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===Royal Green Jackets and The Rifles=== In 1958 for administrative purposes, the KRRC was brigaded with the [[Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry]] and the [[Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] to form the [[Green Jackets Brigade]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aU1-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156|title=A History of British Infantry: For Love of Regiment|volume =2, 1915β1994|first=Charles |last=Messenger|date=16 March 1994|page=156|publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=9780850524222}}</ref> In 1958, the regiment was re-titled the '''2nd Green Jackets, the King's Royal Rifle Corps''', while the two other regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade were re-titled the [[1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)]] and 3rd Green Jackets, the Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) respectively. In 1966, the three regiments were amalgamated to form the three battalions of the [[Royal Green Jackets]].<ref name=bau>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-green-jackets.html |title=Royal Green Jackets |publisher=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=24 May 2014 |archive-date=31 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331153941/http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-green-jackets.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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