|
|
Strength of the Regular Army (mid 2009)
|
| Armour |
10 x Regiments (1) |
| Royal Artillery |
15 x Regiments (2) |
| Royal Engineers |
11 x Regiments |
| Infantry |
36 x Battalions
(3) |
| Army Air Corps |
5 x Regiments |
| Signals |
12 x
Regiments |
| Equipment Support |
7 x Battalions (4) |
| Logistics |
17 x Regiments
|
| Medical
Regiments/Field Hospitals |
8 x Major Units
(5) |
|
Notes:
(1) Excludes CRBN Regiment.
(2) Includes 1 x Training
Regiment and 29 Commando Regiment.
(3) Excludes 1 x Battalion
of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment
(4) Includes 1 x Equipment
Support (Aviation) Battalion.
(5) Includes 5 x Medical
Regiments and 3 x Hospitals
In general
these Battalions/Regiments are commanded by Lt Colonels
and have a strength of between 500 and 800 personnel.
|
| Strength of the
Territorial Army (mid 2009) |
| Armour |
4 x Regiments (1) |
| Royal Artillery |
7 x Regiments (2) |
| Royal Engineers |
5 x Regiments |
| Infantry |
15 x Battalions |
| Signals |
11 x Regiments |
| Equipment Support |
4 x Battalions |
| Logistics |
16 x Regiments |
| Intelligence |
1 x Battalion |
| Medical |
11 x Hospitals; 4
x Field Ambulances and 2 x Regiments |
Notes:
(1) 4 x Regional National Defence Reconnaissance
Regiments
(2) Includes The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC)UK MoD figures show that in
September 2008, the overall Territorial Army requirement as
42,000 and the strength was 35,020 personnel. |
| Joint Units
(mid 2009) |
| Special Air Service |
1 x Regular
Regiment |
| Special Air Service |
2 x Territorial
Army Regiments |
| Special Forces Support Group |
1 x Regiment
(based on 1 Para) |
| Special Reconnaissance
Regiment |
1 x Regiment |
| Special Boat Service (RM)
|
4 x Squadrons |
| Joint Nuclear Biological &
Chemical |
1 x Regiment |
| |
| Joint
Helicopter Command |
| Regular Army Air Corps
Regiments |
5 x Regiments |
| Territorial Army Aviation |
1 x Regiment |
| |
| Headquarters |
| HQ ARRC (NATO Deployable HQ) |
1 x Corps
Headquarters |
| Deployable Divisional HQ |
3 x Headquarters
(1) |
| Non-Deployable
Division/District HQ |
5 x Headquarters
(2) |
| Deployable Brigade HQ |
8 x Headquarters
(3) |
Notes:
(1) Includes HQ 6 Division (a temporary HQ)
(2) Includes 11 Light Brigade |
|
Full Time
Trained Strength of The Army during 2009. This table includes FTRS
(Full Time Reserve Service) personnel. |
| . |
Liability |
Strength |
| The Household
Cavalry/ Royal Armoured Corps |
5,823 |
5,570 |
| Royal Regiment of
Artillery |
7,512 |
7,170 |
| Corps of Royal
Engineers |
9,367 |
9,717 |
| The Infantry |
24,535 |
23,135 |
| Army Air Corps |
2,034 |
2,034 |
| Royal Army Chaplains
Department |
147 |
130 |
| Royal Signals |
9,000 |
8,705 (1) |
| The Royal Logistics Corps |
15,563 |
14,490 |
| Royal Army Medical
Corps |
3,354 |
2,980 |
| Royal Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers |
9,895 |
9,390 |
| Army Legal Service |
109 |
109 |
| Royal Army
Veterinary Corps |
216 |
280 |
| Small Arms School
Corps |
140 |
150 |
| Royal Army Dental
Corps |
436 |
380 |
| Intelligence Corps |
1,607 |
1,440 |
| Army Physical
Training Corps |
432 |
350 |
| Gurkhas |
3,000 |
3,600 |
| Queen Alexandra's
Royal Army Nursing Corps |
1,146 |
830 |
| Adjutant General's
Corps (Provost Branch) |
1,748 |
1,720 |
| Adjutant General's
Corps (Provost Branch) |
1,748 |
1,720 |
| Adjutant Generals
Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) |
3,819 |
3,500 |
| Adjutant Generals
Corps (Educational and Training Services Branch) |
315 |
340 |
|
Full-time trained Army (approx) |
|
106,380 |
| Note: (1) Our estimate |
|
|
| Personnel
Summary (January 2009) |
|
Army |
Requirement |
Trained Strength |
|
Officers (UK Regulars) |
13,460 |
13,770 |
|
Other Ranks (UK Regulars) |
85,450 |
80,910 |
|
Gurkha Officers |
120 |
130 |
|
Gurkha Soldiers |
2,880 |
3,470 |
|
Total |
101,910 |
98,280 |
|
Note: From
August 2005, the Army trained strength requirement was
reduced from 106,970 to the current 101,910 |
The following
table may be of interest to see how the Army has diminished
in strength in the past 100 years.
| 100 Years Ago
- Strength of the British Army (as at 1 Jan 1905) |
|
Regular Army |
195,000 |
|
Colonial Troops or Native Indian Corps |
14,000 |
| Army
Reserve |
80,000 |
|
Militia |
132,000 |
|
Yeomanry (Cavalry) |
28,000 |
|
|
|
Totals |
449,000 |
|
Note: Regular forces in India
totalled 74,500 |
|
|
|
Three years previously Regular
Army Totals by Corps were: |
|
Household Cavalry |
1,390 |
|
Cavalry of the Line |
20,200 |
| Horse
Artillery |
3,483 |
| Field
Artillery |
15,509 |
| Mountain Artillery |
1,200 |
| Garrison Artillery |
18,400 |
| Royal Engineers |
7,130 |
| Foot Guards |
5,873 |
| Infantry of the
Line |
132,332 |
| Colonial Corps |
5,217 |
| Army Service Corps |
3,555 |
| Ordnance Staff |
920 |
| Armourers |
352 |
| Medical Services |
2,993 |
| . |
218,554 |
|
The force reduction was due to the
drawdown following the end of the war in South Africa |
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