1st Battalion, The Rifles

December 2019 1st Battalion, The Rifles top|100px 100px Cap and Back badges of The Rifles 1 February 2007 – United Kingdom United Kingdom Light Infantry Battalion 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team Beachley Barracks, Chepstow General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE Colonel Commandant Swift and Bold 75px Tactical Recognition Flash Croix de GuerreFrom Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry Arm Badge 1 RIFLES Abbreviation Rifle Green Quick: Mechanised InfantryDouble Past: Keel Row/Road to the IslesSlow: Old Salamanca 1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of The Rifles under the command of 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team.http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/24711.aspx 1st Battalion The Rifles British Army Ministry of Defence 6 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160409180641/https://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/24711.aspx 9 April 2016 dead1st Battalion The Rifles British Army http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/35342.aspx Ministry of Defence 5 January 2017 History thumb|left|C Company 1 Rifles and the Afghan National Army engaging the Taliban in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2009. The battalion formed on 1 February 2007 as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, merging the single battalions of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/therifles.htm History of the Light Infantry 26 April 2014 11 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201111054936/http://www.lightinfantry.me.uk/therifles.htm dead The battalion then moved in August 2007, to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow.http://www.chepstowbeacon.co.uk/article.cfm?id=106086&headline=Barracks+set+to+close+as+part+of+armed+forces+cutbacks&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2016 Barracks set to close as part of armed forces cutbacks Chepstow Beacon 23 November 2016 11 January 2019August 2026 InternetArchiveBot From 2008 to 2012, it was attached to 3 Commando Brigade as the fourth manoeuvre unit of the brigade alongside the three battalion sized commando units of the Royal Marines.The Resubordination of the 1st Battalion The Rifles to 3 Commando Brigade RM on 1 April 2008 https://rmhistorical.com/files/content/Rifles%20to%203%20Commando%20Brigade.pdf Royal Marines Badge & Insignia Reference 5 January 2017 From March 2020, 1 RIFLES was deployed throughout Wales on Operation Rescript, supporting the UK's efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The battalion helped install hospital beds at Dragon's Heart Hospital, a temporary critical care hospital for COVID-19.Duchess makes first visit to The Rifles in new role https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-54054974 12 August 2021 BBC News 7 September 2020 Future The battalion is currently based in Dhekelia, British Forces Cyprus until 2025. 1 Rifles will return to Chepstow in the summer of 2025 to take on a new role as a Light Mechanised Battalion driving Foxhound vehicles. Towards the end of the decade, 1 Rifles will move to new build facilities at Caerwent Barracks.Riflemen bid fond farewell to South East Wales – for now The British Army https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/05/riflemen-bid-fond-farewell-to-south-east-wales-for-now/ References External links 1 Rifles Category:The Rifles Rifles 001 Category:British light infantry Category:Military units and formations established in 2007 Category:Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Iraq War Category:Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:British organisations established in 2007