The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions.

The Rifles formed in 2007 when four of the most famous Regiments in the British Army merged together into a modern and exciting large regiment optimised for 21st Century warfare. Optimised in the crucible of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, The Rifles holds an incredible 913 battle honours, world record 117 Victoria Crosses (VC) and has a ...

The Rifles is the largest infantry regiment with four Regular and three Reserve Battalions; and a strong link to 4 RANGER. We offer our people the widest range of Infantry roles and locations in the British Army.

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Dec 1, 2023 · The Rifles are one of the British Army's largest infantry regiments, comprised of thousands of personnel, four regular battalions and three reserve battalions. Formed on this day in 2007, the regiment holds a record 913 battle honours, including 117 Victoria Crosses, and has played crucial roles in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The largest regiment in the Army, The Rifles is the county regiment for Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

A rifle regiment is a military unit consisting of a regiment of infantry troops armed with rifles and known as riflemen. While all infantry units in modern armies are typically armed with rifled weapons the term is still used to denote regiments that follow the distinct traditions that differentiated them from other infantry units.

This is the historic heartlands of some of the antecedent regiments of The Rifles, the largest Infantry Regiment in the Army. 6 RIFLES has around 450 part-time soldiers from a wide variety of backgrounds, making us one of the largest reservist units in the British Army.

These founding Regiments give The Rifles an extraordinary lineage dating back to 1685 and an unbreakable heritage across several of England’s counties.

In 1797, 400 men of Hompesch’s Mounted Rifles and 500 of Loewenstein’s Chasseurs were drafted to form the 5/60th (North American) Regiment. They were the first regular unit of light infantry in the British Army and armed completely with rifles. Importantly they wore jackets of green: reflecting the need for camouflage and