Royal Gibraltar Regiment

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The Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Cap badge of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Active	April 1958-
Country	United Kingdom (Gibraltar)
Branch	Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Territorial Defence
Size	One battalion
Part of	Queen's Division
Garrison/HQ	Devil's Tower Camp, Gibraltar
Motto	Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Conquered by no Enemy) (Latin)
March	Quick - The British Grenadiers
Anniversaries	Regimental Day: 28 April
Commanders
Colonel in Chief	Sir Robert Fulton KBE Governor of Gibraltar
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is the home defence unit for the British Colony of Gibraltar. It was formed in 1958 from the Gibraltar Defence Force as an infantry unit, with an integrated artillery troop. Initially a reserve force, on the withdrawal of the British Army garrison from the colony in 1991, it was placed on the British Army's regular establishment. It is formed as a standard infantry battalion with a Headquarters Company and three rifle companies. Of these, two are made up of regular soldiers and the other is a TA unit:

Organisation
- HQ Company (Thomson's Battery)
- B Company (volunteers)
- G Company (regulars)
- I Company (regulars)

In 1999 the regiment was granted the Royal title. In March 2001, for the first time, the regiment mounted the guard at Buckingham Palace. In addition to this, the regiment, thanks to its artillery heritage, is also permitted to fire gun salutes from the Tower of London, something that is traditionally done only by the Honourable Artillery Company. The regiment also has responsibility for the Ceremony of the Keys in Gibraltar.