1st Royal Tank Regiment

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name=1st Royal Tank Regiment


caption=Cap badge of the Royal Tank Regiment
dates=28 July 1917-
country=United Kingdom
allegiance=
branch=Army
type=Armoured
role=CBRN/Training
size=One regiment
command_structure=Royal Armoured Corps
current_commander=
garrison=Warminster
RAF Honington
ceremonial_chief=HM The Queen
ceremonial_chief_label=Colonel-in-Chief
colonel_of_the_regiment=Lt-General Andrew Peter Ridgway, CB, CBE
colonel_of_the_regiment_label=Colonel-Commandant
nickname=
patron=
motto="Fear Naught"
colors=
identification_symbol_2= [http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb309/hammersfan_01/Tartans/HuntingRose.gifHunting Rose (Pipers kilts and plaids)]
identification_symbol_2_label=Tartan
identification_symbol=
identification_symbol_label=Tactical Recognition Flash
march=Quick: "My Boy Willie"
Slow: "The Royal Tank Regiment Slow March"
mascot=
battles=
notable_commanders=Hugh Elles
anniversaries=Cambrai, 20 November
decorations=
battle_honours=see Battle Honours

The 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps. It was originally formed as 1st (Light) Battalion, Royal Tank Corps in 1934.

In 1993, it amalgamated with the 4th Royal Tank Regiment without change of title. It incorporated both the original regiment's traditional recruiting areas of Merseyside and Scotland. The new regiment also adopted the strong Scottish connections of the 4th RTR, taking on the former regiment's pipes and drums, which wear the Hunting Rose tartan.The Regiment Colours symbolise the phrase "From the Mud(brown), Through the blood(red) to the green fields beyond."In 1999, two squadrons were split off as part of the Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Regiment amalgamating with No. 27 Squadron, RAF Regiment, and two squadrons of the Royal Yeomanry. The Regimental March is Lippe Detmold.

Associated Cadet Forces

Mildenhall Detachment of the Suffolk Army Cadet Force. [http://www.mildenhallarmycadetforce.piczo.com Mildenhall ACF Website]

External links

* [http://www.rtrmerseysidebranch.co.uk Merseysidebranch Royal Tank Regiment ]

References

* [http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-cav/rtr1.htm 1st Royal Tank Regiment at regiments.org] Navbox
name = British Army Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps Regiments
title = British Army Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps Regiments


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Life Guards • Blues and Royals • Household Cavalry Regiment • Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment • 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards • Royal Scots Dragoon Guards • Royal Dragoon Guards • Queen's Royal Hussars • 9th/12th Royal Lancers • King's Royal Hussars • Light Dragoons • Queen's Royal Lancers • 1st Royal Tank Regiment• 2nd Royal Tank Regiment • Royal Yeomanry • Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry • Royal Wessex Yeomanry• Queen's Own Yeomanry