[1] It was the only regiment in the British Army whose members were permitted to wear a cap badge on both the front and the rear of their headdress.

[2] The regiment was also unique in the British Army in that it was permitted to wear the United States Presidential Unit Citation, which it inherited from the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment which was awarded for their defence of Gloster Hill during the Battle of the Imjin River in April 1951 during the Korean War.

It was while the RGBW was on guard at Buckingham Palace that the Fathers 4 Justice protest took place.

[5] On 16 December 2004, the Ministry of Defence announced a reorganisation of the infantry regiments.

[7] The Colours of the 1st Battalion were laid up at the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum in Gloucester and the Colours of the 2nd Battalion were laid up at the Wardrobe, home of The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum in Salisbury.