词条 | 1st Battalion, The Rifles |
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|unit_name=1st Battalion, The Rifles |image= |caption=Cap and Back badges of The Rifles |dates=1st February 2007 – |country={{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |type=Light Infantry |role=160 (Wales) Brigade |size=Battalion |current_commander= |garrison=Beachley Barracks, Chepstow |ceremonial_chief=HRH The Duke of |ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel in Chief |colonel_of_the_regiment= General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE |colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Colonel Commandant |nickname= |motto=Swift and Bold |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash |identification_symbol_2=Croix de Guerre From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry |identification_symbol_2_label=Arm Badge |identification_symbol_3=1 RIFLES |identification_symbol_3_label=Abbreviation |colours=Rifle Green |march=Quick: Mechanised Infantry Double Past: Keel Row/Road to the Isles Slow: Old Salamanca |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries= }}1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of The Rifles under the command of 160 (Wales) Brigade.[1][2] HistoryThe 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.[3] The Battalion then moved to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow.[4] 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.[5] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/24711.aspx|title=1st Battalion The Rifles|website=British Army|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409180641/https://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/24711.aspx|archive-date=9 April 2016|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=1st Battalion The Rifles|website=British Army|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/35342.aspx|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=5 January 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/therifles.htm|title=History of the Light Infantry|accessdate=26 April 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chepstowbeacon.co.uk/article.cfm?id=106086&headline=Barracks+set+to+close+as+part+of+armed+forces+cutbacks§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016|title=Barracks set to close as part of armed forces cutbacks|publisher=Chepstow Beacon|date=23 November 2016|accessdate=11 January 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=The Resubordination of the 1st Battalion The Rifles to 3 Commando Brigade RM on 1 April 2008|url=https://rmhistorical.com/files/content/Rifles%20to%203%20Commando%20Brigade.pdf|website=Royal Marines Badge & Insignia Reference|accessdate=5 January 2017}} External links
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