Royal Victoria Regiment

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The Royal Victoria Regiment
Cap badge of the Royal Victoria Regiment
Active	1960-current
Country	Australia
Branch	Army
Type	Reserve Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Size	Two battalions
Part of	Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	5th/6th Battalion - Hawthorn 8th/7th Battalion - Ballarat
March	5th/6th Battalion - Our Director 8th/7th Battalion - Quick: I'm Ninety Five; Slow: Men of Harlech
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	HM The Queen (Australian Infantry Corps)
Insignia
Unit Colour Patch
Tartan	Gordon

The Royal Victoria Regiment is a reserve Infantry Regiment of the Australian Army, consisting of two battalions, the 5th/6th Battalion and the 8th/7th Battalion. The Regiment was formed in 1960 as a result of the amalgamation of all the Citizen Military Forces infantry battalions in Victoria. The regiment was formed in 1960 as the Victoria Regiment as part of the reorganisation of the Australian Army Reserve by the amalgamation of the six existing infantry regiments in Victoria:

The Victorian Scottish Regiment
The Royal Melbourne Regiment
The Melbourne Rifles
The North Western Victorian Regiment
The Northern Victorian Regiment
The Hume Regiment

The regiment, renamed as the Royal Victoria Regiment in 1960, was initially formed of two battalions. In 1965. this was increased to four battalions, plus a single independent rifle company. A further reorganisation in the 1970s saw these battalions further amalgamated into the existing regimental structure. Currently the 5th/6th Battalion recruits mainly from the areas in and around the city of Melbourne, while the 8th/7th Battalion is responsible for the wider rural areas in Victoria.