Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment

Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry
Cap and back badges of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire
Active	1994-2007
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Light Role Infantry
Size	1 Battalion
Part of	Light Division
Garrison/HQ	1st Battalion - Chester
Colors	PUC carried on regimental colour
March	Quick - The Sphinx and the Dragon Slow - Scipio
Commanders
Last Colonel-in-Chief	HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
Colonel of the Regiment	General Sir Kevin O'Donoghue KCB CBE
Insignia
Arm Badge	Distinguished Unit Citation From Gloucestershire Regiment

The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment was a short-lived infantry regiment of the British Army.

The regiment was formed in 1994 by the amalgamation of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).

It was the only regiment in the British Army whose members were permitted to wear a cap badge on both the front and the rear of their headdress. The back badge was awarded to the 28th Regiment of Foot for their actions at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801 when the regiment fought on whilst completely surrounded by the enemy.

The regiment was also unique in the British Army in that it was permitted to wear the United States Presidential Unit Citation, which it inherited from the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment which was awarded for their defence of Gloster Hill during the Battle of the Imjin River in April 1951 during the Korean War.

Between 2002 and 2005, the 1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment served as a public duties battalion in London, where its duties included providing the Queen's Guard. It was while the RGBW was on guard at Buckingham Palace that the Fathers 4 Justice protest took place.

On 16 December 2004, the Ministry of Defence announced a reorganisation of the infantry regiments. In preparation for this, the regiment was moved from the Prince of Wales' Division to the Light Division and renamed the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry in July 2005.