1st Battalion
Formed 27 April 1994 by merger of 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire
Regiment and 1st Battalion The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment.
2nd (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
Formed 6 October 1995 with Headquarters at Brock Barracks, Reading by amalgamation of 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion The Wessex Regiment.
COMPANIES:
HQ (Berkshire) Company at Brock Barracks, Reading with Assault
Pioneer Pltn at Cinderford. Formed by redesignation of 'D' Company 2nd
Battalion The Wessex Regiment.
A (Gloucester) Company at Gloucester with Pltn at Cheltenham.
Formed by amalgamation of 'A' Company and 'C' Company 1st Battalion
The Wessex Regiment.
B (City of Bristol) Company at Bristol. Formed by redesignation
of 'B' Company 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment.
C (Wiltshire) Company at Devizes with Pltn at Swindon. Formed
by redesignation of 'HQ' Company 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment
and Company from 2nd Battalion.
1 July 1999: Battalion disbanded as result of the Strategic
Defence Review.
'A' Company and 'B' Company merged as The Royal Gloucestershire,
Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Company The
Rifle Volunteers;
'HQ' Company and 'C' Company merged as The Royal Gloucestershire,
Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Company The Royal
Rifle Volunteers.