61st Regiment of Foot

Known as 61st Rifles

Chronology

1758 2nd Battalion 3rd Regiment of Foot redesignation as the 61st Regiment of Foot
1782 renamed 61st (South Gloucestershire) 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