Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry was a British Army infantry regiment formed from the amalgamation of county regiments, later merged into The Rifles as part of wider army restructuring.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry canonical 4
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
alliedWith Cape Town Highlanders NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Bermuda Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal New Brunswick Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Western Australia Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCounty Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
bearsBattleHonoursFrom Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Royal Berkshire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
ceremonialDressTraditionFrom Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDisbanded 2007-02-01 ⓘ
dateFormed 1994-09-27 ⓘ
engagement operations in Iraq ⓘ
operations in Northern Ireland ⓘ
peacekeeping operations in the Balkans ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Gloucester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reading, Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salisbury, Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAbbreviation RGBW NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPredecessor Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSuccessor 1st Battalion, The Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
mergedInto The Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoInheritedFromPredecessor Firm ⓘ
Virtutis Amore NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname RGBW NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Light Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMarch The Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Light Division NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Royal Berkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseum The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
role light infantry ⓘ
type line infantry ⓘ
wearsCapBadgeDerivedFrom Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gloucestershire Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rifles → hasPredecessor → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
Rifles (British Army) → formedByAmalgamationOf → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
Rifles (British Army) → precededBy → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
Rifles (British Army) → traditionFrom → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
Brock Barracks, Reading → significantUnit → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → amalgamatedInto → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → successor → Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment