Northern Ireland (Hansard, 17 July 2003)

§ Mr. Ingram

The following Infantry Regiments have been committed to the General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland to serve in Northern Ireland over the last five years. The list does not include those Infantry Battalions temporarily transferred from Land Command for the main marching season.

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Infantry units under GOC (NI) command 1998–2003
The 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
(June 1999 to December 1999, November 2001 to May 2002)
The 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
(September 1999 to March 2000, May 2001 to May 2003)
The 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
(March 1998 to April 2000, June 2001 to November 2001)
The 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
(May 2003-)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
(March 1999 to September 1999, August 2000 to April 2002)
The 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment
(November 1998 to May 1999, June 2002-)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
(April 1997 to May 1999, December 2001 to June 2002, March 2000 to September 2000)
The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
(April 2003-)
The 1st Battalion, The King's Regiment
(March 1999 to March 2001)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
(May 1999 to May 2001)
The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
(November 2000 to June 2001, June 2002 to December 2002)
The 1st Battalion, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
(September 2000 to March 2001, April 2002-)
The 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry
(June 2000 to December 2000)
The 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry
(January 1997 to March 1999, December 1999 to June 2000)
The 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
(November 1999 to May 2000, December 2001-)
The 1st Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
(May 1999 to November 1999, April 2002-)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
(March 2001-)
The 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
(July 1996 to August 1998, June 1999 to December 1999, June 2002 to December 2002)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
(August 1998 to August 2000, June 2001 to December 2001)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales
(June 1998 to December 1998)
The 1st Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
(September 2001 to March 2002)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and the Ulster Defence Regiment)
(June 2001 to December 2001)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
(March 1998 to September 1998, April 2000 to April 2002, December 2002 to June 2003)
The 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
(December 1999 to December 2001, April 2003-)
The 1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
(August 1997 to December 1999, March 2001 to September 2001)
The 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
(May 1998 to November 1998)
The 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
(December 1998 to June 1999)
The 1st Battalion, The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
(June 1998 to December 1998, June 2000 to December 2000)
The 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
(February 1997 to March 1999, March 2001-)
The 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
(December 2000 to June 2001)
The 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
(December 1998 to June 1999, December 2000 to June 2001, September 2002 to April 2003)
The 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
(December 1999 to June 2000, December 2001 to June 2002)
The 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets
(March 1999 to March 2001, May 2002 to November 2002)

As well as the Infantry Regiments listed above there are also the three Home Service Battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment permanently based in Northern Ireland.