The Royal Green Jackets was formed on 1 January 1966 by the amalgamation of the three separate regiments of the Green Jackets Brigade:[1] There were also two Territorial Army battalions made up as follows:[2] During the 1970s, 1980s and onwards up until the end of “The Troubles”, the battalions were deployed to various parts of Northern Ireland (Operation Banner).

[1] The regiment's greatest loss of life at one time came on 20 July 1982, when seven RGJ bandsmen were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb while giving a public concert in Regent's Park.

The bomb exploded underneath the bandstand as the bandsmen played music from Oliver!

[1][4] After the 1992 reorganisation, the unit was mostly based overseas in Dhekelia (Cyprus) and Paderborn (Germany), as well as in Northern Ireland.

[5] The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.