1st Battalion, The Rifles

1st Battalion, The Rifles

Cap and Back badges of The Rifles
Active 1st February 2007 –
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Light Infantry
Role 160 (Wales) Brigade
Size Battalion
Garrison/HQ Beachley Barracks, Chepstow
Motto(s) Swift and Bold
Colours Rifle Green
March Quick: Mechanised Infantry
Double Past: Keel Row/Road to the Isles
Slow: Old Salamanca
Commanders
Colonel in Chief HRH The Duke of
Colonel Commandant General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Arm Badge Croix de Guerre
From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry
Abbreviation 1 RIFLES

1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of The Rifles under the command of 160 (Wales) Brigade.[1][2]

History

C Company 1 Rifles and the Afghan National Army engaging the Taliban in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2009.

The battalion formed on 25 December 2007 in Alma Barracks, Catterick Garrison as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, merging the single battalions of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment. In August that year, the Battalion moved again to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow still under 52 Brigade, whose HQ had departed for Afghanistan.

From 2008 to 2012, it was attached to 3 Commando Brigade as the fourth manoeuvre unit of the Brigade alongside the three commandos of the Royal Marines.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1st Battalion The Rifles". British Army. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "1st Battalion The Rifles". British Army. Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Resubordination of the 1st Battalion The Rifles to 3 Commando Brigade RM on 1 April 2008" (PDF). Royal Marines Badge & Insignia Reference. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

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