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The three regiments that preceded The Royal Green Jackets and which merged on 1 January 1966 to form The Royal Green Jackets were:

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

The Rifle Brigade

The succession of titles used by these regiments prior to 1 January 1966 is listed below.

 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (1741-1966)

1741 - Colonel Fowke’s Regiment of Foot
1741 - Colonel Graham’s Regiment of Foot
1746 - Colonel Kennedy’s Regiment of Foot
1747 - 54th Regiment of Foot
1751 - Renumbered 43rd Regiment of Foot
1782 - 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot
1803 - 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
1755 - 54th Regiment of Foot
1756 - Renumbered 52^nd Regiment of Foot
1782 - 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
1803 - 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)
1881 - The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
1908 - Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1958 - 1st Green Jackets, 43rd and 52n

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (1755-1966

1755 - 62nd (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
1756 - Renumbered 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot
1824 - 60th (The Duke of York’s Own Rifle Corps)
1830 - 60th (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps)
1881 - The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
1958 - 2nd Green Jackets, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
 
The Rifle Brigade (1800-1966)

1800 - Experimental Corps of Riflemen
1800 - The Corps of Riflemen
1802 - 95th Regiment (Rifles)
1816 - The Rifle Brigade
1862 - The Prince Consort’s Own Rifle Brigade
1881 - The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own)
1921 - The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
1958 - 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade