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British Army Major Units

STATISTICS

BRITISH ARMY MAJOR UNITS

 

"Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops, as occasionally to see a dead general". Field Marshal Slim 1891-1970

 
Units as at 1 Jan 2002

Germany

 UK

Elsewhere

TA

Armoured Regiments 5 1

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Armoured Recce Regts  1 3 -  
Yeomanry Regiments - - - 4
Armoured Infantry Bns  6 3 - -
Mechanised Battalions - 6 - -
Air Assault  Battalions - 3 - -
Light Role Battalions - 11 2 15
Northern Ireland Resident Bns - 6(1) - -
Gurkha Battalions - 1 1 -
Training Centre Battalion - 1 - -
Home Service Battalions - 5 1(2) -
SAS Regiments - 1 - 2
         
Army Air Corps Regiments 1 4 - 1
         
Artillery Field Regiments 3 4 - 1
Air Defence Regiments 1 3 - 4
MLRS Regiments

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2

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1

Commando Regiment

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1

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Surveillance & Target Acquisition Regiment - 1 - 1
         
Engineer Regiments 4 7 - 5
         
Signals Regiments 3 6 1 11
EW Regiment - 1 - -
  - - -  
Equipment Support Battalions 

4

3

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4

         
Logistic Regiments 6 13 1 17
         
Medical Regiments 1 4 - -
Field Ambulances - - - 4
Hospitals - 3 - 11
 

Note:

(1) Of these six battalions, one is based in England and on standby to return to the Province.

(2) The Royal Gibraltar Regiment.

LIST OF UNITS OF THE REGULAR ARMY

THE CAVALRY

After the re-organisation following the Options for Change review, the cavalry consists of 11 armoured regiments and one mounted ceremonial regiment as follows:

The Household Cavalry
The Household Cavalry Regiment HCR
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment HCMRD
The Royal Armoured Corps
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards QDG
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards SCOTS DG
The Royal Dragoon Guards RDG
The Queen's Royal Hussars QRH
9th/12th Royal Lancers 9/12L
The King's Royal Hussars KRH
The Light Dragoons LD
The Queen's Royal Lancers QRL
1st Royal Tank Regiment 1 RTR
2nd Royal Tank Regiment 2 RTR
THE INFANTRY

Divided into 40 general service battalions, plus five battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment (1 x General Service and 3 x Home Service) and the Special Air Service Regiment.

The Guards Division
1st Bn Grenadier Guards 1 GREN GDS
1st Bn Coldstream Guards 1 COLM GDS
1st Bn Scots Guards 1 SG
1st Bn Irish Guards 1 IG
1st Bn Welsh Guards 1 WG

There are generally three battalions from the Guards Division on public duties in London at any one time. When a Regiment is stationed in London on public duties it is given an extra company to ensure the additional manpower required for ceremonial events is available.

The Scottish Division
1st Bn The Royal Scots 1 RS
1st Bn The Royal Highland Fusiliers 1 RHF
1st Bn The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1 KOSB
1st Bn The Black Watch 1 BW
1st Bn The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1 A and SH
1st Bn The Highlanders 1 HLDRS
The Queen's Division
1st Bn The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire) 1 PWRR
2nd Bn The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire) 2 PWRR
1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1 RRF
2nd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 2 RRF
1st Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment 1 R ANGLIAN
2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment 2 R ANGLIAN
The King's Division
1st Bn The King's Own Royal Border Regiment 1 KOBR
1st Bn The King's Regiment 1 KINGS
1st Bn The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire 1 PWO
1st Bn The Green Howards 1 GH
1st Bn The Queen's Lancashire Regiment 1 QLR
1st Bn The Duke of Wellington's Regiment 1 DWR 1 QLR
The Prince of Wales's Division
1st Bn The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment 1 D and D
1st Bn The Cheshire Regiment 1 CHESHIRE
1st Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1 RWF
1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Wales 1 RRW
1st Bn The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment 1 RGBW
1st Bn The Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regiment 1 WFR
1st Bn The Staffordshire Regiment 1 STAFFORDS
The Light Division
1st Bn The Light Infantry 1 LI
2nd Bn The Light Infantry 2 LI
1st Bn The Royal Green Jackets 1 RGJ
2nd Bn The Royal Green Jackets 2 RGJ
The Brigade of Gurkhas
1st Bn The Royal Gurkha Rifles 1 RGR
2nd Bn The Royal Gurkha Rifles 2 RGR
The Parachute Regiment
1st Bn The Parachute Regiment 1 PARA
2nd Bn The Parachute Regiment 2 PARA
3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment 3 PARA
 The Royal Irish Regiment
1st Bn The Royal Irish Regiment (Regular) 1 R IRISH
2nd Bn The Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service) 2 R IRISH
3rd Bn The Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service) 3 R IRISH
4th Bn The Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service) 4 R IRISH
* The 2nd to 4th Bns The Royal Irish Regiment are employed exclusively in Northern Ireland and were formerly battalions of The Ulster Defence Regiment.

From April 2002 there will be four infantry training battalions at the Infantry Training Centre located at Catterick in North Yorkshire.

The Special Air Service Regiment
The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment 22 SAS

The SAS can be classed as an infantry unit but the members of the regiment are found from all arms and services in the Army after exhaustive selection tests.

The Royal Regiment of Artillery (RA)
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery  1 RHA (Field)
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery  3 RHA (Field)
4th Regiment  4 REGT (Field)

5th Regiment 

5 REGT (MLRS)
7th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery  7 RHA (Parachute)
12th Regiment  12 REGT (Air Def)
14th Regiment  14 REGT (Training)
16th Regiment  16 REGT (Air Def)
19th Regiment  19 REGT (Field)
22nd Regiment  22 REGT (Air Def)
26th Regiment  26 REGT (Field)
29th Commando Regiment  29 REGT (Field)
32nd Regiment  32 REGT (MLRS)
39th Regiment  39 REGT (MLRS)
40th Regiment  40 REGT (Field)
47th Regiment  47 REGT (Air Def)
The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE)
1st RSME Regiment 1 RSME REGT
3rd RSME Regiment 3 RSME REGT

21st Engineer Regiment

21 ENGR REGT
22nd Engineer Regiment 22 ENGR REGT
23rd Engineer Regiment  23 ENGR REGT
25th Engineer Regiment 25 ENGR REGT
28th Engineer Regiment 28 ENGR REGT
32nd Engineer Regiment 32 ENGR REGT
33rd Engineer Regiment 33 ENGR REGT (EOD)
35th Engineer Regiment 35 ENGR REGT
36th Engineer Regiment 36 ENGR REGT

38th Engineer Regiment

38 ENGR REGT
39th Engineer Regiment 39 ENGR REGT
The total for the UK includes the 2 x RSME Training Regiments.

The Royal Corps of Signals (R SIGNALS)

1st (UK) Armd Div HQ and Signal Regiment 1 SIG REGT
2nd Signal Regiment 2 SIG REGT
3rd (UK) Div HQ & Signal Regiment 3 SIG REGT
7th (ARRC) Signal Regiment 7 SIG REGT
11th Signal Regiment (Trg Regt) 11 SIG REGT
14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) 14 SIG REGT
15th Signal Regiment 15 SIG REGT
16th Signal Regiment 16 SIG REGT
21st Signal Regiment (Air Support) 21 SIG REGT

30th Signal Regiment

30 SIG REGT

The Army Air Corps (AAC)

1st Regiment 1 REGT AAC
2nd Regiment  2 REGT AAC (Training)
3rd Regiment 3 REGT AAC

4th Regiment

4 REGT AAC
5th Regiment 5 REGT AAC
7th Regiment 7 REGT AAC
9th Regiment

9 REGT AAC

THE SERVICES

The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC)

1 General Support Regiment 1 (GS) REGT
2 Close Support Regiment 2 (CS) REGT

3 Close Support Regiment

3 (CS) REGT
4 General Support Regiment 4 (GS) REGT
5 Territorial Army Training Regiment 5 (TRG) REGT
6 Support Regiment 6 (SP) REGT
7 Transport Regiment 7 (TPT) REGT

8 Artillery Support Regiment

8 (ARTY SP) REGT

9 Supply Regiment

9 (SUP) REGT

10 Transport Regiment

10 (TPT) REGT
11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment 11 (EOD) REGT

12 Supply Regiment

12 (SUP) REGT

13 Air Assault Support Regiment 13 (AIR ASSLT) REGT
14 Supply Regiment 14 (SUP) REGT
17 Port and Maritime Regiment 17 (PORT) REGT
21 Logistic Support Regiment

21 (LOG SP) REGT

23 Pioneer Regiment 23 (PNR) REGT

24 Regiment

24 REGT
27 Transport Regiment 27 (TPT) REGT
29 Regiment 29 REGT

89 Postal and Courier Regiment

89 (PC) REGT
Queens's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment QOGLR

Miscellaneous RLC Major Units

Training Regiment & Depot
Postal & Courier Depot
Army School of Ammunition
Cyprus Logistic Unit

3 Base Ordnance Depot

There are Combat Service Support Battalions with the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade, and the AMF(L) group.
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)
1st Bn REME 1 BN REME
2nd Bn REME 2 BN REME
3rd Bn REME 3 BN REME
5th Bn REME 5 BN REME
6th Bn REME 6 BN REME
7th Bn REME 7 BN REME
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
1 Close Support Medical Regiment 1 CS MED Regt
4 General Support Medical Regiment 4 GS MED Regt
5 General Support Medical Regiment 5 GS MED Regt
16 Close Support Medical Regiment 16 CS MED Regt
Military Bands
Following the 1993 reorganisation of military bands on 1 April 1996 the Regular Army has 30 bands as follows:
Household Cavalry 70 musicians 2 bands
Grenadier Guards 49 musicians 1 band
Coldstream Guards 49 musicians 1 band
Scots Guards 49 musicians 1 band
Welsh Guards 49 musicians 1 band
Irish Guards 49 musicians 1 band
Royal Artillery 49 musicians 1 band
Royal Engineers 35 musicians 1 band
Royal Signals 35 musicians 1 band
Royal Logistic Corps 35 musicians 1 band
REME 35 musicians 1 band
Adjutant General's Corps 35 musicians 1 band
Army Air Corps 35 musicians 1 band
Royal Armoured Corps 140 musicians 4 bands
Scottish Division 70 musicians 2 bands
Queens Division 70 musicians 2 bands
Kings Division 70 musicians 2 bands
Prince of Wales's Division 70 musicians 2 bands
Light Division 49 musicians 1 band
Parachute Regiment 35 musicians 1 band
Royal Irish Regiment 35 musicians 1 band
Royal Gurkha Rifles 35 musicians 1 ba