Order Of Battle: UK Army RIFLES

As a part of the consolidation of regiments in the British Army, several regiments were formed into The Rifles.


1st Battalion - Commando Infantry (3 Cdo Bde) - Chepstow
--- amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry and the 1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry

2nd Battalion - Light Role - Northern Ireland
--- redesignation of the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets

3rd Battalion - Light Role - Edinburgh
--- redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry

4th Battalion - Mechanised Infantry - Bulford
--- redesignation of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets

5th Battalion - Armoured Infantry - Paderborn, Germany
--- redesignation of the 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry

6th Battalion - Territorial Army - Exeter, South West of England
--- redesignation of the Rifle Volunteers

7th Battalion - Territorial Army - Reading, Home Counties & London
--- redesignation of the Royal Rifle Volunteers, minus the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment company, plus the Royal Green Jacket companies of the London Regiment (the decendants of the 4th (V) Battalion the Royal Green Jackets)


By: Brant