§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the dates and circumstances were of the deaths of each serviceman and woman for each of the last five years. [146774]
§ Dr. MoonieBetween 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000, there have been 770 deaths among serving members of the UK armed forces. A copy of a list of circumstances and year of death will be placed in the Library of the House.
Scots Dragoon Guards One Scots Guards One Royal Scots One Royal Highland Fusiliers Establishments Actual staffing levels Establishments Actual staffing levels Establishment Actual staffing levels Establishment Actual staffing levels Royal Armoured Corps 451 375 — — — — 1 Infantry — — 558 593 558 1458 558 492 Royal Logistic Corps 19 20 23 19 23 31 23 21 Royal Army Medical Corps 6 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 Queen Alexandra Royal Auxiliary Nursing Corps — — 1 — 1 — 1 — Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 91 66 11 10 11 12 11 11 Adjutant General Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) 22 20 22 23 22 22 22 18 Army Physical Training Corps 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total UK Trained Army Personnel 590 487 620 649 620 527 620 548 Gurkha — — — — — — — — Full time Reserve Service — 3 — — — — — 1 Total whole Army 590 490 620 649 620 527 620 549
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One Kings Own Scottish Borderers One Black Watch One Highlanders One Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Establishments Actual staffing levels Establishments Actual staffing levels Establishments Actual staffing levels Establishments Actual staffing levels Royal Armoured Corps — — — 1 — — — — Infantry 558 2532 618 3522 587 4450 558 541 Royal Logistic Corps 23 20 23 19 23 20 23 22 Royal Army Medical Corps 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 Queen Alexandra Royal Auxiliary Nursing Corps 1 — 1 — 1 — 1 — Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 11 11 71 56 29 25 11 10 Adjutant General Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) 22 23 23 20 22 20 22 22 Army Physical Training Corps 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total UK Trained Army Personnel 620 590 741 621 667 519 620 599 Gurkha — — — — — 5105 — — Full time Reserve Service — 36 — 9 — — — 4 Total whole Army 620 626 741 630 667 624 620 603 1 Includes one soldier capbadged Royal Signals. 2 Includes one soldier capbadged Royal Artillery. 3 Includes one soldier capbadged Small Arms School Corps. 4 Includes one UKTAP officer capbadged Royal Gurkha Rifles who is part of the Gurkha Reinforcement Company (GRC). 5 Total number of GRC officers is four.