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==British Army== * Halving the troop strength in [[Germany]] by replacing the [[British Army of the Rhine]] with [[British Forces Germany]] in 1994. * Several [[British Army]] regiments amalgamated:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1995.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217194725/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1995.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-17|title=British Army Roll of Regiments 1995|date=2007-12-17|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ta1995.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217071116/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ta1995.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-17|title=Regiments & Corps of the British Territorial Army 1995|date=2007-12-17|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/|title=British Army units from 1945 on - Welcome|website=british-army-units1945on.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>Much information also from the regimental histories available at the army website</ref> (Those new units which were formed are in bold, not all units are shown, only those which changed, for full list see: List of British Regular Army regiments (1994)) * [[Brigade of Gurkhas]]: ** Regimental Headquarters, The Gurkha Engineers disbanded ** '''[[The Royal Gurkha Rifles]]''' formed by amalgamation of: [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]], [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]], [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles]], and [[10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles]], 3 Battalion establishment ** [[The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment|'''The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment''']] formed by grouping of former independent Gurkha transport squadrons === Royal Corps of Signals === * [[1st Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals|1st Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment]] disbanded and concurrently reformed from 4th Signal Regiment as Lower Saxony Signal Regiment, then re-titled as '''1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment''' * 4th Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment disbanded to help reform 1st Signal Regiment * 8th Signal Regiment absorbed into 11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment, [[Royal Corps of Signals]] * [[13 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)#Cold War Years|13th (Radio) Signal Regiment]] reduced to [[Cadre (military)|cadre]] and later disbanded * '''[[15th Signal Regiment and Headquarters Northern Ireland]]''' formed to administer those signal squadrons in [[Northern Ireland]] * 22nd Signal Regiment disbanded * 28th (British) Signal Regiment (Northern Army Group) reduced to 280 (United Kingdom) Signal Squadron * [[Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment]] reduced to 229 Signal Squadron ===Royal Armoured Corps=== Overall the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] was a merger of 18 regiments, this was achieved by the formation of 10 new regiments through amalgamations and new formations. '''Bands''' * '''Band of the Dragoon Guards''' formed by amalgamation of: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Band, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Band, [[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards]] Band, and [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] Band * '''The Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band''' formed by amalgamation of: Cambrai Band of the Royal Tank Regiment, Alamein Band of the Royal Tank Regiment, Rhine Band of the Royal Tank Regiment * '''Band of the Hussars and Light Dragoons''' formed by amalgamation of: [[13th/18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars]] Band, [[15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars]] Band, [[The Queen's Own Hussars]] Band, [[The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars]] Band, [[The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]] Band, [[14th/20th King's Hussars]] Band * '''Band of the Royal Lancers''' formed by amalgamation of: [[9th/12th Royal Lancers|9th/12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers]] Band and [[Queen's Royal Lancers|The Queen's Royal Lancers]] Band '''Regulars''' * '''[[Household Cavalry Regiment]]''' formed by union<ref>The term ''union'' was used rather than ''amagalamation'', for the regiments continued to maintain their own uniforms, traditions, and regimental titles in the mounted regiment</ref> of [[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]] and [[The Blues and Royals|The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st (Royal) Dragoons)]] * '''[[The Royal Dragoon Guards]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards]] and [[5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Belfast]], [[Fermanagh]], [[Cumbria]], [[Wirral Peninsula|Wirral]], [[Cheshire]], and [[Yorkshire]], formed '''Pipes and Drums of the Royal Dragoon Guards''' in September 1993, RHQ in [[York]] * [[The Queen's Royal Hussars|'''The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)''']] formed by amalgamation of [[The Queen's Own Hussars]] and [[The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Northern Ireland]] (minus [[Belfast]] and [[Fermanagh]]), [[Warwickshire]], [[Worcestershire]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Surrey]], and [[Sussex]], formed '''Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Royal Hussars''', RHQ in [[London]] * '''[[The King's Royal Hussars]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)]] and [[14th/20th King's Hussars]] as county cavalry regiment of: [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Berkshire]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Hampshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[Wiltshire]], [[Isle of Wight]], [[Channel Islands]], [[Lancashire]], [[Cumbria]], and [[Greater Manchester]], two regimental depots; North Depot in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] and South Depot in [[Winchester]] * [[The Light Dragoons|'''Light Dragoons''']] formed by amalgamation of [[13th/18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars]] and [[15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Tyne and Wear]], [[County Durham]], [[Northumberland]], and [[North Yorkshire]], depot in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] * '''[[The Queen's Royal Lancers]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers]] and [[17th/21st Lancers]] as cavalry county regiment of: [[Staffordshire]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Lincolnshire]], and [[South Humberside]], depot in [[Grantham]] * [[Royal Tank Regiment]] ** '''Pipes and Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment''' formed from transfer from 4th RTR ** '''[[1st Royal Tank Regiment]]''' and [[4th Royal Tank Regiment]] amalgamated without change of title, recruiting from: [[Scotland]] and [[Merseyside]] ** '''[[2nd Royal Tank Regiment]]''' and [[3rd Royal Tank Regiment]] amalgamated without change of title, recruiting from: [[South-east London|South East London]], [[Somerset]], [[Devonshire]], [[Dorset]], and [[Cornwall]] '''Territorial Army''' * '''[[The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry]]''' formed by amalgamation of [[The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry]] and [[Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry|The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry]] as county yeomanry regiment of: [[Shropshire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Worcestershire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Lancashire]], and [[Greater Manchester]] * '''[[The Scottish Yeomanry]]''' new formed regiment: resuscitation of old yeomanry units, country yeomanry of [[Scotland]] ===Infantry=== * [[Guards Division]] based at [[Wellington Barracks]] ** [[Grenadier Guards]]' 2nd Battalion placed in suspended animation and reduced to Nijmegan Company, and became independent, and Inkerman Company transferred from 2nd Btn to 1st as No.3 Company ** [[Coldstream Guards]]' 2nd Battalion placed in suspended animation and reduced to No.7 Company, and became independent ** [[Scots Guards]]' 2nd Battalion placed in suspended animation and reduced to F Company, and became independent, Corps of drums also disbanded * [[Scottish Division]] based at [[Glencorse Barracks]] covering the areas: [[Scotland]]. ** All regimental bands amalgamated to form '''The Lowland Band''' and '''The Highland Band''' ** [[Royal Highland Fusiliers|The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)]]: 1st Btn, [[52nd Lowland Volunteers]] re-designated as 3rd (V) Battalion ** [[Black Watch|The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)]]: 1st Btn, [[51st Highland Volunteers]] re-designated as 3rd (V) Btn ** '''[[Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)|The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)]]''': formed by amalgamation of the [[Queen's Own Highlanders|Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)]] and the [[Gordon Highlanders]] former as county regiment of: [[Caithness|Caithness-shire]], [[Elginshire]], [[County of Nairn|Nairnshire]], [[Ross-shire]], [[Sutherland]], [[Orkney]], [[Inverness-shire]], [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Banffshire]], and [[Shetland]]. 1st Btn Regular, 2nd Btn, [[51st Highland Volunteers]] re-designated as 3rd (V) Btn, RHQ in [[Inverness]] with outstation in [[Aberdeen]] ** [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)]]: 3rd Btn, [[51st Highland Volunteers]] re-designated as 7th/8th (V) Btn * The Queen's Division based at [[Warminster]] covering the areas of: [[London]], [[Kent]], [[Surrey]], [[Sussex]], [[Hampshire]], [[Middlesex]], [[Isle of Wight]], and the [[Channel Islands]], [[Northumberland]], [[Norfolk]], [[Suffolk]], [[Essex]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[Rutland]], and [[Cambridgeshire]]. ** The Duke of Kent's Band and Saint George's Band of [[The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] amagalamated to form '''The Normandy Band of the Queen's Division''' ** Bands of the 1st and 2nd Btns, [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]] and 1st and 2nd Btns [[The Royal Anglian Regiment]] amalgamated to form '''The Minden Band of the Queen's Division''' ** '''[[The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]]''': formed by amalgamation of [[The Queen's Regiment]] and [[The Royal Hampshire Regiment]] as regular county regiment of: [[London]], [[Kent]], [[Surrey]], [[Sussex]], [[Hampshire]], [[Middlesex]], [[Isle of Wight]], and the [[Channel Islands]], RHQ & Depot in [[Canterbury]] part of [[Queen's Division]] ** [[The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]]' 3rd Btn disbanded ** [[The Royal Anglian Regiment]]'s 3rd Btn amalgamated with 1st and 2nd Btns * [[King's Division|The King's Division]] based at [[Imphal Barracks]] covering the areas of: [[Cumbria]], [[Westmorland]], [[Greater Manchester]], [[Lancashire]], [[Merseyside]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire]], [[North Yorkshire]], and [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. ** Bands of the [[King's Own Royal Border Regiment]], [[King's Regiment]], and [[Queen's Lancashire Regiment]] amalgamated to form '''The Normandy Band''' ** Bands of [[The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment]], [[Green Howards|The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)]], and [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment|The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)]] amalgamated to form '''The Waterloo Band''' ** [[Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire|The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire]]: 2nd Btn, [[Yorkshire Volunteers]] re-titled as 3rd (Yorkshire Volunteers) Btn, ** [[Green Howards|The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)]]: 1st Btn, [[Yorkshire Volunteers]] re-titled as 4th/5th Btn * [[Prince of Wales's Division|The Prince of Wales's Division]] based at [[Whittington Barracks]] covering the areas of: [[Devonshire]], [[Dorsetshire]], [[Cheshire]], [[Wales]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Worcestershire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Berkshire]], and [[Wiltshire]]. ** All regimental bands of the division amalgamated to form '''The Clive Band''' and '''The Lucknow Band''' ** [[Royal Regiment of Wales]]: 3rd (V) and 4th (V) Btns amalgamated to form 2nd (V) Btn ** [[The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry|'''The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment''']]: formed by amalgamation of the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] and the [[Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment|Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)]] as county regiment of: [[Gloucestershire]], [[Berkshire]], and [[Wiltshire]] with regimental depot in [[Gloucester]] with 1st Btn and 2nd (V) Btn ** [[Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment|The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)]]'s 4th (V) Btn disbanded * [[The Light Division]] based at [[Battlesbury Barracks]] covering the areas of: [[Somerset]], [[Cornwall]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[Shropshire]], [[County Durham]]. ** [[The Light Infantry]]'s 3rd Btn disbanded ** [[Royal Green Jackets|The Royal Green Jackets']] 3rd Btn disbanded * [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|'''Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)''']] formed by amalgamation of [[Ulster Defence Regiment]] and [[Royal Irish Rangers]], while territorials retained [[Royal Irish Rangers]] title * [[The Parachute Regiment (British Army)|The Parachute Regiment]]: [[15th (Scottish) Battalion, Parachute Regiment|15th (Scottish) Btn]] reduced to 15 (Scottish) Company in the 4th (V) Btn === Royal Artillery === * [[2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery]] placed in suspended animation, batteries transferred to: [[1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery|1st RHA]], [[3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery|3rd RHA]], and [[32nd Regiment Royal Artillery|32nd RA]] * The Depot Regiment [[Royal Artillery]] placed in suspended animation * 27th Field Regiment Royal Artillery placed in suspended animation, battery transferred to [[29th Regiment Royal Artillery|29th RA]] === Corps of Royal Engineers === '''Regulars''' * '''Commander Royal Engineers (Airfields)''' formed to control non-deployable royal engineer airfield elements at RAF bases in the UK * [[29 (Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search) Group|29th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade]] along with its signal troop disbanded * 30th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade along with its signal troop disbanded * [[26 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|26th Engineer Regiment]] disbanded * '''1st Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment''' formed by amalgamation of the Depot Regiment, Royal Engineers and 12th Royal School of Military Engineer Regiments, Royal Engineers * '''3rd Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment''' formed by amalgamation of 1st Training and 3rd Training Regiments, Royal Engineers '''Territorial Army''' * [[74 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|74th (Antrim Artillery) Engineer Regiment]] reduced to 74 Independent Field Squadron * '''76th Engineer Regiment''' formed to control existing airfield damage repair squadrons in: [[Scotland]] and [[North of England]] * '''77th Engineer Regiment''' formed to control existing airfield damage repair squadrons in: [[Eastern England|Eastern]] and [[Southern England]] * '''78th (Fortress) Engineer Regiment''' formed to provide a new support regiment for the [[3rd (United Kingdom) Mechanised Division]] * 111th Engineer Regiment disbanded === Other Corps === * '''[[Royal Logistic Corps]]''' ** [[Royal Corps of Transport]] ** [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] ** [[Royal Pioneer Corps]] ** [[Army Catering Corps]] ** [[Royal Engineers|Postal and Courier Service, Royal Engineers]] * '''[[Adjutant General's Corps]]''' ** [[Royal Army Educational Corps]] ** [[Royal Army Pay Corps]] ** [[Women's Royal Army Corps]] ** [[Army Legal Corps]] ** [[Royal Military Police|Corps of Royal Military Police]] ** [[Military Provost Staff Corps]] * '''[[Army Medical Services]]''' ** [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] ** [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]] ** [[Royal Army Dental Corps]] ** [[Royal Army Veterinary Corps|Royal Army Vetinerary Corps]]
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