§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out details of amalgamations or disbandments of combat arms units of the Army which have taken place during 1992, giving dates, the units affected and the titles of regiments formed by amalgamations; and if he will set out the timetable for future amalgamations or disbandments of combat arms units.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information requested is set out in the tables.
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Amalgamations—Future timetable Date Unit Full title Formed from 27 February 1993 1 and 2 LI The Light Infantry Reduction from 3 battalions to 2 25 June 1993 QRL The Queen's Royal Lancers Amalgamation of 17th/21st Lancers and 16/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers July 1993 1 RTR 1st Royal Tank Regiment Amalgamation of 1st Royal Tank Regiment and 4th Royal Tank Regiment August 1993 QRH The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) Amalgamation of The Queen's Own Hussars and The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars August 1993 1 R IRISH The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Iniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) Amalgamation of 1st and 2nd battalions The Royal Irish Regiment August 1993 1 CS (to be confirmed) The Cheshire and Staffordshire Regiment Amalgamation of The Cheshire Regiment and The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) November 1993 1 SG Scots Guards 2nd battalion in suspended animation December 1993 1 COLDM GDS Coldstream Guards 2nd battalion in suspended animation April 1994 RGBWR (to be confirmed) The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Amalgamation of The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) and The Gloucestershire Regiment September 1994 to be announced to be announced Amalgamation of Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons and The Gordon Highlanders) October 1994 to be announced to be announced Amalgamation of The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and The King's Own Scottish Borderers November 1994 1 GREN GDS Grenadier Guards 2nd battalion in suspended animation March 1995 1 RGR 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Amalgamation of 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) and 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles March 1995 2RGR 2nd Battalion the The Royal Gurkha Rifles 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles renames March 1995 3 RGR 3rd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles renames March 1997 2 RGR 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Amalgamation of the 2nd and 3rd battalions The Royal Gurkha Rifles Note: Actual dates shown where known, others are approximate and subject to amendment.