REGIMENTAL ROLES AND LOCATIONS

1st Battalion - Commando Infantry (3 Cdo Bde) - Chepstow

2nd Battalion - Light Role -  Northern Ireland 

3rd Battalion - Light Role - Edinburgh 

4th Battalion - Mechanised Infantry - Bulford 

5th Battalion - Armoured Infantry - Paderborn, Germany

6th Battalion - Territorial Army - Exeter, South West of England 

7th Battalion - Territorial Army -  Reading, Home Counties & London 

Territorial elements of the regiment are spread through the South West and Home Counties of England together with a presence in the Midlands and County Durham.  They support operations worldwide and most recently Salonika Company drawn from 7 Rifles was deployed in Afghanistan. 

 The Rifles cap badge is worn by nearly 25 percent of all Army Cadets.

The regiment prides itself in providing the environment for some of the finest soldiering in the British Army, by the pursuit of excellence both at work and play.  An ethos of mutual respect and support amongst all Riflemen, regardless of rank, reinforced by the shared hardship of operations, binds the regiment into a tight knit family.  See Way of Life for more information about what the job involves and how we go about it.

The size of the regiment and its different operational roles and locations offer soldiers and officers a variety of career opportunities and places to serve unmatched by any other infantry regiment in the British Army.

The Rifles march at 140 paces per minute, much faster than that of the rest of the Infantry who march at 120. A private soldier in The Rifles is known as a Rifleman and sergeant is spelt serjeant.