The Royal Green Jackets
Below is a list of
The Regimental Formation Years
including
The Antecedent Regiments and our Successors;
1741
54th of Foot
renumbered in 1748 as the 43rd
1755
54th of Foot
renumbered in 1757 as the 52nd
1782
43rd
(Monmouthshire) Regiment
1782
52nd
(Oxfordshire) Regiment
1803
43rd
(Monmouthshire Light Infantry)
1803
52nd
(Oxfordshire Light Infantry)
1881
The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
1908
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1958
Green Jackets Brigade
1 Green Jackets
(43rd and 52nd)
1966
The Royal Green Jackets
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1755
62nd of Foot
renumbered in 1756 as the
60th (Royal American) Regiment
1824
60th
(Duke of York`s Own Rifle Corps)
1830
60th
or
The King`s Royal Rifle Corps
1881
The King`s Royal Rifle Corps
1958
Green Jackets Brigade
2 Green Jackets
(KRRC)
1966
The Royal Green Jackets
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1800
Experimental Rifle Corps of Riflemen
1800
The Rifle Corps
1802
95th (Rifle Regiment)
1816
The Rifle Brigade
1862
The Prince Consort`s Own Rifle Brigade
1881
The Rifle Brigade
(The Prince Consort`s Own) (RB)
1920
The Rifle Brigade
(Prince Consort`s Own)
1958
Green Jackets Brigade
3 Green Jackets
(The Rifle Brigade)
1966
The Royal Green Jackets
(In 1992 1st RGJ was disbanded and 2nd RGJ and 3rd RGJ renumbered 1st RGJ and 2nd RGJ respectively)
2007
The Rifles
2 and 4 RIFLES
(July 2016)
was the unveiling of
The Tribute Chair at Peninsula Barracks.
GJB Cap Badge on the left rear and the RGJ Cap Badge on the right rear
A LASTING TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO SERVED.
The Rifle Depot
Peninsula Barracks, Winchester
The Ancestral Home of The Royal Green Jackets
CELER ET AUDAX – SWIFT AND BOLD