Royal Green Jackets
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets | . |
1967.04.01 | Formed in TAVR II with HQ at Davies Street, London with companies as successors to TA battalions of the Green Jackets Brigade: | . |
. | HQ Company at Davies Street, London, formed from Queen's Royal Rifles | . |
. | A (Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire) Company at Oxford, successor to The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | . |
. | B (Queen's Royal Rifles) Company at Fulham, London, successor to Queen's Royal Rifles | . |
. | C (London Rifle Brigade Rangers) Company at Finsbury, London, successor to3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade (London Rifle Brigade/ Rangers) | . |
1969.12.15 | D Company formed at Aylesbury from personnel The Buckinghamshire Regt RA | . |
1975.04.01 | Absorbed B Battery (Greater London RA) at Hackney from 6th (V) Bn, The Queen's Regt | . |
1986.12.01 | Companies reorganised: A Company and D Company transferred as HQ Company and D Company 5th Battalion, leaving 4th Battalion as a London unit (successor to Queen's Royal Rifles and London Rifle Brigade/Rangers): | . |
. | HQ Company at Davies Street, London | . |
. | B Company at Fulham, London | . |
. | C Company at Finsbury, London | . |
. | F Company at Mile End Road, London, newly raised | . |
. | G Company at West Ham, London, newly raised | . |
1988 | H (HSF) Company formed at Davies Street | . |
1992.07.25 | Reorganised into three rifle company establishment and H (HSF) Coy disbanded | . |
. | HQ Company at Davies Street, London | . |
. | A Company at West Ham, redesignation of G Company | . |
. | B Company at Fulham, London | . |
. | C Company at Finsbury, London | . |
. | Support Company at Mile End Road, reorganisation of F Company | . |
1999.07.01 | Battalion disbanded; A Company redesignated as G (Royal Green Jackets) Company, The London Regiment; B Company, HQ Company and Sp Company amalgamated to form F (Royal Green Jackets) Company, The London Regiment | . |
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. | 5th (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets | . |
1967.04.01 | Formed in TAVR III with HQ in London, with companies as successors to TA battalions: | . |
. | A Company (Queen's Royal Rifles) in London, successor to Queen's Royal Rifles | . |
. | B Company (London Rifle Brigade Rangers) at West Ham, successor to 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade (London Rifle Brigade/Rangers, The Rifle Brigade) | . |
1969.01.01 | Reduced to cadre HQ at Duke of York's HQ, Chelsea, sponsored by 4th (V) Bn, The Royal Green Jackets | . |
1975.04.01 | Cadre disbanded | . |
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. | 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets | . |
1986.12.01 | Formed as the de facto Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire battalion with HQ at Oxford by reorganisation of existing companies of 4th Battalion: | . |
. | HQ Company at Oxford, redesignation of A Company, 4th Bn | . |
. | A Company at High Wycombe, Booker, raised from 13 and 14 Pln D Company | . |
. | D Company at Aylesbury, redesignation of D Company, 4th Bn | . |
. | E Company at Milton Keynes, raised from 16 Pln D Company and Bletchley detachment | . |
1990 | I (HSF) Company formed with detachments at Oxford, High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Milton Keynes | . |
1995.04.01 | Converted into a Fire Support Battalion: D Company at Aylesbury disbanded to form Mortar Pln at same location under A Company; E Company formed Milan Pln at Oxford | . |
1999.07.01 | Battalion broken up: HQ Company and A Company amalgamated as A Company The Royal Rifle Volunteers; E Company redesignated as E Company The Royal Rifle Volunteers, less some personnel to form 60 Squadron, 71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, R Signals | . |
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