RGJ

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RGJ is the commonly used abbreviation for The Royal Green Jackets, a former elite light infantry regiment of the British Army.

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RGJ canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former regiment of the British Army
infantry regiment
abbreviation RGJ
alliedUnit Queen’s York Rangers
Royal New Brunswick Regiment
Royal Victoria Regiment
amalgamatedInto The Rifles
associatedCity Winchester
associatedCounty Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
battleHonour Arnhem
El Alamein
Iraq 2003
linked to: Iraq War

Normandy 1944
linked to: D-Day

Somme
linked to: Somme River

Waterloo
branch British Army
country United Kingdom
dateFormed 1966
disbanded 2007
engagement Gulf War
Iraq War
Northern Ireland conflict
linked to: The Troubles
formedByMergerOf King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
garrison Winchester
hasPredecessor King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
motto Swift and Bold
nickname The Green Jackets
partOf British Army
patron Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
regimentalColour rifle green
regimentalDepot Winchester
regimentalMarch I’m Ninety-Five
regimentalMuseum Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
regimentalMuseumLocation Winchester
role light infantry
rifle regiment
specialisation marksmanship
rapid deployment
skirmishing
standsFor Royal Green Jackets
successor The Rifles
type line infantry
uniformColour rifle green

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The Royal Green Jackets nickname RGJ
Royal Green Jackets abbreviation RGJ
subject linked to: RGJ