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1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of
The battalion formed on 1 February 2007 in Alma Barracks, Catterick Garrison as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, merging the single battalions of the
1 Rifles
Rifles 001 Rifle regiments Military units and formations established in 2007 Military units and formations of the Iraq War Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) British light infantry The Rifles 2007 establishments in the United Kingdom
The Rifles
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions, plus a number of companies in other Army Reserve battalions. Each battalion of The Rifles was formerly ...
under the command of 7 Brigade.
History
The battalion formed on 1 February 2007 in Alma Barracks, Catterick Garrison as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, merging the single battalions of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (11th, 39th and 54th), usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two county regiments, the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset ...
and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment was a short-lived infantry regiment of the British Army.
History
The regiment was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Re ...
. The Battalion then moved in August 2007 to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks
Beachley Barracks is a British Army base at Beachley in Gloucestershire, England, close to the England–Wales border at Chepstow. The Barracks is located at Beachley Point between the River Severn and the River Wye. It is the home of 1st Battali ...
at Chepstow.
From 2008 to 2012, it was attached to 3 Commando Brigade
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces. It is composed of the Royal Marine Commandos, alongside commando qualified sailors, soldiers and airmen f ...
as the fourth manoeuvre unit of the Brigade alongside the three commandos of the Royal Marines.
From March 2020, 1 RIFLES was deployed throughout Wales on Operation Rescript
Operation Rescript is the code name for the British military operation to help tackle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies. It has been described as the UK's "biggest ever homeland military operation i ...
, supporting the UK's efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identif ...
. The battalion helped install hospital beds at Dragon's Heart Hospital
Dragon's Heart Hospital ( cy, Ysbyty Calon y Ddraig) was a temporary hospital located at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. It opened on 13 April 2020 to help deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales. It was decommissioned toward ...
, a temporary critical care hospital for COVID-19.
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1 Rifles
Rifles 001 Rifle regiments Military units and formations established in 2007 Military units and formations of the Iraq War Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) British light infantry The Rifles 2007 establishments in the United Kingdom