List of British Army regiments

List of British Army regiments

This is a current and updated list of regiments of the British Army, changing as new regiments are formed following the defence review Delivering Security in a Changing World.

Cavalry

Household Cavalry

Household Cavalry Regiment and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

*The Life Guards
*The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)

Royal Armoured Corps

Heavy Cavalry

*1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
*The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
*The Royal Dragoon Guards

Light Cavalry

*The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
*9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
*The King's Royal Hussars
*The Light Dragoons
*The Queen's Royal Lancers

The Royal Tank Regiment

*1st Royal Tank Regiment
*2nd Royal Tank Regiment

Infantry

"Note: When a regiment is described as having n + n battalions, the first number is regular army battalions, and the second is TA battalions."

Foot Guards

*Grenadier Guards - 1 battalion
*Coldstream Guards - 1 battalion
*Scots Guards - 1 battalion
*Irish Guards - 1 battalion
*Welsh Guards - 1 battalion
*The London Regiment - 1 battalion [The London Regiment is the Guards Division's affiliated TA battalion]

Note: The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Scots Guards each have a single incremental company stationed in London on public duties that maintains the history and traditions of each regiment's 2nd Battalion, which are all in suspended animation.

Line Infantry and Rifles

*The Honourable Artillery Company - 1 battalion TA
*The Royal Regiment of Scotland - 5 + 2 battalions
*The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) - 2 + 1 battalions
*The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border) - 2 + 1 battalions
*The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 2 + 1 battalions
*The Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions
*The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) - 3 + 1 battalions
*The Royal Welsh - 2 + 1 battalions
*The Mercian Regiment- 3 + 1 battalions
*The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) - 1 + 1 battalion
*The Parachute Regiment - 3 + 1 battalions [One battalion of the Parachute Regiment is assigned as part of the SFSG]
*The Royal Gurkha Rifles - 2 battalions
*The Rifles - 5 + 2 battalions
*The Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 1 battalion

pecial Forces

*Special Air Service Regiment 1 + 2 regiments
*Special Reconnaissance Regiment

upport Arms and Services

*Royal Regiment of Artillery
*Corps of Royal Engineers
*Royal Corps of Signals
*Army Air Corps
*Intelligence Corps

ervices

*Royal Army Chaplains Department
*Royal Logistic Corps
*Royal Army Medical Corps
*Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
*Adjutant General's Corps
*Royal Army Veterinary Corps
*Small Arms School Corps
*Royal Army Dental Corps
*Army Physical Training Corps
*General Service Corps
*Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
*Corps of Army Music


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