Annex A Reaction Force
3rd (United Kingdom) Division (Bulford) All locations shown are planned final locations, Reserve units are in black, hybrid units are in yellow, pairing is shown by shaded boxes
1st Armoured Infantry Brigade 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade1 (Tidworth) (Bulford) (Bulford) Role Household Cavalry Regiment The Royal Lancers The Royal Dragoon Guards Armoured Cavalry (Windsor) (Catterick) (Catterick) The Queen’s Royal Hussars The Royal Tank Regiment The King’s Royal Hussars Armour (The Queen’s Own & Royal Irish) (Tidworth) (Tidworth) (Tidworth) Royal Wessex Yeomanry Reserve (Bovington) 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion The Rifles Armoured Infantry Fusiliers (Warminster) (Bulford) (Tidworth) 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh Armoured Infantry Regiment (Bulford) (Tidworth)
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Heavy Protected 4th Battalion The Rifles 1st Battalion Scots Guards Regiment of Scotland Mobility (Aldershot) (Aldershot) (Catterick) 101 Logistic Brigade (Aldershot) 3 Regiment 4 Regiment 1 Regiment Close Support Logistic Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps (Aldershot) (Abingdon) (Bicester) 10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic 27 Regiment 9 Regiment Theatre Logistic Regiment Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps (Aldershot) (Abingdon) (Hullavington) 151 Transport Regiment 154 (Scottish) Transport Regiment 157 (Welsh) Transport Regiment Reserve Transport Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps (Croydon) (Dunfermline) (Cardiff) 156 Supply Regiment The Royal Reserve Supply Regiment Logistic Corps (Liverpool) Armoured Medical 1 Armoured Medical Regiment 4 Armoured Medical Regiment 5 Armoured Medical Regiment Regiment2 (Tidworth) (Aldershot) (Tidworth) 6 Armoured Close Support Battalion 4 Armoured Close Support Battalion 3 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Royal Electrical and Mechanical Royal Electrical and Mechanical Armoured Close Support Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Engineers3 Engineers (Tidworth) (Tidworth) (Tidworth) 103 Battalion Royal Electrical and 105 Battalion Royal Electrical and Reserve Equipment Support Mechanical Engineers Mechanical Engineers (Crawley) (Bristol) 5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers4 Force Support (Cottesmore)
16 Air Assault Brigade (Colchester) Role 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Parachute (Colchester) (Colchester) Reserve Parachute 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment Battalion (Pudsey) 3 Regiment Army Air Corps 4 Regiment Army Air Corps Attack Helicopter (Wattisham) (Wattisham) 6 Regiment Army Air Corps5 Reserve Aviation Support (Bury St Edmunds) Close Support Artillery 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Regiment (Colchester) Close Support Engineer 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) Regiment (Woodbridge) Air Assault 216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron Communication and Information Systems (Colchester) Close Support Logistic 13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps Regiment (Colchester) 16 Medical Regiment Medical Regiment (Colchester) 7 (Air Assault) Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Air Assault Support (Wattisham) 1. Remaining Paderborn Garrison based 20 Armoured Infantry Brigade units will move to their UK locations from 2017. 2. Units are paired with Reserve Medical Regiments in the Adaptable Force - 102 Logistic Brigade. All titles are subject to endorsement. 3. Paired with 101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Adaptable Force - 102 Logistic Brigade. 4. Paired with 104 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Adaptable Force - 102 Logistic Brigade. 5. 6 Army Air Corps Regiment is not commanded by 16 Air Assault Brigade but is affiliated with 3 and 4 Regiment Army Air Corps (as well as the Aviation Reconnaissance Force and 7 Regiment Army Air Corps). Adaptable Force
1st (United Kingdom) Division UNIT ROTATION AS AT 1 SEPT 16 (York) All locations shown are planned final locations, Reserve units are in black, hybrid units are in yellow, pairing is shown by shaded boxes
HQ 51st Infantry HQ 7th Infantry HQ 4th Infantry HQ 11th Infantry HQ 42nd Infantry HQ 160th HQ 38th (Irish) Brigade & HQ Brigade & HQ Brigade & HQ Brigade & HQ Brigade & HQ Infantry Brigade Brigade Scotland East North East South East North West & HQ Wales (Lisburn) (Edinburgh) (Chilwell) (Catterick) (Aldershot) (Preston) (Brecon) Role The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1st The Queen’s The Light Dragoons Light Cavalry (Carabiniers and Dragoon Guards (Catterick) Greys) (Swanton Morley) (Leuchars) The Royal Mercian The Queen’s Own and Lancastrian The Royal Yeomanry Reserve Light Cavalry Yeomanry Yeomanry1 (London) (Newcastle) (Edinburgh) 2nd Battalion The 3rd Battalion The 2nd Battalion The 1st Battalion Light Protected Royal Anglian Rifles Yorkshire Regiment Welsh Guards Mobility Regiment (Edinburgh) (Catterick) (Pirbright) (Cottesmore) 5th Battalion The 3rd Battalion The 4th Battalion The 3rd Battalion The Reserve Light Role Royal Regiment of Royal Anglian Yorkshire Regiment Royal Welsh Infantry Fusiliers Regiment (York) (Cardiff) (Newcastle) (Bury St Edmunds) The Black Watch 3rd Battalion The 1st Battalion The Light Protected Royal Regiment of Royal Irish Regiment Mobility Scotland (Tern Hill) (Fort George) 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The 2nd Battalion The Reserve Light Role Royal Regiment of Royal Irish Regiment Infantry Scotland (Lisburn) (Perth) The Royal Highland The Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion The Borderers 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion The 1st Battalion The 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian 1st Battalion The Light Role Infantry Grenadier Guards Mercian Regiment Rifles Royal Regiment of Regiment Royal Regiment of (Aldershot) (Chester) (Chepstow) Scotland (Woolwich) Scotland (Edinburgh) (Belfast) 52nd Lowland, 3rd Battalion The 6th Battalion The The London UNPAIRED 4th Battalion The 6th Battalion The Reserve Light Role Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment of Regiment Mercian Regiment Rifles Infantry Royal Regiment Scotland (Westminster) (Wolverhampton) (Exeter) (Canterbury) (Glasgow) 2nd Battalion The 1st Battalion The 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Light Role Infantry Royal Gurkha Rifles Rifles Regiment (Shorncliffe) (Ballykinler) (Weeton) 4th Battalion The UNPAIRED 7th Battalion The Reserve Light Role Duke of Lancaster’s Rifles Infantry Regiment (Reading) (Preston) 102 Logistic Brigade (Grantham) Force Logistic 6 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps 7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps Regiment (Dishforth) (Cottesmore) 150 Transport Regiment 158 Transport Regiment Reserve Transport The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps Regiment (Hull) (Peterborough) 159 Supply Regiment Reserve Supply The Royal Logistic Corps Regiment (Coventry) 2 Medical Regiment 3 Medical Regiment Medical Regiment (North Luffenham) (Preston) Reserve Medical 225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment 253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment 254 (East of England) Medical Regiment Regiment2 (Dundee) (Belfast)) (Cambridge) 1 Close Support Battalion Royal 2 Close Support Battalion Royal Close Support Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Catterick) (Leuchars) 102 Battalion Royal Electrical and 104 Battalion Royal Electrical and 106 Battalion Royal Electrical and 101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Reserve Equipment Mechanical Engineers Mechanical Engineers3 Mechanical Engineers Mechanical Engineers4 Support (Newton Aycliffe) (Northampton) (Glasgow) (Wrexham) Infantry Unit Rotation: Units will also be drawn from across the Adaptable Force to fulfil the standing commitments in Cyprus and Brunei as well as State Ceremonial and Public Duties. There will be two Cyprus rotations: the first between 1 LANCS, 2 LANCS and 2 YORKS and the second between 2 PWRR, 1 R ANGLIAN and 2 R ANGLIAN. 1 RGR and 2 RGR will continue to rotate through Brunei; and State Ceremonial and Public Duties will be provided by two of the five Foot Guards battalions and the incremental companies in London and Scotland. 1st Battalion The Duke of 2nd Battalion The Princess of Cyprus Lancaster’s Regiment Wales’s Royal Regiment (Episkopi) (Dhekalia) 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles Brunei (Brunei) Balaklava Company, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, State Ceremonial and 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Public Duties (Edinburgh) HQ London District (Whitehall) Public Duties The King’s Troop 1st Battalion 1st Battalion Irish State Ceremonial and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment Incremental Royal Horse Artillery Coldstream Guards Guards Public Duties (Knightsbridge) Companies (Woolwich) (Windsor) (Hounslow) (London)
All titles are subject to endorsement. 1. A replacement title is being staffed for endorsement. 2. Paired with the Armoured Medical Regiments in the Reaction Force - 101 Logistic Brigade. 3. Paired with 5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Reaction Force - 101 Logistic Brigade. 4. Paired with 6 Armd Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the Reaction Force - 101 Logistic Brigade. Force Troops Command
Force Troops Command (Upavon) All locations shown are planned final locations, Reserve units are in black, hybrid units are in yellow, pairing is shown by shaded boxes
3rd Regiment 1st Regiment 19th Regiment 26th Regiment 4th Regiment Royal Horse Close Support Royal Horse Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Artillery st Artillery (Larkhill) (Larkhill) (Larkhill) (Topcliffe) 1 Artillery Brigade and (Harlow Hill) HQ South West (Tidworth) 105th Regiment 103rd (Lancashire Artillery 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery1 Reserves Artillery Royal Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery (Gateshead) (Edinburgh) (St Helens) 25 (Close Support) Engineer Group (Minley) 22 Engineer Regiment 26 Engineer Regiment 35 Engineer Regiment Close Support (Perham Down) (Perham Down) (Perham Down) 21 Engineer Regiment 32 Engineer Regiment (Catterick) (Catterick) 12 (Force Support) Engineer Group (Wittering) 36 Engineer Regiment 39 Engineer Regiment Force Support 20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Maidstone) (Kinloss) (Air Support) 75 Engineer Regiment 71 Engineer Regiment (Wittering) (Warrington) (Leuchars) 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group 8 Engineer Brigade (Minley) (Chilwell) 62 Works Group Royal Engineers 63 Works Group Royal Engineers 64 Works Group Royal Engineers Infrastructure Support (Chilwell) (Chilwell) (Chilwell) The Royal Monmouthshire Royal 65 Works Group Royal Engineers 66 Works Group Royal Engineers Engineers (Militia) (Chilwell) (Chilwell) (Monmouth) 29 Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search Group (Aldershot) 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment Explosive Ordnance Disposal Disposal) (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) & Search (Wimbish) (Wimbish) 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment 1 Military Working Dogs Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps (North Luffenham) (Didcot) 22nd Signal Regiment 30th Signal Regiment ARRC Support Battalion ARRC & JRRF Support (Stafford) (Bramcote) (Innsworth) 1st Signal Brigade (Innsworth) 299 Signal Squadron (Special Communications) Special Communications (Bletchley) 7th Signal Group (Stafford) 1st Signal Regiment 16th Signal Regiment 21st Signal Regiment Close Support (Stafford) (Stafford) (Colerne) 2nd Signal Regiment 3rd Signal Regiment General Support (York) (Bulford) 11th Signal Brigade and 2nd Signal Group HQ West Midlands (Donnington) (Donnington) 32nd Signal Regiment 37th Signal Regiment2 39th Signal Regiment (Glasgow) (Redditch) (Bristol) Reserve Signal Regiment 71st (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment3 (Bexleyheath) 15th Signal Regiment (Information Specialist Technical Support 10th Signal Regiment Support) Regiment (Corsham) (Blandford)
1. Paired with 39th Regiment Royal Artillery until 31 Mar 15, then 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery from 1 Apr 15. 2. Paired with 1st Signal Regiment and 16th Signal Regiment. All titles are subject to endorsement. 3. Paired with 3rd Signal Regiment. Force Troops Command
17 Port & Maritime Regiment 165 (Wessex) Port and Enabling Regiment Port & Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps (Marchwood) (Plymouth) 104 Logistic Support 29 Regiment 162 Postal Courier and Movement Control Regiment Postal, Courier & Movement Brigade The Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps Regiment (South Cerney) (South Cerney) (Nottingham) 152 Fuel Support Regiment 167 Catering Support Regiment The 2 Operational Support Group Reserve4 The Royal Logistic Corps Royal Logistic Corps (Grantham) (Belfast) (Grantham) 22 Field Hospital 33 Field Hospital 34 Field Hospital Field Hospital (Aldershot) (Gosport) (Strensall) 201 (Northern) Field Hospital 202 (Midlands) Field Hospital 203 (Welsh) Field Hospital (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) (Birmingham) (Cardiff) 204 (North Irish) Field Hospital 2nd Medical Brigade (Belfast) Reserve Field Hospital (Strensall) 207 (Manchester) Field Hospital 243 (Wessex) Field Hospital 205 (Scottish) Field Hospital (Manchester) (Bristol) (Glasgow) 208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital 256 (City of London) Field Hospital 212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital (Liverpool) (Walworth) (Sheffield) 306 Hospital Support Regiment 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment Operational HQ Support Group Reserve Support5 (Strensall) (Strensall) (Strensall) Surveillance & Target 5th Regiment Royal Artillery The Honourable Artillery Company Acquisition (Catterick) (City of London) 104th Regiment Royal Artillery 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery 47th Regiment Royal Artillery Unmanned Aerial System (MUAS) (Larkhill) (Larkhill) (Newport) 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) Electronic Warfare (St Athan) 1 Intelligence and Surveillance Brigade 1 Military Intelligence Battalion 2 Military Intelligence Battalion 4 Military Intelligence Battalion (Upavon) (Catterick) (Upavon) (Bulford) 3 Military Intelligence Battalion 6 Military Intelligence Battalion 7 Military Intelligence Battalion (Hackney) (Manchester) (Bristol) Military Intelligence 5 Military Intelligence Battalion (Edinburgh) Land Intelligence Fusion Centre Defence Cultural Specialist Unit Specialist Group Military Intelligence (Hermitage) (Hermitage) (Hermitage) Security Assistance Group Military Stabilisation Support Group 15 Psychological Operations Group Media Operations Group Specialist Support (Hermitage) (Hermitage) (Hermitage) (London)
1st Regiment Royal Military Police 3rd Regiment Royal Military Police 4th Regiment Royal Military Police Military Police Regiment (Catterick) (Bulford) (Aldershot) 1st Military Police Brigade6 Special Investigation Branch Special Operations Unit Royal (Andover) Military Corrective Training Centre Specialist Units Regiment Royal Military Police Military Police (Colchester) (Bulford) (Longmoor)
4. Units are not directly paired, they each provide bespoke logistic capability accross the Reaction Force, Adaptable Force and Force Troop Command Brigades. 5. Units are paired with Headquarters 2nd Medical Brigade. 6. Command status of 1st Military Police Brigade is awaiting confirmation. All titles are subject to endorsement.