Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
Badges of the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (left), the Bermuda Rifles (as the BVRC was retitled between 1951 and 1965, right), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (top), and its successor, the Royal Anglian Regiment (bottom-centre)
Active1894–1965
CountryBermuda (United Kingdom overseas territory)
BranchArmy
TypeRifle regiment
SizeThree rifle companies
Garrison/HQBermuda Garrison

The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison. Renamed the Bermuda Rifles in 1951, it was amalgamated into the Bermuda Regiment in 1965.

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