The troops of the 5th battalion were so effective that Sir Arthur Wellesley recommended their use to the divisional commanders describing them as the "most useful, active and brave troops in the field". The 1st Cadet Battalion owes its foundation to the Reverend Freeman Wills, who was commissioned into the Volunteer Army in the rank of captain on 26 July 1890. These are now displayed in the Cadet Company Office here at Davies Street. [9] The 3rd and 4th battalions were disbanded in June 1783. The Company quickly expanded to become the 2nd Cadet Battalion, the Royal West Surrey Regiment, at which point he moved the Battalion Headquarters to No. [8], The 60th was uniformed and equipped in a similar manner to other British regiments with red coats and cocked hats or grenadier caps,[7] but on campaign, swords were replaced with hatchets, and coats and hats cut down for ease of movement in the woods. However, like the 2nd Battalion, it was also lost in the defence of Calais in May 1940. [38] 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. [32], After 1918, the unit returned to garrison duties in India, Palestine and Ireland. [41], The 2nd Cadet Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps was formed in 1942 when a Home Guard instruction was issued ordering each Home Guard battalion to raise a cadet unit. In 1951 the 1st and 2nd Cadet Battalion were amalgamated. [41], In recognition of this service, King Edward VII granted the Battalion the honour of wearing on its accoutrements the Battle Honour "South Africa 1900–1902" (Army Order 151 of 1905). The new regiment at first lost several outlying garrisons such as Fort Michilimackinac, later a detachment fought under Bouquet's leadership at the victory of Bushy Run in August 1763. In 1926, the Regiment was reorganised as one of the first mechanised infantry regiments. Following the Normandy landings in June 1944, the battalion, now under Lieutenant Colonel W. Heathcote-Amory, served in the 4th Armoured Brigade and in the subsequent campaign in North-West Europe. 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