Royal Berkshire Regiment

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infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Royal Berkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army with a long history of service in major conflicts, including both World Wars.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Royal Berkshire Regiment canonical 10
66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 2
Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alliedWith Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
surface form: 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) ⓘ
associatedCounty Berkshire ⓘ
awardedVictoriaCrossTo Lance-Corporal James Welch ⓘ
Private Frederick Hitch ⓘ
Private William House ⓘ
battleHonour Operation Market Garden ⓘ
surface form: Arnhem 1944

Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Burma 1944–1945

Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944

Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
surface form: Passchendaele

Somme 1916 ⓘ
Ypres ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedFrom 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
Royal Berkshire Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
garrison Reading, Berkshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Reading, Berkshire
motto Virtus et Fidelitas ⓘ
nickname The Biscuit Boys ⓘ
The Fighting Berkshires ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Loos ⓘ
Battle of Maiwand ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Maiwand 1880

Battle of Neuve Chapelle ⓘ
Operation Market Garden ⓘ
participatedIn Anglo-Afghan Wars ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Wars

World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
surface form: Indian Mutiny

Second Boer War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
predecessor 49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot ⓘ
Royal Berkshire Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
regimentalDepot Brock Barracks, Reading ⓘ
regimentalMarch Auld Lang Syne ⓘ
The Dashing White Sergeant ⓘ
regimentalMuseum The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum ⓘ
regimentalMuseumLocation Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Salisbury, Wiltshire
role infantry ⓘ
servedInTheatre East Asia ⓘ
surface form: Far East

Italian Front ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
successor Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment ⓘ
surface form: Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
type line infantry ⓘ
uniformFacingsColour buff ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Miles Dempsey → memberOf → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
Robert Ross → militaryUnit → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 20th Regiment of Foot
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire → associatedWith → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
Royal Berkshire Regiment → formedFrom → Royal Berkshire Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
Royal Berkshire Regiment → predecessor → Royal Berkshire Regiment self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot
The Biscuit Boys → appliesTo → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
The Biscuit Boys → associatedWith → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Berkshire Regiment soldiers
The Fighting Berkshires → hasAlternativeName → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fighting Berkshires Regiment
Brock Barracks, Reading → garrison → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
Brock Barracks, Reading → formerGarrison → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum → dedicatedTo → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum → dedicatedTo → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berkshire Regiment
Virtus et Fidelitas → usedBy → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
Virtus et Fidelitas → isMottoOf → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
Private William House → unit → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: William House
Private William House → partOf → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
subject surface form: William House
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → formedByAmalgamationOf → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → predecessor → Royal Berkshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)