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'''Known as 61st Rifles'''== Chronology ==*'''1758''' 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment of Foot redesignation as the 61st Regiment of Foot*'''1782''' renamed 61st (South GlostersGloucestershire)Regiment of Foot*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the two-battalion Gloucestershire Regiment*'''2005''' amalgamated with the Light Infantry, The Royal Green Jackets and the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment to form the 1st Battalion The Rifles

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