The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1755:

62^nd (Royal American)
Regiment of Foot
2^nd Bⁿ raised
3^rd Bⁿ raised
4^th Bⁿ raised
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1757:

60^th (Royal American)
Regiment of Foot
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1763:

4^th Bⁿ disbanded
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1764:

3^rd Bⁿ disbanded
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1775:

3^rd Bⁿ and 4^th Bⁿ raised
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1783:

3^rd Bⁿ and 4^th Bⁿ disbanded
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1787:

3^rd Bⁿ and 4^th Bⁿ raised
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1798:

5^th Bⁿ raised
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1799:

6^th Bⁿ raised
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1813:

7^th Bⁿ raised
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1814:

8^th Bⁿ raised
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1816:

7^th Bⁿ and 8^th Bⁿ disbanded
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1818:

5^th Bⁿ and 6^th Bⁿ disbanded
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1819:

1^st Bⁿ disbanded
2^nd Bⁿ → 1^st Bⁿ
3^rd Bⁿ → 2^nd Bⁿ
4^th Bⁿ disbanded
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1824:

60^th (The Duke of York’s Own
Rifle Corps)
Regiment of Foot
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1830:

60^th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps)
Regiment of Foot
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1855:

3^rd Bⁿ raised
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1857:

4^th Bⁿ raised
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms

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1881:

1^st Bⁿ, 2^nd Bⁿ, 3^rd Bⁿ, 4^th Bⁿ,

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

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1905:

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1922:

4^th Bⁿ disbanded
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1923:

3^rd Bⁿ disbanded
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1948:

2^nd Bⁿ disbanded
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1948:

part of
The Green Jackets Brigade

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1950:

2^nd Bⁿ raised
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1957:

2^nd Bⁿ disbanded
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1958:

2^nd Green Jackets,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

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1966:

2^nd Battalion
(The King’s Royal Rifle Corps),
The Royal Green Jackets

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1968:

2^nd Battalion,
The Royal Green Jackets

part of
The Light Division

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1992:

1^st Battalion,
The Royal Green Jackets
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2007:

2^nd Battalion,
The Rifles

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2023:

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