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.

Contents 1 Cavalry 1.1 Household Cavalry 1.1.1 Household Cavalry Regiment and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment 1.2 Royal Armoured Corps 1.2.1 Heavy Cavalry 1.2.2 Light Cavalry 1.2.3 The Royal Tank Regiment 2 Infantry 2.1 Foot Guards 2.2 Line Infantry and Rifles 3 Special Forces 4 Support Arms and Services 4.1 Services

[edit] Cavalry

[edit] Household Cavalry

[edit] Household Cavalry Regiment and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

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

[edit] Royal Armoured Corps

[edit] Heavy Cavalry

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

[edit] 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

[edit] The Royal Tank Regiment

• 1st Royal Tank Regiment
• 2nd Royal Tank Regiment

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Line Infantry and Rifles

• 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^[2]
• The Royal Gurkha Rifles - 2 battalions
• The Rifles - 5 + 2 battalions
• The Royal Gibraltar Regiment - 1 battalion

[edit] Special Forces

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

[edit] Support Arms and Services

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

[edit] 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
• Army Physical Training Corps
• General Service Corps
• Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
• Corps of Army Music