Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information is currently held centrally regarding(a) the running costs and (b) the operational effectiveness of individual Army regiments.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNone; there is no requirement for information at this level of detail to be held centrally.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the regiments in the Army and where they are currently serving.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe following table lists all Regular Army combat arm major units and their current base locations.
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Title Location Infantry—Regular battalions 1 Grenadier Guards Munster 2 Grenadier Guards Caterham 1 Coldstream Guards Wellington Barracks 2 Coldstream Guards Chelsea 1 Scots Guards Hohne 2 Scots Guards Hounslow 1 Irish Guards Berlin 1 Welsh Guards Pirbright 1 The Royal Scots Werl 1 The Royal Highland Fusiliers Oakington 1 The King's Own Scottish Borderers Edinburgh 1 The Black Watch Ballykinler 1 Queen's Own Highlanders Munster 1 The Gordon Highlanders Fort George 1 The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Minden 1 The Queen's Regiment Minden 2 The Queen's Regiment Canterbury 3 The Queen's Regiment Cyprus 1 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Tidworth 487W
Title Location 2 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Bulford 3 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Hemer 1 The Royal Anglian Regiment Colchester 2 The Royal Anglian Regiment Celle 3 The Royal Anglian Regiment Londonderry 1 The King's Own Royal Border Regiment Colchester 1 The King's Regiment Ballykelly 1 The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire Osnabruck 1 The Green Howards Catterick 1 The Royal Irish Rangers Warminster 2 The Royal Irish Rangers Lemgo 1 The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Weeton 1 The Duke of Wellington's Regiment Tern Hill 1 The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment Cyprus 1 The Royal Hampshire Regiment Colchester 1 Staffordshire Regiment Fallingbostel 1 The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Catterick 1 The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Bulford 1 The Cheshire Regiment Chester 1 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers Berlin 1 The Royal Regiment of Wales Hong Kong 1 The Gloucestershire Regiment Catterick 1 The Light Infantry Berlin 2 The Light Infantry Tidworth 3 The Light Infantry Paderborn 1 The Royal Green Jackets Osnabruck 2 The Royal Green Jackets Omagh 3 The Royal Green Jackets Dover 1 The Parachute Regiment Hollywood 2 The Parachute Regiment Aldershot 3 The Parachute Regiment Aldershot 1 2nd King Edward VIIs Own Gurkha Rifles Hong Kong 2 2nd King Edward VIIs Own Gurkha Rifles Brunei 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles Hong Kong 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles Church Crookham 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles Hong Kong Royal Armoured Corps Regular Regiments The Life Guards Sennelager The Blues and Royals Windsor 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Tidworth The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Fallinbostel 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Detmold 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Paderborn The Queen's Own Hussars Hohne The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Fallingbostel 9th/12th Royal Lancers Wimbish The Royal Hussars Munster 13th/18th Royal Hussars Wolfenbottel 14th/20th King's Hussars Munster 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Detmold 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers Herford 17th/21st Lancers Tidworth 1 Royal Tank Regiment Hildesheim 2 Royal Tank Regiment Bovington/Catterick 3 Royal Tank Regiment Hemer 4 Royal Tank Regiment Osnabruck Royal Artillery Regiments 1 Royal Horse Artillery Hohne 3 Royal Horse Artillery Colchester 7 Royal Horse Artillery Aldershot 2 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Munster 4 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Osnabruck 5 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery Dortmund 12 Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery Dortmund 14 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Larkhill 16 Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery Kirton Lindsey
Title Location 19 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Topcliffe 22 Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery Dortmund 26 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Gutersloh 27 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Dortmund 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery Plymouth/Arbroath 32 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery Dortmund 39 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery Sennelager 40 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Hohne 45 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Paderborn 47 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Thorney Island 49 Field Regiment Royal Artillery Lippstadt 50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery Menden Royal Engineer Regiments 21 Engineer Regiment Nienburg 22 Engineer Regiment Tidworth 23 Engineer Regiment Osnabruck 25 Engineer Regiment Osnabruck 26 Engineer Regiment Iserlohn 28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment Hameln 32 Armoured Engineer Regiment Munsterlager 33 (EOD) Regiment Chattenden 35 Engineer Regiment Hameln 36 Engineer Regiment Maidstone 38 Engineer Regiment Ripon 39 Engineer Regiment Waterbeach The Queen's Gurkha Engineers Hong Kong Army Air Corps 1 Regiment Army Air Corps Hildesheim 3 Regiment Army Air Corps Soest 4 Regiment Army Air Corps Detmold 7 Regiment Army Air Corps Netheravon 9 Regiment Army Air Corps Topcliffe Special Air Service Regiment 22nd Regiment Special Air Service