§ Mr. GeorgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many women were deployed to the Gulf; and to which units they were attached.
§ Mr. Archie Hamilton[holding answer 23 May 1991]: At the beginning of March 1991, nearly 1,100 service women were deployed in the Gulf. The ships and units in which they served were:
- HMS Battleaxe
- HMS Brilliant
- HMS Hecla
- HMS Herald
- RFA Argus
- HQ 1st Armoured Division and Signal Regiment
- HQ British Forces Middle East
- HQ 1st Armoured Brigade
- 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery
- 40th Field Regiment Royal Artillery
- 32nd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
- 39th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery
- 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
- 12th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery
- 23rd Engineer Regiment
- 54th Engineer Support and Ambulance Squadron
- 14th Topographical Squadron Royal Engineers
- BFME Postal and Courier Service
- 1st Coldstream Guards
- 1st Royal Scots
- 3rd Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
- 1st Armoured Division Transport Regiment
- 4th Armoured Division Transport Regiment
- 27th Regiment Royal Corps of Transport
- 1st Armoured Field Ambulance
233 - 5th Armoured Field Ambulance
- 24th Field Ambulance Unit
- 22nd Field Hospital
- 32nd Field Hospital
- 33rd Field Hospital
- 205th General Hospital
- Medical Surgical Team "A"
- Medical Surgical Team "B"
- 3rd Ordnance Battalion Group
- 6th Ordnance Battalion Group
- 174th Provost Company
- 203rd Provost Company
- HQ Force Maintenance Area (Gulf)
- Field Records
- Air HQ Riyadh
- RAF Detachment A1 Jubayl
- RAF Detachment Dhahran
- RAF Detachment Khaledap
- RAF Detachment Muharraq
- RAF Detachment Quayssumah
- RAF Detachment Seeb
- Muharraq War Hospital