1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

The 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment also going by (1PWRR) is a light infantry battalion of the British Army.

History
The 1PWRR was formed at Colchester on 9 September 1992 from the amalgamation of the following battalions: Upon formation the brigade was stationed at Colchester Garrison and took up the Light Infantry Role and attached to 19th Infantry Brigade. In April of the next year the brigade was assigned to the 24th Airmobile Infantry Brigade.
 * 1st Battalion, The Queen's Regiment
 * 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment

In 1994 after the reductions made to the Royal Gurkha Rifles the regiment was given an additional company along with other reigments called the "Gurkha Reinforcement Company". In 1996 the battalion moved to Canterbury and was assigned to the 5th Airborne Brigade. In 1998 the Gurkha Reinforcement Company was disbanded when the English recruits started to fill the gaps. In 1999 after the Strategic Defence Review the battalion moved to Tidworth and joined the 1st Mechanized Brigade as a mechanized infantry battalion.

In 2001 the battalion deployed for the first time going to the Kosovo Region of Serbia as part of KOSOVOFORCE. Later that year the battalion came back. The battalion made another deployment to the same area in 2002 for seven months. In April 2004 the battalion deployed to Iraq on Operation TELIC IV. Eight months later the battalion returned. In March of 2005 the battalion moved to Barker Barracks in Paderborn, Germany and joined the 20th Armoured Brigade as an armoured infantry battalion.

Finally after the Army 2020 refines the battalion is converted to light infantry and moves into 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East.

Organisation
The regiment's current structure is as follows:
 * Battalion Headquarters in Dhekalia moving to ????
 * Headquarters Company
 * Company Headquarters
 * Signals Platoon
 * Catering Platoon
 * Quartermasters - Main
 * Quartermasters - Technical
 * Motor Transportation Platoon
 * Medical Section
 * Assault Pioneer Platoon - Corps of Drums provided
 * Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers Light Aid Detachment
 * Recruitment Platoon
 * CIS (Communications Information Systems) Platoon
 * A Company
 * Company Headquarters
 * 1 Platoon
 * 2 Platoon
 * 3 Platoon
 * Machine-Gun Platoon
 * B Company
 * Company Headquarters
 * 4 Platoon
 * 5 Platoon
 * 6 Platoon
 * Machine-Gun Platoon
 * C Company
 * Company Headquarters
 * 7 Platoon
 * 8 Platoon
 * 9 Platoon
 * Machine-Gun Platoon
 * Y Company - Support Company
 * Company Headquarters
 * 10 Platoon - Reconnaissance / ISTAR
 * 11 Platoon - Mortars
 * 12 Platoon - Antitank
 * 13 Platoon - Sniper Platoon

Commanders
Commanders of the battalion have included: