Quebec</a>, <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Martinique_(1762)" title="Invasion of Martinique (1762)">Martinique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Alexandria_(1801)" title="Siege of Alexandria (1801)">Marabout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsula</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Waterloo</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="First Anglo-Afghan War">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jellalabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Jellalabad">Jellalabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ferozeshah" title="Battle of Ferozeshah">Ferozeshah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Delhi" title="Siege of Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Lucknow" title="Siege of Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Wars" title="New Zealand Wars">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Peking_(1900)" title="Battle of Peking (1900)">Pekin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">South Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inkerman" title="Battle of Inkerman">Inkerman</a></li> <li>Great War: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nonne_Boschen" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Nonne Boschen">Nonne Boschen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ypres" title="Battle of Ypres">Ypres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Somme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vittorio_Veneto" title="Battle of Vittorio Veneto">Vittorio Veneto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Megiddo_(1918)" title="Battle of Megiddo (1918)">Megiddo</a></li> <li>Second World War: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Calais_(1940)" title="Siege of Calais (1940)">Calais</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="First Battle of El Alamein">First Battle of El Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima" title="Battle of Kohima">Kohima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Deadstick" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Deadstick">Pegasus Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy_1943%E2%80%9345" class="mw-redirect" title="Italy 1943–45">Italy 1943–45</a>, <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio" title="Battle of Anzio">Anzio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River" title="Battle of the Imjin River">Imjin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq 2003</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_museum">Regimental museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Regimental museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment's museum is <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles_Museum" title="The Rifles Museum">The Rifles Museum</a> at Peninsular Barracks in Winchester.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alliances">Alliances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Alliances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment inherited its alliances from its predecessors, and these alliances are:<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/Les_Fusiliers_de_Sherbrooke" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke">Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Canadian_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Canadian Regiment">The Royal Canadian Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Lincoln_and_Welland_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Lincoln and Welland Regiment">The Lincoln and Welland Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Algonquin_Regiment_(Northern_Pioneers)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers)">The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers)</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Hamilton_Light_Infantry_(Wentworth_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)">The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/Le_R%C3%A9giment_de_Maisonneuve" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Régiment de Maisonneuve">Le Régiment de Maisonneuve</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_North_Saskatchewan_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The North Saskatchewan Regiment">The North Saskatchewan Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_British_Columbia_Regiment_(Duke_of_Connaught%27s_Own)" class="mw-redirect" title="The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)">The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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/></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Winnipeg_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Winnipeg Rifles">The Royal Winnipeg Rifles</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Regina_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Regina Rifles">The Royal Regina Rifles</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – 11th/28th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Western_Australia_Regiment" title="Royal Western Australia Regiment">Royal Western Australia Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia_University_Regiment" title="Western Australia University Regiment">Western Australia University Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sydney_University_Regiment" title="Sydney University Regiment">Sydney University Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Regiment" title="Melbourne University Regiment">Melbourne University Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_South_Wales_Regiment" title="Royal New South Wales Regiment">Royal New South Wales Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hauraki_Regiment" title="Hauraki Regiment">Hauraki Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> – 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Infantry_Regiment" title="Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment">Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> – 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> – 3rd/6th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> – <a href="/wiki/5th/7th_Battalion,_Royal_New_Zealand_Infantry_Regiment" title="5th/7th Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment">5th/7th Battalion</a>, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Army_Infantry" title="Kenya Army Infantry">Kenya Army Infantry</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> – <a href="/wiki/1st_Kenya_Rifles_Battalion" title="1st Kenya Rifles Battalion">1st Battalion</a>, Kenyan Rifles</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> – <a href="/wiki/3_Kenya_Rifles" title="3 Kenya Rifles">3rd Battalion</a>, Kenyan Rifles</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> – 6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malay_Regiment" title="Royal Malay Regiment">Royal Malay Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> – <a href="/wiki/1st_Battalion,_Sindh_Regiment" title="1st Battalion, Sindh Regiment">1st Battalion, Sindh Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guides_Infantry" title="Guides Infantry">2nd Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Force_Regiment" title="Frontier Force Regiment">Frontier Force Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> – 13th Battalion, Frontier Force Regiment</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> – <a href="/wiki/129th_Duke_of_Connaught%27s_Own_Baluchis" title="129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis">11th Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baloch_Regiment" title="Baloch Regiment">Baloch Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> – 13th Battalion, Baloch Regiment</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chief_Langalibalele_Rifles" title="Chief Langalibalele Rifles">Chief Langalibalele Rifles</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rand_Light_Infantry" title="Rand Light Infantry">Rand Light Infantry</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – <a href="/wiki/Durban_Light_Infantry" title="Durban Light Infantry">Durban Light Infantry</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Volunteer_Rifles" title="Buffalo Volunteer Rifles">Buffalo Volunteer Rifles</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fiji_Infantry_Regiment" title="Fiji Infantry Regiment">Fiji Infantry Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> – 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Ghana_Regiment" title="Ghana Regiment">Ghana Regiment</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> – <a href="/wiki/Special_Mobile_Force" title="Special Mobile Force">Special Mobile Force</a></li></ul> <p><b>Bond of Friendship</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/2e_R%C3%A9giment_%C3%89tranger_d%27Infanterie" class="mw-redirect" title="2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie">2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> – A Flight, <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAF">No. 22 Squadron RAF</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_precedence">Order of precedence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Order of precedence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Gurkha_Rifles" title="Royal Gurkha Rifles">Royal Gurkha Rifles</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/British_Army_Order_of_Precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="British Army Order of Precedence">Infantry Order of Precedence</a> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lineage">Lineage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Rifles&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Lineage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>1880<sup id="cite_ref-London_Gazette_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_Gazette-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1881 <a href="/wiki/Childers_Reforms" title="Childers Reforms">Childers Reforms</a><sup id="cite_ref-London_Gazette_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-London_Gazette-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>1921 Name changes</th> <th><a href="/wiki/1957_Defence_White_Paper" title="1957 Defence White Paper">1957 Defence White Paper</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1966_Defence_White_Paper" title="1966 Defence White Paper">1966 Defence White Paper</a></th> <th>1990 <a href="/wiki/Options_for_Change" title="Options for Change">Options for Change</a></th> <th>2003 <a href="/wiki/Delivering_Security_in_a_Changing_World" title="Delivering Security in a Changing World">Delivering Security in a Changing World</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_(North_Devon)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (North Devon) Regiment of Foot">11th (North Devon) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Devonshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Devonshire Regiment">The Devonshire Regiment</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a> </td> <td rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;">The Rifles </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/39th_(Dorsetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot">39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Dorsetshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Dorsetshire Regiment">The Dorsetshire Regiment</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/54th_(West_Norfolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot">54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_(1st_Somersetshire)_(Prince_Albert%27s_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert%27s_Light_Infantry_(Somersetshire_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Albert's Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment)">Prince Albert's Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment)</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Somerset_Light_Infantry_(Prince_Albert%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)">The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry">The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</a> </td> <td rowspan="9" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/32nd_(Cornwall_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Cornwall%27s_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry">The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot">46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire,_West_Riding,_King%27s_Own_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">51st (2nd Yorkshire, West Riding, King's Own Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Own_Light_Infantry_(South_Yorkshire_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)">The King's Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry">King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/105th_(Madras_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">105th (Madras Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Light_Infantry_(Shropshire_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)">The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's Shropshire Light Infantry">The King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/85th_(Bucks_Volunteers)_(King%27s_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="85th (Bucks Volunteers) (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">85th (Bucks Volunteers) (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/68th_(Durham)_(Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="68th (Durham) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">68th (Durham) (Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Durham_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="The Durham Light Infantry">The Durham Light Infantry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/106th_(Bombay_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot">106th (Bombay Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_(North_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Gloucestershire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Gloucestershire Regiment">The Gloucestershire Regiment</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment">The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/61st_(South_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/49th_(Hertfordshire)_(Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="49th (Hertfordshire) (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Foot">49th (Hertfordshire) (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales%27s_(Berkshire_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)">Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Berkshire Regiment)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Berkshire_Regiment_(Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)">The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Royal_Regiment_(Berkshire_and_Wiltshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)">The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/66th_(Berkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot">66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/62nd_(Wiltshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot">62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_(Wiltshire_Regiment)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)">The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/The_Wiltshire_Regiment_(Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)">The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/99th_(Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment of Foot">99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) Regiment of Foot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Monmouthshire_Light_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd (Monmouthshire Light 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An account of the end of the Bosnian Civil War by the CO of the 2nd Battalion the Light Infantry</li> <li>Les Howard<i> Winter Warriors – Across Bosnia with the PBI</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84624-077-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-84624-077-8">1-84624-077-8</a>. A TA Royal Green Jacket on operations with the 2nd Bn the Light Infantry</li> <li><i>Swift and Bold: A Portrait of the Royal Green Jackets</i> 1966–2007 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-903942-69-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-903942-69-1">1-903942-69-1</a>.</li> <li>Steven McLaughlin <i>Squaddie: A Soldier's Story</i> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84596-242-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-84596-242-7">1-84596-242-7</a>. 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(West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot">54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">Somerset Light Infantry</a> <small>(1685–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_(Cornwall)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot">32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1702–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot">46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1741–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot">51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Light_Infantry)" title="105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)">105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)</a> <small>(1862–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)">85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)</a> <small>(1793–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(Durham)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)" title="68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)">68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)</a> <small>(1758–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bombay_Light_Infantry)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)">106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)</a> <small>(1868–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_(North_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a> 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<small>(1824–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Monmouthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot">43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1741–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot">52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">King's Royal Rifle Corps</a> <small>(1756–1966)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort%27s_Own)" title="Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)">Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)</a> <small>(1802–1966)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Regiment" title="Dorset Regiment">Dorset Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1958)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall%27s_Light_Infantry" title="Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry">Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry">King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1994)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment" title="Royal Berkshire Regiment">Royal Berkshire Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Wiltshire Regiment">Wiltshire Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1966)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a> <small>(1958–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry">Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</a> <small>(1959–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a> <small>(1968–2007)</small></li> <li><a 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title="British Army other ranks rank insignia">other ranks rank insignia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_British_Army" title="Uniforms of the British Army">Uniforms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Army_Museum" title="National Army Museum">National Army Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_Army" title="History of the British Army">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_British_Army" title="Timeline of the British Army">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Army Reserve</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regiments<br />and Corps</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry" title="Household Cavalry">Household Cavalry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)" title="Life Guards (United Kingdom)">Life Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blues_and_Royals" title="Blues and Royals">Blues and Royals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Regiment">Household Cavalry Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Mounted_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment">Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal<br />Armoured Corps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_The_Queen%27s_Dragoon_Guards" title="1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards">1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Scots Dragoon Guards">Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dragoon_Guards" title="Royal Dragoon Guards">Royal Dragoon Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="Queen's Royal Hussars">Queen's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lancers" title="Royal Lancers">Royal Lancers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Hussars" title="King's Royal Hussars">King's Royal Hussars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Dragoons" title="Light Dragoons">Light Dragoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="Royal Tank Regiment">Royal Tank Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Yeomanry" title="Royal Yeomanry">Royal Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Wessex_Yeomanry" title="Royal Wessex Yeomanry">Royal Wessex Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Yeomanry" title="Queen's Own Yeomanry">Queen's Own Yeomanry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_and_North_Irish_Yeomanry" title="Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry">Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Infantry_of_the_British_Army" title="Infantry of the British Army">Infantry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foot_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot Guards">Foot Guards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a></li> <li><a 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Islands Regiment">Cayman Islands Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_and_Caicos_Islands_Regiment" title="Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment">Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falkland_Islands_Defence_Force" title="Falkland Islands Defence Force">Falkland Islands Defence Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other Combat Arms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">Special Air Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Reconnaissance_Regiment" title="Special Reconnaissance Regiment">Special Reconnaissance Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranger_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)">Ranger Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Air 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