HC Deb 02 June 1965 vol 713 c212W
55. Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what changes he is making in the establishment of infantry battalions in the Regular Army.

Mr. Mulley

We are removing from the establishment of each infantry battalion the Royal Army Ordnance Corps cobbler and from the establishment of those battalions not equipped with an Armoured Personnel Carrier a craftsman of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Apart from that we are increasing the establishment of infantry battalions in the British Army of the Rhine by seven infantrymen and the establishment of each infantry battalion of the line, as I have already told the House, by a Unit Married Families Officer.