Great Britain

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Kingdom of Great Britain
 
1755: 62nd (Royal American)
Regiment of Foot

2nd Bn raised
3rd Bn raised
4th Bn raised
1757: 60th (Royal American)
Regiment of Foot

1763: 4th Bn disbanded
1764: 3rd Bn disbanded
1775: 3rd Bn and 4th Bn raised

60th-Foot
1783: 3rd Bn and 4th Bn disbanded
1787: 3rd Bn and 4th Bn raised
1798: 5th Bn raised
1799: 6th Bn raised
1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1813: 7th Bn raised
1814: 8th Bn raised
1816: 7th Bn and 8th Bn disbanded
1818: 5th Bn and 6th Bn disbanded
1819: 1st Bn disbanded
2nd Bn → 1st Bn
3rd Bn → 2nd Bn
4th Bn disbanded
1824: 60th (The Duke of York’s Own
Rifle Corps)
Regiment of Foot

1830: 60th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps)
Regiment of Foot

1855: 3rd Bn raised
1857: 4th Bn raised
60th Foot
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
layout
1881: 1st Bn,    2nd Bn,    3rd Bn,    4th Bn,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Kings-Royal-Rifle-Corps
KRRC
1905: KRRC
1922: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1922: 4th Bn disbanded
1923: 3rd Bn disbanded
1948: 2nd Bn disbanded
1948:
part of
The Green Jackets Brigade
1950: 2nd Bn raised
KRRC
1957: 2nd Bn disbanded
1958: 2nd Green Jackets,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Green-Jackets
1966: 2nd Battalion
(The King’s Royal Rifle Corps),
The Royal Green Jackets
RGJ
1968: 2nd Battalion,
The Royal Green Jackets
part of
The Light Division
1992: 1st Battalion,
The Royal Green Jackets
2007: 2nd Battalion,
The Rifles
RIFLES
2023: RIFLES