國王皇家步槍團

62nd (Royal American) Regiment
60th (Royal American) Regiment
Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps
King's Royal Rifle Corps
62nd (Royal American) Regiment; 60th (Royal American) Regiment; Duke of York's Own Rifle Corps; King's Royal Rifle Corps
	Cap badge of the King's Royal Rifle Corps
存在時期	1756–1966
國家或地區	英国
部門	英國陸軍
種類	步槍團
功能	Light infantry
規模	4 Battalions in peacetime (28 during the Great War)
駐軍/總部	Peninsula Barracks, Winchester
別稱	60th Rifles; Royal Americans; The Jaggers
格言	Celer et Audax (Swift and Bold)
進行曲	Lützow's Wild Chase
紀念日	聖誕節 (Formation)
參與戰役	French and Indian War; 美國獨立戰爭; 拿破崙戰爭; Anglo-Egyptian War; 第二次布爾戰爭; 第一次世界大戰; 第二次世界大戰

國王皇家步槍團，是英國陸軍的一個步兵步槍團，最初是在北美七年戰爭期間作為皇家美洲軍團在英屬北美成立的，在美國被稱為“法國和印第安人”戰爭。' 隨後編號為第 60 步兵團，該團在整個大英帝國服役了200多年。1958年，該團加入牛津郡和白金漢郡輕步兵以及綠夾克旅的步槍旅1966年三個團正式合併成為皇家綠夾克。KRRC 成為第 2 營，皇家綠夾克。1992 年皇家綠夾克第 1 營解散後，RGJ 的 KRRC 營重新指定為皇家綠夾克第 1 營，最終在 2007 年更名為步槍隊第 2 營。

參考

^ Burnham, Robert; McGuigan, Ron. The British Army against Napoleon. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Frontline Books. 2010: 127. ISBN 978-1-84832-562-3.
^ Russell, W.M.S. A Note on the Regimental March. King's Royal Rifle Corps Association. [11 June 2016]. 原始内容存档于14 May 2012.

來源

Cusick, Ray. Wellington's Rifles: The Origins, Development and Battles of the Rifle Regiments in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo from 1758 to 1815. Pen & Sword. 2014. ISBN 978-1781592878.
Griffith, Robert. Riflemen: The History of the 5th Battalion, 60th (Royal American) Regiment 1797-1818. Helion & Co. 2019. ISBN 978-1911628460. ^{[失效連結]}
Wallace, Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher. The King's Royal Rifle Corps - the 60th Rifles – A Brief History: 1755 to 1965. Royal Green Jackets Museum Trust, Winchester. 2005. ISBN 0-9549-3700-7.
Wallace, Captain Nesbit Willoughby. A Regimental chronicle and list of officers: The 60th, or The King's Royal Rifle Corps formerly the 62nd, or The Royal American Regiment of Foot. Harrison. 1879.

延伸閱讀

Butler, Lieutenant Colonel Lewis. The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1755–1965 (Seven volumes & an Appendix). Naval & Military Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1843424451.
Collett, Captain R.L. The History of 1st Cadet Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps: Centenary 1894-1994 (undated pamphlet).
Deedes, WF; Wake, Sir Hereward. Swift and Bold: the story of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the Second World War 1939–1945. Gale and Polden, Aldershot. 1949.
Fairlie Wood, Herbert. Famous Regiments: The King's Royal Rifle Corps. H. Hamilton. 1967.
Marston, Daniel. Swift and Bold: The 60th Regiment and Warfare in North America, 1755–1765 (PDF). McGill University. 1997 [2022-09-09]. ISBN 978-0612295056. （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2022-02-14）.