Royal Bermuda Regiment | |
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Active | 1 September 1965 |
Country | Bermuda |
Branch | Army |
Type | Line Infantry |
Role | Internal security |
Size | One Battalion ~350 reserve soldiers[1] |
Garrison/HQ | Warwick Camp |
March | Quick – Bermuda |
Anniversaries | 21 November 1965, presentation of the first colours. |
Website | www |
Commanders | |
Commanding Officer | Lt. Col. Benjamin Beasley |
Colonel-in-Chief | Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester |
Honorary Colonel | Col. David Gibbons |
The Royal Bermuda Regiment (RBR) is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is a single territorial[2] infantry battalion that was formed on the amalgamation in 1965 of two originally voluntary units, the mostly black Bermuda Militia Artillery (BMA) and the almost entirely white Bermuda Rifles (titled the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) until 1949), and the only remaining component of the Bermuda Garrison since the 1957 withdrawal of regular units and detachments from Bermuda.