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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