Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)

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The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) was a British Army infantry regiment formed in 1959 that served in various global deployments, including Northern Ireland, until its amalgamation into the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment in 1994.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment
infantry regiment
activePeriod 1959–1994
alliedWith 6th Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment
Cape Town Highlanders
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
The Royal New South Wales Regiment
surface form: Royal New South Wales Regiment
amalgamatedInto Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry
surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
associatedCounty Wiltshire
surface form: County of Wiltshire

Royal County of Berkshire
branch British Army
colonelInChief Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
country United Kingdom
deployment Aden
Belize
Cyprus
Falkland Islands
Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong

Northern Ireland
West Germany
disbandedOn 1994
engagement The Troubles
formedByAmalgamationOf Royal Berkshire Regiment
surface form: Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

Wiltshire Regiment
surface form: Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
formedOn 1959
garrison Reading
Salisbury
nickname DERR
predecessor Royal Berkshire Regiment
surface form: Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

Wiltshire Regiment
surface form: Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
recruitedFrom Berkshire
Wiltshire
regimentalColourTradition inherited from Royal Berkshire Regiment
inherited from Wiltshire Regiment
regimentalDepot Brock Barracks, Reading
Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes
regimentalMarch The DERR Quick March
regimentalMuseum The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum
regimentalMuseumLocation Salisbury Guildhall
surface form: The Close, Salisbury
role light infantry
servedIn Cold War era
post‑colonial conflicts
successor Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry
surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
type line infantry

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Royal Berkshire Regiment amalgamatedInto Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester patronOf Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
this entity surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum dedicatedTo Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
this entity surface form: Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)