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.

Aliases (2)

66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot ×2
20th Regiment of Foot ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	infantry regiment → regiment of the British Army →
alliedWith	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	Arnhem 1944 → Battle of Maiwand → Burma 1944–1945 → Normandy 1944 → Passchendaele → Somme 1916 → Ypres →
branch	British Army →
country	United Kingdom →
formedFrom	49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot → 66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot →
garrison	Reading, Berkshire →
motto	Virtus et Fidelitas →
nickname	The Biscuit Boys → The Fighting Berkshires →
notableEngagement	Battle of Loos → Battle of Maiwand 1880 → Battle of Neuve Chapelle → Operation Market Garden →
participatedIn	Afghan Wars → First World War → Indian Mutiny → Second Boer War → Second World War →
predecessor	49th (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot → 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 →
role	infantry →
servedInTheatre	Far East → Italian Front → Middle East → Western Front →
successor	Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) →
type	line infantry →
uniformFacingsColour	buff →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire →	associatedWith
Royal Berkshire Regiment ("66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot") →	formedFrom
Miles Dempsey →	memberOf
Robert Ross ("20th Regiment of Foot") →	militaryUnit
Royal Berkshire Regiment ("66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot") →	predecessor