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1st Battalion, The Rifles

Field	Value
unit_name	1st Battalion, The Rifles
image	[[File:Rifles cap badge.PNG	top	100px]] [[File:RGBWback.PNG	100px]]
caption	Cap and Back badges of The Rifles
dates	1 February 2007 –
country	United Kingdom
branch
type	Light Infantry
size	Battalion
command_structure	7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team
garrison	Beachley Barracks, Chepstow
colonel_of_the_regiment	General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE
colonel_of_the_regiment_label	Colonel Commandant
motto	Swift and Bold
identification_symbol	[[File:Rifles TRF.svg	75px]]
identification_symbol_label	Tactical Recognition Flash
identification_symbol_2	Croix de Guerre
From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry
identification_symbol_2_label	Arm Badge
identification_symbol_3	1 RIFLES
identification_symbol_3_label	Abbreviation
colours	Rifle Green
march	Quick: Mechanised Infantry
Double Past: Keel Row/Road to the Isles
Slow: Old Salamanca

From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry Double Past: Keel Row/Road to the Isles Slow: 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.

History

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. The battalion then moved in August 2007, to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow.

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.

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.

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.

References

"1st Battalion The Rifles". Ministry of Defence.
"1st Battalion The Rifles". Ministry of Defence.
"History of the Light Infantry".
(23 November 2016). "Barracks set to close as part of armed forces cutbacks". Chepstow Beacon.
"The Resubordination of the 1st Battalion The Rifles to 3 Commando Brigade RM on 1 April 2008".
(7 September 2020). "Duchess makes first visit to The Rifles in new role". [[BBC News]].
"Riflemen bid fond farewell to South East Wales – for now {{!}} The British Army".

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