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HISTORY


The ''Regiment'' was formed in 1999 by the amalgamation of elements of the 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment , 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal GlouInsert Non-formatted Text Herecestershire, Berkshire And Wiltshire Regiment and the 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets due to the reforms of the Territorial Army implemented due to the Strategic Defence Review . It is the infantry component of 145 (Home Counties) Brigade. Its HQ is based at Reading, Berkshire and comprises 4 companies:

  • A (Royal Green Jackets) Company in Oxfordshire comprising Anti-Tank Platoon and a rifle platoon


  • B (Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Company) Assault Pioneer Platoon in Berkshire and a rifle platoon


  • C (Duke of Connaught's Own Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) Company, including 9 (Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles) Platoon - the longest subunit title in the British Army. This company is based in Hampshire with a Machine Gun platoon, and includes a platoon on the Isle of Wight


  • E (Royal Green Jackets) Company in Buckinghamshire Mortar Platoon and an Infantry platoon


In 2003 the Royal Rifle Volunteers took part in a major exercise NATO in the Eastern European country of Lithuania codenamed Exercise Amber Hope. In 2004 a platoon of the RRV was dispatched to Iraq which was part of the Multi-National Division (South East) .

On 24th November 2005, the MOD announced that the Royal Rifle Volunteers (minus the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment company) will be amalgamated along with other regiments into a new large regiment to be called The Rifles by 2007 where it will become the 7th Battalion, The Rifles . This will reunite the regiment with the Royal Green Jackets and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire And Wiltshire Regiment .

The Regiment is currently under the command of Lt. Col Mike Scott who is a member of the PWRR Regular Regiment