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British Army - Reserve Forces - army11a1 - Strength of The Reserve Forces & Order of Battle - Armed Forces

RESERVE FORCES
 

ARMY RESERVE ORDER OF BATTLE (MID 2015)
 

 

INFANTRY

14 Battalions

ARMOUR

4 Regiments
ROYAL ARTILLERY 7 Regiments
ROYAL ENGINEERS 4 Regiments
SPECIAL AIR SERVICE

2 Regiments

ROYAL SIGNALS 4 Regiments
EQUIPMENT SUPPORT

2 Battalions

LOGISTICS 12 Regiments
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS 2 Regiments (Royal Military Police)
INTELLIGENCE CORPS 4 Battalions
AVIATION 1 Regiment
MEDICAL 15 Units(1)


TOTAL OF 70 MAJOR UNITS


Note:
(1) Total includes Medical Regiments and Field Hospitals

 
ARMY RESERVE BANDS
OFFICER TRAINING CORPS UNITS
 


ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS

 

ROYAL YEOMANRY

RHQ - Fulham and Croydon.

Squadrons:  Leicester, Croydon, Nottingham; Dudley, Telford.
 

ROYAL WESSEX YEOMANRY

RHQ – Bovington.

Squadrons: Swindon, Salisbury, Cirencester, Hereford, Paignton, Exeter.
 

THE SCOTTISH AND NORTH IRISH YEOMANRY

RHQ – Edinburgh.

Squadrons: Ayr, Belfast, Cupar.
 

THE QUEEN'S OWN YEOMANRY

RHQ – Newcastle.

Squadrons: Newcastle, York, Chester, Wigan, Dudley.


 

ROYAL ARTILLERY
 

THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY

RHQ – City of London.

Squadrons: City of London.

 

101 (NORTHUMBRIAN) REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY

RHQ – Gateshead.

Battalions: Blyth, Newcastle, South Shields, Leeds.
 

103 (LANCASHIRE) REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY

RHQ – St Helens.

Batteries: Liverpool, Manchester, Bolton, Wolverhampton.

 

104 REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY

RHQ – Newport.

Batteries: Newport, Worcester, Bristol, Abertillery, Cardiff.

 

105 REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY

RHQ – Edinburgh.

Batteries: Newtownards, Coleraine, Glasgow, Arbroath, Shetland.

 

106 (YEOMANRY) REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY

RHQ – Lewisham.

Batteries: Grove Park, Portsmouth, Southampton.

 

CENTRAL VOLUNTEER HQ ROYAL ARTILLERY

RHQ – Woolwich.

Batteries: Woolwich, Larkhill, Bath

 

 

ROYAL ENGINEERS


THE ROYAL MONMOUTHSHIRE ROYAL ENGINEERS (MILITIA)

RHQ - Monmouth

Squadrons: Jersey, Cwmbran, Swansea, Oldbury, Stoke-on-Trent.

71 ENGINEER REGIMENT

RHQ - RAF Leuchars
Squadrons: Paisley, Inchinnan, Cumbernauld, Orkney, Bangor.


75 ENGINEER REGIMENT

RHQ - Warrington

Squadrons: Birkenhead, Manchester, Holton.


Reserve engineer units attached to regular units At various UK locations.
 

ROYAL SIGNALS
 

32 SIGNAL REGIMENT

RHQ - Glasgow

Squadrons - Belfast, Londonderry, Darlington, Leeds, Edinburgh, East Kilbride.


37 SIGNAL REGIMENT

RHQ - Redditch

Squadrons: Birmingham, Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester Darlington, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham.


39 SIGNAL REGIMENT

RHQ - Bristol

Squadrons: Bath, Windsor, Cardiff, Gloucester.


71 (CITY OF LONDON) SIGNAL REGIMENT

RHQ - Bexleyheath

Squadrons: Lincoln’s Inn, Whipps Cross, Colchester, Chelmsford, Uxbridge, Coulsdon
 

INFANTRY
 

6TH BATTALION ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND

Bn HQ – Glasgow

Companies: Edinburgh, Galashiels, Bathgate, Ayr, Dumfries; Glasgow, Motherwell, Kilmarnock.

 

7TH BATTALION THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND

Bn HQ – Perth

Companies: Dundee, Stirling; Aberdeen, Peterhead, Inverness, Stornoway, Elgin, Dumbarton,

 

3RD BATTALION PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Canterbury

Companies: Farnham, Brighton, Eastbourne, Rochester; Canterbury.

 

4TH BATTALION THE DUKE OF LANCASTER'S REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Preston

Companies: Blackburn, Workington, Carlisle, Barrow in Furness.

 

5TH BATTALION THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS

Bn HQ – Newcastle

Companies: Durham, Doncaster, Newcastle, Hexham, Alnwick, Cramlington.

 

3RD BATTALION THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Bury St Edmunds

Companies: Norwich, Lowestoft,  Lincoln; Leicester, Chelmsford, Hertford.

 

4TH BATTALION THE YORKSHIRE REGIMENT

Bn HQ – York

Companies: Scarborough, Hull, Beverley, Huddersfield, Barnsley.

 

4TH BATTALION THE MERCIAN REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Wolverhampton

Companies: Birmingham, Nottingham, Mansfield, Stoke-on-Trent.

 

3RD BATTALION THE ROYAL WELSH

Bn HQ – Cardiff

Companies: Swansea, Pontypridd, Colwyn Bay.

 

2ND BATTALION THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Lisburn

Companies: Belfast, Newtonabbey, Bellarmine, Portadown, Enniskillen.

 

4TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Pudsey

Companies: Glasgow, Edinburgh, White City, Pudsey, St Helens, Hebburn.

 

THE LONDON REGIMENT

Bn HQ – Westminster (Rochester Row)

Companies: Westminster (Horseferry Road), Edgware, Balham, Blackheath, Camberwell.

 

6TH BATTALION THE RIFLES

Bn HQ – Exeter

Companies: Gloucester, Bristol, Dorchester, Poole, Plymouth, Barnstable, Shrewsbury.

 

7TH BATTALION THE RIFLES

Bn HQ – Reading

Companies: Abingdon, London (Davies Street), West Ham.
 

ARMY AIR CORPS
 

6 REGIMENT ARMY AIR CORPS
RHQ – Bury St Edmunds
Squadrons: Taunton, Yeovil, Bury St Edmunds, Milton Keynes, Luton, Portsmouth, Middle Wallop.

 

AVIATION SPECIALIST GROUP

RHQ - Middle Wallop

Squadrons: Middle Wallop
 

ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS
 

150 TRANSPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Hull

Squadrons: Hull; Leeds; Doncaster.

 

151 TRANSPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Croydon

Squadrons: Brentwood, Maidstone, Sutton, Barnet, Southall.

 

152 FUEL SUPPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Belfast
Squadrons: Londonderry, Coleraine, Belfast.

 

154 TRANSPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Dunfermline

Squadrons: Dunfermline, Glasgow.

 

156 SUPPLY REGIMENT

RHQ – Liverpool

Squadrons: Salford, Birkenhead, Lancaster, Bootle.

 

157 (WELSH) TRANSPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Cardiff

Squadrons: Queensferry, Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, Haverford West.

 

158 TRANSPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Peterborough

Squadrons: Bedford, Ipswich, Colchester, Loughborough, Lincoln.

 

159 SUPPLY REGIMENT

RHQ – Canley

Squadrons: Telford, Tynemouth, West Bromwich, Coventry

 

162 POSTAL COURIER & MOVEMENTS REGIMENT

RHQ – Nottingham

Squadrons: Swindon, Nottingham, Coulby, Newham.

 

165 (WESSEX) PORT & ENABLING REGIMENT

RHQ – Plymouth

Squadrons: Plymouth, Southampton.

 

166 SUPPLY REGIMENT

RHQ – Grantham

Squadrons: Banbury, Grantham, Aylesbury.

 

167 CATERING SUPPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Grantham

Squadrons: Grantham.

 

2 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP

RHQ – Grantham

Squadrons: Grantham.

 

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES

225 (SCOTTISH) MEDICAL REGIMENT

RHQ – Dundee

Squadrons: Stirling, Glenrothes, Dundee.

 

253 (NORTH IRISH) MEDICAL REGIMENT

RHQ – Belfast

Squadrons: Limavady, Enniskillen, Belfast.

 

254 (EAST OF ENGLAND) MEDICAL REGIMENT

RHQ – Cambridge

Squadrons: Norwich, Hitchin, Colchester, Brentwood, Norwich.

 

201 (NORTHERN) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Squadrons: Newton Aycliffe,  Stockton-on-Tees, Newcastle.

 

202 (MIDLANDS) FILED HOSPITAL

RHQ – Birmingham

Squadrons: Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Shrewsbury, Abingdon.

 

203 (WELSH) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ - Cardiff

Squadrons: Swansea, Crickhowell, Colwyn Bay, Cardiff.

 

204 (NORTH IRISH) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Belfast

Squadrons: Portadown, Belfast.

 

205 (SCOTTISH) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Glasgow

Squadrons: Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Inverness.

 

207 (MANCHESTER) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Manchester

Squadrons: Stockport/Ashton Under Lyne; Blackburn; Bury.

 

208 (LIVERPOOL) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ - Liverpool

Squadrons: Chester, Liverpool, Blackpool, Lancaster.

 

212 (YORKSHIRE) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Sheffield

Squadrons: Leeds, Lincoln, York, Nottingham, Hull.

 

243 (WESSEX) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Bath

Squadrons: Exeter; Plymouth; Portsmouth; Poole.

 

256 (CITY OF LONDON) FIELD HOSPITAL

RHQ – Walworth

Squadrons: Kensington; Kingston upon Thames, Brighton.

306 HOSPITAL SUPPORT REGIMENT

RHQ – Strensall

Squadrons:Strensall

 

335 MEDICAL EVACUATION REGIMENT

RHQ – Strensall

Squadrons: Strensall

 

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP

RHQ – Strensall

Squadrons: Strensall
 

ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
 

101 BATTALION REME

Bn HQ – Wrexham

Companies: Prestatyn, Liverpool; Manchester, West Bromwich.
 

102 BATTALION REME

Bn HQ – Newton Aycliffe

Companies: Newton Aycliffe, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sheffield.

 

103 BATTALION REME

Bn HQ – Crawley

Companies: Croydon, Portsmouth, Ashford, Bexleyheath, Barnett, Brentwood.

 

104 BATTALION REME

Bn HQ – Northampton

Companies: Corby, Coventry, Redditch, Swindon, Nottingham, Derby.

 

105 BATTALION REME

Bn HQ – Bristol

Companies: Yeovil, Taunton, Gloucester, Bristol, Brigend, Cwmbran.

 

106 BATTALION REME

Bn HQ – East Kilbride

Companies: Belfast, Lisburn, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Grangemouth.

 

ROYAL MILITARY POLICE
 

1 REGIMENT ROYAL MILITARY POLICE

RHQ – Livingston and Stockton on Tees

Companies: Livingston and Stockton on Tees

 

3 REGIMENT ROYAL MILITARY POLICE

RHQ – Cannock and Manchester

Companies: Cannock and Manchester

 

4 REGIMENT ROYAL MILITARY POLICE

RHQ – Tulse Hill

Companies: Tulse Hill


SPECIAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH REGIMENT

RHQ - Bulford

Companies: Bulford

 

1 COMPANY MILITARY PROVOST STAFF

RHQ - Colchester

Companies: Colchester

 

These RMP Units are attached to the Regular Regiments shown.


 

INTELLIGENCE CORPS
 

3 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

BHQ – London (Worship Street)

Companies: Cambridge, Hampstead.

 

5 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

BHQ – Edinburgh

Companies: Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Edinburgh.

 

6 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

BHQ – Manchester

Companies: Lisburn, Stourbridge, Bletchley, Manchester.

 

7 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

BHQ – Bristol

Companies: Cardiff, Southampton, Exeter, Hermitage, Bristol.

 

SPECIALIST GROUP OF MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

BHQ – Hermitage

Companies: Hermitage

 

MEDIA OPERATIONS GROUP

BHQ – Kingston Upon Thames

 

Note:
(1) There are Reserve Engineer units attached to regular units at the following locations: Bangor, Newcastle, Sheffield, Batley, Chilwell, Chesterfield, Plymouth, London, Bath, Reading, Wyton, Ewell, Wakefield, Hull, Ilford, Southend, Wimbish, Catford, Bexleyheath, Westminster, Reigate, Rochester, Royal Tunbridge Wells

 

SPECIAL AIR SERVICE

21 and 23 Regiments SAS



TERRITORIAL ARMY BANDS

Honourable Artillery Company Band

Lancashire Artillery Band

Royal Scots Territorial Band (East Lowlands)

51st Highland Volunteer Band

Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Territorial Army Band

Royal Anglian Territorial Army Band

North West Infantry Band (King’s)

Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Band (Volunteers)

Welsh Territorial Army Band

Staffordshire Volunteer Band

Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire Band (Territorial Army)

Northumbria Burma Band (Territorial Army)

150 (Northumbria) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) Band

North Irish Territorial Band
 

OFFICER TRAINING CORPS UNITS

Aberdeen University Officer Training Corps

Birmingham University Officer Training Corps

Bristol University Officer Training Corps

Cambridge University Officer Training Corps

East Midlands University Officer Training Corps

City of Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps

Exeter University Officer Training Corps

Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Officer Training Corps

Leeds University Officer Training Corps

Liverpool University Officer Training Corps

London University Officer Training Corps

Manchester and Salford University Officer Training Corps

Northumbrian University Officer Training Corps

Oxford University Officer Training Corps

Queens University Officer Training Corps

Sheffield University Officer Training Corps

Southampton University Officer Training Corps

Tayforth University Officer Training Corps

University of Wales Officer Training Corps