1st Battalion, The Rifles

1st Battalion, The Rifles
Cap and Back badges of The Rifles
Active	25 December 2007 –
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Light Infantry
Role	160 (Wales) Brigade
Size	Battalion
Garrison/HQ	Beachley Barracks, Chepstow
Motto	Swift and Bold
Colours	Rifle Green
March	Quick: Mechanised Infantry Double Past: Keel Row/Road to the Isles Slow: Old Salamanca
Commanders
Colonel in Chief	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Colonel Commandant	General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash	75px
Arm Badge	Croix de Guerre From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry
Abbreviation	1 RIFLES

1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of The Rifles under the command of 160 (Wales) Brigade.

History

File:ANA and C Company 1 Rifles Engaging the Taliban MOD 45150612.jpg

C Company 1 Rifles and the Afghan National Army engaging the Taliban in Helmand Province.

The battalion formed on 25 December 2007 in Alma Barracks, Catterick Garrison as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, merging the single battalions of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment. In August that year, the Battalion moved again to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow still under 52 Brigade, whose HQ had departed for Afghanistan. From 2008 to 2012 it was attached to 3 Commando Brigade alongside three commandos of the Royal Marines.

See also

• 1st Commando Regiment
• 32 Buffalo Battalion
• Army commando
• Rhodesian Light Infantry

External links

• 1 Rifles