{"id":14977,"date":"2015-09-26T11:04:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T10:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=14977"},"modified":"2019-04-17T19:36:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:36:40","slug":"2016-the-regimental-formation-anniversary-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/?p=14977","title":{"rendered":"The Regimental Formation Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Royal Green Jackets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is a list of  <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Regimental Formation Years<\/strong><\/p>\n

including<\/strong><\/p>\n

 The Antecedent Regiments and our Successors;
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

1741<\/strong><\/p>\n

54th of Foot<\/p>\n

renumbered in 1748 as the 43rd<\/p>\n

1755<\/strong><\/p>\n

54th of Foot<\/p>\n

renumbered in 1757 as the 52nd<\/p>\n

1782<\/strong><\/p>\n

43rd<\/p>\n

(Monmouthshire) Regiment<\/p>\n

1782<\/strong><\/p>\n

52nd<\/p>\n

(Oxfordshire) Regiment<\/p>\n

1803<\/strong><\/p>\n

43rd<\/p>\n

(Monmouthshire Light Infantry)<\/p>\n

1803<\/strong><\/p>\n

52nd<\/p>\n

(Oxfordshire Light Infantry)<\/p>\n

1881<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Oxfordshire Light Infantry<\/p>\n

1908<\/strong><\/p>\n

 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong><\/p>\n

 Green Jackets Brigade<\/p>\n

1 Green Jackets<\/p>\n

(43rd and 52nd)<\/p>\n

1966<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Royal Green Jackets<\/p>\n

__________<\/p>\n

1755<\/strong><\/p>\n

62nd of Foot<\/p>\n

renumbered in 1756 as the<\/p>\n

 60th (Royal American) Regiment<\/p>\n

1824<\/strong><\/p>\n

60th<\/p>\n

(Duke of York`s Own Rifle Corps)<\/p>\n

1830<\/strong><\/p>\n

60th<\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

The King`s Royal Rifle Corps<\/p>\n

1881<\/strong><\/p>\n

The King`s Royal Rifle Corps<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green Jackets Brigade<\/p>\n

2 Green Jackets<\/p>\n

(KRRC)<\/p>\n

1966<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Royal Green Jackets<\/p>\n

____________<\/p>\n

1800<\/strong><\/p>\n

Experimental Rifle Corps of Riflemen<\/p>\n

1800<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rifle Corps<\/p>\n

1802<\/strong><\/p>\n

95th (Rifle Regiment)<\/p>\n

1816<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rifle Brigade<\/p>\n

1862<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Prince Consort`s Own Rifle Brigade<\/p>\n

1881<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rifle Brigade<\/p>\n

(The Prince Consort`s Own) (RB)<\/p>\n

1920<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rifle Brigade<\/p>\n

(Prince Consort`s Own)<\/p>\n

1958<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green Jackets Brigade<\/p>\n

3 Green Jackets<\/p>\n

(The Rifle Brigade)<\/p>\n

1966<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Royal Green Jackets<\/p>\n

(In 1992 1st RGJ was disbanded and 2nd RGJ and 3rd RGJ renumbered 1st RGJ and 2nd RGJ respectively)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rifles<\/p>\n

2 and 4 RIFLES<\/strong><\/p>\n

(July 2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n

was the unveiling of<\/p>\n

The Tribute Chair at Peninsula Barracks.<\/p>\n

GJB<\/strong> Cap Badge<\/strong> on the left rear and the RGJ Cap Badge<\/strong> on the right rear<\/p>\n

A LASTING TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO SERVED.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Rifle Depot<\/p>\n

Peninsula Barracks, Winchester<\/p>\n

The Ancestral Home of The Royal Green Jackets<\/p>\n

CELER ET AUDAX – SWIFT AND BOLD<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Regimental Formation years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1662,1663,28,233,25,17,297,26,95],"class_list":["post-14977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-1662","tag-anniversary","tag-green-jackets","tag-green-jackets-brigade","tag-krrc","tag-memorial-at-peninsula","tag-obli","tag-rifle-brigade","tag-the-royal-green-jackets","category-6-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.memorialatpeninsula.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}