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1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of The Rifles under the command of 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team. [1] [2] History.
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).
Rifleman Thomas Plunket of the 1st Battalion, 95th Rifles, shot the French General Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais at a range of up to 800 yards (730 m) at the Battle of Cacabelos on 3 January 1809. [12] The 1st battalion was part of John Moore's campaign which ended with evacuation after the Battle of Corunna on 16 January 1809. [8]
The 1st Battalion, The Rifles moved to the barracks in 2007. [2] The 1st Battalion, The Rifles are currently on a two year deployment in Dhekelia. They will return to Beachley Barracks in 2025, prior to moving to new build facilities at Caerwent Barracks, when the building project is complete, alongside 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards. [2]
Personnel of 1st Battalion, The Rifles on parade in Chepstow, 21 May 2009. A rifle regiment is a military unit consisting of a regiment of infantry troops armed with rifles and known as riflemen. While all infantry units in modern armies are typically armed with rifled weapons the term is still used to denote regiments that follow the distinct ...
The reorganisation into The Rifles took effect on 1 February 2007 with the 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets becoming the 2nd Battalion, The Rifles and the 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets becoming 4th Battalion, The Rifles. [1] The 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets' final operational tour was in Basra, in Iraq, on Operation Telic in 2006 ...
The 1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army during World War II. It fought as a motor battalion in the Western Desert campaign, 1941–42, including the Battles of Mersa Brega, Gazala, Mersa Matruh and First Alamein.
After the amalgamation, the 1st Battalion preferred to be known as "The Cameronians" while the 2nd preferred to be known as "The Scottish Rifles". The 2nd Battalion saw action at the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900 during the Second Boer War. [3] Two Militia battalions were formed from the former 2nd Royal Lanark Militia. The 3rd battalion ...