LOCAL INTERESTThe RIFLES, through their antecedent andforming regiments, have more than 220years of unbroken connections with whatis now known as Greater London.The oldest RIFLES link to London comesfrom The Queen Victoria's Rifles (QVR),who trace their origins back to the oldvolunteer regiments of the NapoleonicWars when the Duke of Cumberland'sSharpshooters were formed as a Corps ofRiflemen on 5th September 1803.Many transformations, name changes andamalgamations occurred over the nextcentury in which London RIFLES unitsparticipated in the Boer War and WorldWar I & II as formed units or individualreinforcements. The first “Volunteer” tobe awarded the Victoria Cross for servicein World War I was Lieutenant GeoffreyWooley - a London Rifleman of the QVRs.Rifle Brigade cap badgeDuring the “Cold War”, Reservists fromLondon Territorial Army (TA) units playedan important part in reinforcing the BritishArmy of the Rhine (BAOR) and guardingvital parts of the Lines of Communicationfrom the Channel Ports to the forwarddeployment area along, what was then,the Iron Curtain.In more recent conflicts in Iraq andAfghanistan, volunteers from the 4thBattalion the Royal Green Jackets (4 VRGJ) and its modern successor Battalion,7 RIFLES, were to the forefront inhelping their regular RIFLES Battalionswith operational reinforcements andaugmentees.7 RIFLES Headquarters is based inKensington (W8 6NT), G Company 7RIFLES in West Ham (E15 3QN) andF (RIFLES) Company of The LondonRegiment in Hammersmith (W6 7DJ).King's Royal Rifle Corps cap badge
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