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Egypt?[edit]

The Egypt badge isn't explained, what's it about? --AW (talk) 20:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone? --AW 21:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

see 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot , They were awarded this honour after fighting in Egypt. The Battalion had to stand back to back to fend off the French attacks , hence they wore Regimental cap badges on the front and rear of their headress JS1 (talk) 13:27, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Roll of Honour[edit]

Iraq[edit]

Cap and back badges of The Rifles Active 1st February 2007- Country United Kingdom Branch Army Type Rifles Role 1st Battalion - Commando 2nd Battalion - Light Role 3rd Battalion - Light Role 4th Battalion - Mechanised Infantry 5th Battalion - Armoured Infantry 6th Battalion - TA Reserve 7th Battalion - TA Reserve Size Se Cap and back badges of The Rifles Active 1st February 2007- Country United Kingdom Branch Army Type Rifles Role 1st Battalion - Commando 2nd Battalion - Light Role 3rd Battalion - Light Role 4th Battalion - Mechanised Infantry 5th Battalion - Armoured Infantry 6th Battalion - TA Reserve 7th Battalion - TA Reserve Size Seven battalions Garrison/HQ RHQ - Winchester 1st Battalion - Beachley 2nd Battalion - Ballykinler 3rd Battalion - Edinburgh 4th Battalion - Bulford 5th Battalion - Paderborn, Germany 6th Battalion - Exeter 7th Battalion - Reading Motto Swift and Bold Colors N/A March Quick - Mechanised Infantry Double Past - Keel Row/Road to the Isles Slow - Old Salamanca Commanders Colonel in Chief HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, GBE Colonel Commandant Lieutenant General NR Parker CBE Insignia Tactical Recognition Flash Arm Badge Croix de Guerre From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry Abbreviation RIFLES ven battalions Garrison/HQ RHQ - Winchester 1st Battalion - Beachley 2nd Battalion - Ballykinler 3rd Battalion - Edinburgh 4th Battalion - Bulford 5th Battalion - Paderborn, Germany 6th Battalion - Exeter 7th Battalion - Reading Motto Swift and Bold Colors N/A March Quick - Mechanised Infantry Double Past - Keel Row/Road to the Isles Slow - Old Salamanca Commanders Colonel in Chief HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, GBE Colonel Commandant Lieutenant General NR Parker CBE Insignia Tactical Recognition Flash Arm Badge Croix de Guerre From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry Abbreviation RIFLES

7 Rifles Oxford company[edit]

The Oxford company for 7 Rifles now parades in Abingdon, are there any objections to editing this?Smudge1162 (talk) 16:08, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1 Rifles[edit]

I've amended the infobox to reflect 1 Rifles as a Light Infantry unit, rather than as a Commando. They're attached to 3 Cdo Bde but they're not configured as a Commando and members need not be commando qualified.

Random Acts of Language (talk) 18:22, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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3 Rifles - Edinburgh[edit]

3 Rifles were due to relocate to Cattaerick in 2021, but this move never happened and they are still in Edinburgh (as per Army website/3 Rifles Twitter account).

This should be updated unless anyone has any objections or additional information. BH530481 (talk) 10:54, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

New Colonel Commandant[edit]

Please change the Colonel Commandant, Sir Patrick Sanders has left, the new Colonel Commandant is Tom Copinger-Symes.^[1] ^[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kartik07wiki (talk • contribs) 13:24, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

Done. Dormskirk (talk) 16:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1638845697184219136

[2] ttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/strategic-command-personnel-participate-in-coronation-rehearsals-through-the-night

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