REGIMENTAL HISTORY
The Light Division fording the Alma, 20th September 1854
“Pride of Regiment and love for the Regiment’s history and tradition is the sacred Ark of the Covenant on which the British soldier depends in battle and on which Britain, through him, has again and again survived and won through to victory”
Sir Arthur Bryant
The Rifles have been formed from four of the finest Infantry Regiments of the British Army. Their history is long and illustrious. The concept of British Light Infantry - a combination of Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments was the brain child of General Sir John Moore (1761-1809), who established the original regiments in Shorncliffe in the early 1800s. Since then, more regiments have been converted to Light Infantry and, in February 2007, they all joined and formed The Rifles.
To learn more about why The Rifles are different, click on the links to the left. To find out more about our former Regimental individual histories, click on their respective links below:
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