List of British Army regiments

List of British Army regiments

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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. This list has however changed since the implementation of Army 2020.

Cavalry
Household Cavalry
Household Cavalry Regiment Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment Both formed by squadrons from the Life Guards and Blues and Royals

Royal Armoured Corps

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

List of British Army regiments Light Cavalry The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) King's Royal Hussars Light Dragoons 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[1]

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

Royal Regiment of Scotland - 5 + 2 battalions Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) - 2 + 1 battalions Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 2 + 1 battalions Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions Yorkshire Regiment - 3 + 1 battalions Royal Welsh - 2 + 1 battalions Mercian Regiment- 3 + 1 battalions The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) - 1 + 1 battalion Parachute Regiment - 3 + 1 battalions[2] Royal Gurkha Rifles - 2 battalions The Rifles - 5 + 2 battalions Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 1 battalion

[1] The London Regiment is the Guards Division's affiliated TA battalion [2] One battalion of the Parachute Regiment is assigned as part of the SFSG

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

Support Arms and Services

Royal Regiment of Artillery 15 + 6 Regiments Corps of Royal Engineers 15 + 7 Regiments Royal Corps of Signals Army Air Corps 7 + 1 Intelligence Corps Honourable Artillery Company 1 Regiment

Services
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 Royal Army Physical Training Corps General Service Corps Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Corps of Army Music

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