The Wessex Regiment was a Territorial Army infantry regiment of the British Army, in existence from 1967 to 1995. Initially consisting of a singular battalion...
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The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until Alfred...
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The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is a reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons. Formerly part of 43 (Wessex) Brigade...
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of the Wessex Regiment. Its structure was: HQ (Berkshire) Company, at Brock Barracks, Reading (from D Company, 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment) Assault...
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The Royal Wessex Regiment was the name suggested for a regiment proposed by the initial discussions into the Future Army Structure brought up as part...
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Stable belt (section Disbanded regiments)
other countries including Denmark, Brazil and Lebanon. The stripes vary by regiment and corps, identifying the wearer's unit. In Brazil and Lebanon they are...
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex Division...
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155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps, was a regiment in the United Kingdom's Territorial Army that was initially formed in 1967 and disbanded...
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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (redirect from Sophie, the Countess of Wessex)
the Royal Irish Regiment 2023: Royal Colonel of the Queen's Own Yeomanry The Duchess of Edinburgh Cup (formerly the Countess of Wessex Cup), an annual...
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Henry Bolton (British politician) (category Wessex Regiment officers)
a commission in its Wessex Regiment. Two years later, he was promoted to captain. Following the disbanding of the Wessex Regiment, Bolton served part-time...
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The 1st Wessex Artillery was a volunteer unit of the British Army that existed under various titles from 1860 to 1971, including active service in Mesopotamia...
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The 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment) (43 Recce) was a regiment of the British Army's Reconnaissance Corps, itself part...
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formed as the 37th (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (Volunteers) in 1967. It initially consisted of 43 (Wessex) Signal Squadron, 53...
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32 Regiment Royal Artillery (The Wessex Gunners) is a regiment in the Royal Artillery, part of the British Army and is the only Royal Artillery unit equipped...
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of fictional regiments were featured in the series, including the Bedford Light Infantry, the Royal Cumbrian Fusiliers, the Wessex Regiment and the Derbyshire...
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Exeter and South Devon Volunteers (redirect from 4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment)
Battalion, Wessex Volunteers, at Exeter with platoons at Plymouth and Barnstaple. The Wessex Volunteers became the 1st Battalion, Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers)...
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43 (Wessex) Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army (TA) unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals from 1920. It had its origins in a Volunteer...
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2/4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment came into being in October 1914, assigned to the 2/1st South Western Brigade of the 2nd Wessex Division. Like the 1/4th...
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Infantry of the British Army (section Brigade system, large regiments, disbandings and amalgamations)
regiment formed from the Royal Highland Fusiliers, Black Watch, Highlanders, and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. A two battalion Wessex regiment formed...
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Colonel-in-Chief of the new regiment. He was also Deputy Colonel of The Blues and Royals and an Honorary Colonel of the 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment.[citation needed]...
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Regt). E (HSF) Coy 2nd (V) Bn, The Wessex Regiment (HQ in Reading) E (HSF) Coy 6th (V) Bn, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire) F (HSF)...
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Royal Armoured Corps (section Regiments)
Brigade Combat Team The Royal Tank Regiment (Armoured) The King's Royal Hussars (Armoured Cavalry) The Royal Wessex Yeomanry (Army Reserve) 20th Armoured...
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The Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) is a special reconnaissance unit of the British Army. It was established on 6 April 2005 and is part of the United...
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of Wessex presents new colours to Royal Gibraltar Regiment: Video". Geo TV. Retrieved 6 April 2022. "HMGOG Congratulates Royal Gibraltar Regiment on Grant...
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AA units, the regiment was merged with 524th (M) LAA/SL Rgt (7th Bn The Royal Hampshire Regiment) to form: 256th (Wessex) LAA Regiment, RA HQ: Devonport...
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of the British Army of the Rhine, exchanging roles with 155 (Wessex) Transport Regiment (Volunteers) which took over the engineer support role, and became...
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amalgamation of the regiment with āPā Battery of 256th (Wessex) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) to form 383rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Duke...
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Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Yeomanry The Royal Wessex Yeomanry The Queen's Own Yeomanry The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry When a regiment is given...
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43rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) (redirect from British 43 (Wessex) Brigade)
Battalion (Rifle Volunteers), Wessex Regiment (V), in Devizes (Light Infantry) The Hampshire and Dorset Band of the Wessex Regiment (V) 266 (Gloucestershire...
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Yeomanry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1920. It participated in the Second World War and now forms a squadron of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry....
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