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The 7th Battalion, The Rifles (7 RIFLES) is an Army Reserve battalion of the British Army originally formed from elements of the Royal Rifle Volunteers, and Royal Green Jacket badged Sub-Units of The London Regiment following the Future Army Structure programme, and remains an integral part of the regiment.
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular battalion was formerly an individual battalion of one of the two large regiments of the Light Division (with the exception of the 1st Battalion, which is an amalgamation of two individual regiments).
The 3/7th Battalion was formed on 29 April 1915 from home service-only personnel of the 2/7th Bn at Worcester. Shortly after formation the battalion moved to Weston-super-Mare . On 8 April 1916, just a year after formation the 3/7th Worcs moved to the Salisbury Plain and became 7th (Reserve) Battalion, and subsequently absorbed the 8th (Reserve ...
The 3rd Manchester Rifles, later the 7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment was a unit of Britain's Volunteers and Territorial Force raised in Manchester. It served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in the First World War .
The 7th (City of London) Battalion of the London Regiment was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1860 until 1961. Recruited from London working men, it sent volunteers to the Second Boer War, saw extensive service on the Western Front during World War I, and defended the United Kingdom as a searchlight regiment during World War II.
7th Battalion, The Rifles — Armoured Infantry paired with 5 RIFLES [204] Battalion Headquarters, at Iverna Gardens drill hall, Kensington [205] Headquarters Company, at Brock Barracks, Reading [206] Waterloo Band and Bugles of the Rifles, at Edward Brooks Barracks, Abingdon-on-Thames [207] [208] [209]
The 1st and 2nd (V) Bns became 5th and 6th Bns of the West Yorkshires, while 3rd (V) Bn became 7th and 8th (Leeds Rifles), a double battalion of the West Yorkshires with RHQ at Carlton Barracks. [4] [5] [15] The four battalions formed the West Yorkshire Brigade in the TF. [15]
The Isle of Wight Rifles – 9 (Princess Beatrice's) Platoon, C (Duke of Connaught's) Company, 6th/7th Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (disbanded 1998) (due to the platoon's continued lineage from Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight rifles, 8th Hampshire Regiment and their location on the Isle of Wight.)