1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)

1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
Active	7 November 1958–1 January 1966
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	Regiment

The 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) was an infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1958 to 1966. The regiment served in the Cyprus Emergency, Brunei Revolt, Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation and West Berlin. The regiment formed part of the Green Jackets Brigade and in 1963 was redesignated as a rifle regiment.

The regiment was formed following Duncan Sandys' 1957 Defence White Paper when the 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 43rd and 52nd became the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) on 7 November 1958. The occasion was commemorated by a parade in Cyprus where the regiment's band played the marches of its antecedent regiments. The 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) formed part of the Green Jackets Brigade and its depot was at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire. Bushfield Camp, near Winchester, was used as a temporary depot from 1961 to April 1964.

The 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Martin, took part in operations against EOKA terrorists in Cyprus to May 1959. The regiment was deployed mainly in the Limassol area. Major Peter Gerahty was second-in-command of the regiment in Cyprus.

The regiment was originally based at Tidworth Camp but moved to Battlesbury Barracks in Warminster and then Knook Camp, near Warminster, in 1959. The regiment, led by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Harbottle, was an infantry demonstration battalion from 1959 to 1962. Major, later Colonel John Tillett was second-in-command of the regiment at Warminster. In accordance with the tradition of rifle regiments not carrying colours; in 1962 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) marched the 43rd and 52nd colours for the last time. On that occasion the regiment provided a Guard of Honour for Queen Elizabeth II which was commanded by Captain Edward Jones.

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