The Rifle Volunteers
The
Rifle Volunteers
is a regiment of the British
Territorial Army
.
History
The
Rifle Volunteers
were formed in
1999
by the amalgamation of the amalgamation of the 6th Battalion,
The Light Infantry
, 4th (V) Battalion, The
Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
and elements of the 2nd (V) Battalion,
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
in consequence of the reforms implemented due to the
Strategic Defence Review
. The HQ is based at
Exeter
and the
Regiment
is comprised of 5 companies:
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Company
B (
Somerset Light Infantry
) Company
C (Devonshire and Dorset Regiment) Company
D (Cornwall Light Infantry) Company
E (Devonshire and Dorset Regiment) Company
In April
2004
a composite company (Salamanca Company) of the
Regiment
was dispatched to
Basra
,
Iraq
attached to the 1st Battalion
Cheshire Regiment
, as part of
1 Mechanised Brigade
, part of the
Multi-National Division (South East)
. The Company returned home later that year. The
Regiment
is presently part of
43 (Wessex) Brigade
. Rifle Volunteers
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