| Unit Name: | 1st Battalion, The Rifles |
| Dates: | 1 February 2007 – |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Type: | Light Infantry |
| Size: | Battalion |
| Command Structure: | 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team |
| Garrison: | Beachley Barracks, Chepstow |
| Colonel Of The Regiment: | General Sir Nicholas Parker KCB CBE |
| Colonel Of The Regiment Label: | Colonel Commandant |
| Motto: | Swift and Bold |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Tactical Recognition Flash |
| Identification Symbol 2: | Croix de Guerre From Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Arm Badge |
| Identification Symbol 3: | 1 RIFLES |
| Identification Symbol 3 Label: | Abbreviation |
| Colours: | Rifle Green |
| March: | Quick: Mechanised Infantry Double Past: Keel Row/Road to the Isles Slow: Old Salamanca |
1st Battalion, The Rifles (1 RIFLES) is a light infantry battalion of The Rifles under the command of 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team.[1] [2]
The battalion formed on 1 February 2007 as part of 52 Infantry Brigade, merging the single battalions of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.[3] The battalion then moved in August 2007, to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow.[4]
From 2008 to 2012, it was attached to 3 Commando Brigade as the fourth manoeuvre unit of the brigade alongside the three battalion sized commando units of the Royal Marines.[5]
From March 2020, 1 RIFLES was deployed throughout Wales on Operation Rescript, supporting the UK's efforts to address the COVID-19 pandemic. The battalion helped install hospital beds at Dragon's Heart Hospital, a temporary critical care hospital for COVID-19.[6]
The battalion is currently based in Dhekelia, British Forces Cyprus until 2025. 1 Rifles will return to Chepstow in the summer of 2025 to take on a new role as a Light Mechanised Battalion driving Foxhound vehicles. Towards the end of the decade, 1 Rifles will move to new build facilities at Caerwent Barracks.[7]