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Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
Wiltshire Regiment Cap Badge.jpg
Wiltshire Regiment Cap Badge
Active 1881–1959
Country  United Kingdom
Branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Type Infantry
Role Line infantry
Size

1–2 Regular battalions
1 Militia battalion
1–2 Territorial and Volunteer battalions

Up to 8 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQ Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes
Nickname(s) The Springers, The Moonrakers, The Splashers
Motto(s) Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense
March

Quick: The Wiltshire, The Farmer's Boy

Slow: Auld Robin Grey
Anniversaries Ferozeshah, 21 Dec
Commanders
Ceremonial chief HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh (1953–1959)

1–2 Regular battalions
1 Militia battalion
1–2 Territorial and Volunteer battalions

Quick: The Wiltshire, The Farmer's Boy

The Wiltshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot.

The regiment was originally formed as the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), taking the county affiliation from the 62nd Foot (which became the 1st Battalion) and the honorific from the 99th Foot (which became the 2nd Battalion). In 1921, the titles switched to become the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's).

After service in both the First and Second World Wars, it was amalgamated with the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) into Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) in 1959 which was, in 1994, merged with the Gloucestershire Regiment to form the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, which later amalgamated with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Green Jackets and The Light Infantry to form The Rifles, which continues the lineage of the regiment. The regiment's depot was at Le Marchant Barracks in Devizes.


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