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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) is an Infantry regiment of the British Army , part of the Queen's Division . It was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of two other regiments: Through its ancestry via the Queen's Regiment, the PWRR is the most senior English infantry regiment. The current regiment was named in honour of the late Diana, Princess Of Wales . In 2004, it was announced that, as part of the re-structuring of the infantry, the PWRR would merge with the Berkshire and Wiltshire elements (former Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment) of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire And Wiltshire Regiment . It was further announced in 2005 that this would not take place, and the PWRR would remain unaffected. Upon its creation, HRH The Princess Of Wales and HM The Queen Of Denmark were Allied Colonels-in-chief of the PWRR. When the Princess divorced HRH The Prince Of Wales , she ceased to be Colonel-in-chief and the Queen of Denmark has remained its colonel-in-chief since. The Regiment is primarily based in Kent and is comprised of three battalions, 1st Battalion Mechanised infantry (Recently returned from Iraq), 2nd Battalion (Serving in Iraq since January 2005) and 3rd Battalion Territorial Army Infantry (Members of which also serving with 1st Battalion in Iraq). There are two separate Territorial Army companies: B Company of the London Regiment and C (Duke of Connaught's Own) Company of the Royal Rifle Volunteers . VICTORIA CROSS In 2005 , Pte Johnson Beharry of the 1st Battalion, PWRR was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during his unit's deployment to Al-Amarah , near Basrah . This was the first award of the VC since 1982 . BATTLE HONOURS
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