King's Royal Rifle Corps

62nd (Royal American) Regiment
60th (Royal American) Regiment
Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps
King's Royal Rifle Corps
Cap badge of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
Active1756–1966
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeRifles
RoleLight infantry
Size4 Battalions in peacetime (28 during the Great War)
Garrison/HQPeninsula Barracks, Winchester
Nickname(s)60th Rifles
Royal Americans
The Jaggers[1]
Motto(s)Celer et Audax (Swift and Bold)
MarchLützow's Wild Hunt[2]
AnniversariesChristmas Day (Formation)
EngagementsFrench and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
Napoleonic Wars
Anglo-Egyptian War
Second Boer War
First World War
Second World War

The King's Royal Rifle Corps was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army that was originally raised in British North America as the Royal American Regiment during the phase of the Seven Years' War in North America known in the United States as 'The French and Indian War.' Subsequently numbered the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire. In 1958, the regiment joined the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Rifle Brigade in the Green Jackets Brigade and in 1966 the three regiments were formally amalgamated to become the Royal Green Jackets. The KRRC became the 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets. On the disbandment of the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets in 1992, the RGJ's KRRC battalion was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, eventually becoming 2nd Battalion, The Rifles in 2007.

  1. ^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron (2010). The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
  2. ^ Russell, W.M.S. "A Note on the Regimental March". King's Royal Rifle Corps Association. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)