Royal Gibraltar Regiment

Royal Gibraltar Regiment

A Regiment of the British Army, defending Gibraltar since 1939, in all major theatres since 1969. Part of the Queen’s Division of Infantry

The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is part of British Forces Gibraltar for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which historically, along with Bermuda, Halifax, and Nova Scotia (prior to the 1867 Confederation of Canada which resulted in the British Army withdrawing from those colonies of British North America which joined the new dominion, other than small garrisons protecting Royal Naval facilities, and the 1905 closure of the Royal Naval yards at Halifax and Esquimalt), and Malta, had been designated an Imperial fortress rather than a colony.

It was formed in 1958 from the Gibraltar Defence Force as an infantry unit, with an integrated artillery troop. The regiment is included in the British Army as a defence engagement force. In 1999, the regiment was granted the Royal title. The regiment recruits from Gibraltar, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Commonwealth.

Devils Tower Camp

Devil’s Tower Camp is a military installation located just southeast of Gibraltar International Airport on the isthmus between Spain and Gibraltar. The site dates back to 1713 when Spain ceded land to the United Kingdom under the Treaty of Utrecht.  The camp was established in 1942 as an RAF barracks to support RAF Gibraltar during the Second World War and was located conveniently close to the airfield.