Gloucestershire Regiment
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 5th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. and converted to infantry with HQ at Gloucester, and concurrently amalgamated with duplicate 7th Battalion | 129 Infantry Brigade |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as: | . |
. | A Company (Gloucestershire), Wessex Volunteers in TAVR II at Gloucester | . |
. | C Squadron, The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Territorials) in TAVR III at Cheltenham | . |
1969.01.01 | TAVR III element reduced to cadre as The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars at Cheltenham, sponsored by 37 Signal Regiment (V) and reconstituted 1 Apr. 1971 as yeomanry and artillery units (5th Glosters lineage discontinued) | . |
1971.04.01 | Battalion renamed 1st Battalion, Wessex Volunteers with HQ at Trowbridge; redesignated on formation of 2nd Battalion | . |
1971.04.01 | A Company became A Company (Gloucestershire), 1st Battalion, Wessex Volunteers at Gloucester, formed new dets at Cheltenham, Bristol and Trowbridge; more dets formed by 1989 at Bristol and Cinderford | . |
1971 | Company subtitle omitted | . |
1972.03.30 | Battalion renamed 1st Battalion, The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers) | . |
1972.03.30 | Company renamed A Company, 1st Battalion, The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers) | . |
1989-1991 | Gloucestershire detachments reorganised: | . |
. | HQ Company at Devizes; by 1989 dets at Gloucester, Andover and Cheltenham; by 1995 Mortar Pln at Andover, Atk Pln at Stroud, Recce Pln at Cheltenham, Pioneer Pln at Cinderford | . |
. | A Company at Gloucester; by 1991 two plns at Bristol | . |
1995.04.01 | Gloucestershire detachments reorganised: | . |
. | A Company at Gloucester | . |
. | B Company at Bristol, formed from Bristol plns of A Company and 245 Ambulance Sqn 155 Transport Regt RCT | . |
. | C Company at Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, formed from existing elements | . |
1995.10.06 | 2nd (V) Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment formed, HQ at Reading, Berks. Gloucestershire companies reorganised: | . |
. | A (Gloucester) Company at Gloucester with Pln at Cheltenham, amalgamation of A Coy and C Coy 1st Bn The Wessex Regiment | . |
. | B (City of Bristol) Company at Bristol, redesignation of B Coy 1st Bn The Wessex Regiment | . |
1999.07.01 | Redesignated The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Company, The Rifle Volunteers at Gloucester with Rifle Pln at Bristol and Assault Pioneer Pln at Cinderford, Gloucester, amalgamation of A Coy and B Coy | . |
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