| 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: |
