Released by: DefPR(A) FUTURE INFANTRY STRUCTURES

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1 ARMY BRIEFING NOTES CONTAIN INFORMATION WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO ALL PERSONNEL, BOTH SERVICE AND CIVILIAN. THEY SHOULD BE DISSEMINATED AS WIDELY AND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ISSUE Serial No: 28/05 Date: 24 Nov 05 FUTURE INFANTRY STRUCTURES Source: DGS Released by: DefPR(A) 1. Her Majesty The Queen has given final approval for new titles for a number of Infantry regiments as a result of the transition to Future Infantry Structures. KEY POINTS This is part of the ongoing Future Army Structures work. The majority of the new names and titles were announced by the Secretary of State on 16 December There are no changes to the names of Regiments of Foot Guards, The Princess of Wales s Royal Regiment, The Royal Irish Regiment, The Parachute Regiment, The Royal Gurkha Rifles and The London Regiment. TA names and structures have been aligned with those of regular regiments. Changes will take place at different times for each regiment rather than all at once, and will be complete by April 08. The structures and names of the Regiments are as follows (bold type indicates changes to titles): Current Regimental/Battalion Title New Regimental/Battalion Title Abbreviation THE GUARDS DIVISION 1 st Battalion Grenadier Guards 1 st Battalion Grenadier Guards 1 GREN GDS 1 st Battalion Coldstream Guards 1 st Battalion Coldstream Guards 1 COLDM GDS 1 st Battalion Scots Guards 1 st Battalion Scots Guards 1 SG 1 st Battalion Irish Guards 1 st Battalion Irish Guards 1 IG 1 st Battalion Welsh Guards 1 st Battalion Welsh Guards 1 WG THE SCOTTISH DIVISION The Royal Formation Arrangements: Regimental formation 28 Mar 06, with The Royal Scots Battalion and The King s Own 1

2 Scottish Borderers Battalion of The Royal merging on 1 Aug st Battalion The Royal Scots (The Royal From 28 Mar 06 to 1 Aug 06 becomes The Royal Scots Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland then merges to become The Royal Scots Borderers, 1 st Battalion The Royal 1 st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2 nd Battalion The Royal 1 st Battalion The King s Own Scottish Borderers From 28 Mar 06 to 1 Aug 06 becomes The King s Own Scottish Borderers Battalion, The Royal then merges to become The Royal Scots Borderers, 1 st Battalion The Royal as above 1 st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland The Black Watch, 3 rd Battalion The Royal 1 st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons The Highlanders, 4 th Battalion The Royal and Camerons) 1 st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Highlanders (Princess Louise s) 5 th Battalion The Royal s 52 nd Lowland Regiment 52 nd Lowland, 6 th Battalion The Royal 51 st Highland Regiment 51 st Highland, 7 th Battalion The Royal THE QUEEN S DIVISION The Princess of Wales s Royal Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) 1 SCOTS 2 SCOTS 1 SCOTS (as above) 3 SCOTS 4 SCOTS 5 SCOTS 6 SCOTS 7 SCOTS 1 st Battalion The Princess of Wales s Royal 1 st Battalion The Princess of Wales s Royal 1 PWRR Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) 2 nd Battalion The Princess of Wales s Royal Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) 2 nd Battalion The Princess of Wales s Royal Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) 2 PWRR 3 rd Battalion The Princess of Wales s Royal 3 rd Battalion The Princess of Wales s Royal 3 PWRR Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) Regiment (Queen s and Royal Hampshires) The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1 st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1 st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1 RRF 2 nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 2 nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 2 RRF The Tyne Tees Regiment 1 5 th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 5 RRF The Royal Anglian Regiment 1 st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 1 st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 1 R ANGLIAN 2 nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 2 nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 2 R ANGLIAN The East of England Regiment 2 3 rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 3 R ANGLIAN 1 Currently within the King s Division. 2 Currently not part of The Royal Anglian Regiment. 2

3 THE KING S DIVISION The Duke of Lancaster s Formation Arrangements: Regimental formation 1 Jul 06 initially with 3 regular battalions reducing by 1 battalion by Mar st Battalion The King s Own Royal Border Regiment 1 st Battalion The King s Regiment 1 st Battalion The Queen s Lancashire Regiment 1 st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster s 2 nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster s The Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers 4 th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster s The Yorkshire Regiment (14 th / 15 th, 19 th and 33 rd / 76 th Foot) Formation Arrangements: Regimental formation 6 Jun LANCS 2 LANCS 4 LANCS 1 st Battalion The Prince of Wales s Own Regiment 1 st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment 1 YORKS of Yorkshire (Prince of Wales s Own) 1 st Battalion The Green Howards (Alexandra, 2 nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment 2 YORKS Princess of Wales s Own Yorkshire (Green Howards) 1 st Battalion The Duke of Wellington s Regiment (West Riding) 3 rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Duke of Wellington s) 3 YORKS The East and West Riding Regiment 4 th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment 4 YORKS THE PRINCE OF WALES S DIVISION The Mercian Regiment Formation Arrangements: Regimental formation 24 Aug st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment 1 st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) 1 MERCIAN 1 st Battalion The Worcestershire and Sherwood 2 nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment 2 MERCIAN Foresters Regiment (26 th /45 th Foot) (Worcesters and Foresters) 1 st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales s) 3 rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Staffords) 3 MERCIAN The West Midlands Regiment 4 th Battalion The Mercian Regiment 4 MERCIAN The Royal Welsh Formation Arrangements: Regimental formation 1 Mar st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1 st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) 1 R WELSH 1 st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales (24 th /41 st Foot) 2 nd Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Regiment of Wales) 2 R WELSH The Royal Welsh Regiment 3 rd Battalion The Royal Welsh 3 R WELSH THE LIGHT DIVISION The Rifles Formation Arrangements: Regimental formation st Battalion The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry and 1 st Battalion The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry 1 st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets 2 nd Battalion The Light Infantry 2 nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets 1 st Battalion The Light Infantry 1 st Battalion The Rifles 2 nd Battalion The Rifles 3 rd Battalion The Rifles 4 th Battalion The Rifles 5 th Battalion The Rifles 1 RIFLES 2 RIFLES 3 RIFLES 4 RIFLES 5 RIFLES 3

4 The Rifle Volunteers 6 th Battalion The Rifles 6 RIFLES The Royal Rifle Volunteers 7 th Battalion The Rifles 7 RIFLES THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT (27 th (Inniskilling), 83 rd, 87 th and Ulster Defence 3 1 st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment 1 st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment 1 R IRISH The Royal Irish Rangers The Royal Irish Rangers RANGERS THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT 1 st Battalion The Parachute Regiment 1 st Battalion The Parachute Regiment 1 PARA 2 nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 2 nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 2 PARA 3 rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 3 rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 3 PARA 4 th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment 4 th Battalion The Parachute Regiment 4 PARA THE BRIGADE OF GURKHAS The Royal Gurkha Rifles 1 st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles 1 st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles 1 RGR 2 nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles 2 nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles 2 RGR THE LONDON REGIMENT The London Regiment 4 The London Regiment 5 LONDONS BACKGROUND 2. CGS announced the creation of the Future Army Structure to re-balance the Army towards a mix of light, medium and heavy forces, with an expeditionary focus, supported by a fully integrated reserve. Within the Infantry this has seen the creation of single cap badge regiments of 2 or more battalions, as part of the Future Infantry Structure. TITLES 3. The Secretary of State announced new working titles for the new regiments in his statement on 16 December 2004 which was followed by a period of consultation amongst the regiments and their wider regimental constituencies. During consultation two changes were proposed by regiments and agreed by ECAB: a. The new regiment formed from The King s Own Royal Border Regiment, The King s Regiment and The Queen s Lancashire Regiment is to be titled The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment (King s, Lancashire and Border). b. The Light Division, comprising The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry; The Light Infantry; The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry and The Royal Green Jackets have agreed upon the creation of a wholly new, large regiment to be titled The Rifles. The Regiment will comprise five regular and two TA battalions, as well as other associated TA and Cadet elements. 4. On the 16 November 2005 Her Majesty The Queen graciously approved the new titles shown above. THE TERRITORIAL ARMY 5. In parallel with the developments within the Regular Army, there have been associated changes within the TA, which are shown in the table above. Of particular note: The 4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) and the 4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment will be formed from 3 Not included are the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment who have not been subject to FAS. 4 Currently within the Queen s Division. 5 Operational affiliation with The Foot Guards, proposal to move from The Queen s Division to The Household Division. 4

5 companies drawn from The Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers, The West Midlands Regiment, The King's and Cheshire Regiment and The East of England Regiment. FORMATION ARRANGEMENTS 6. Details of proposed mergers and formation dates, which are included in the table above, are also available on the individual regimental web sites and will be updated as plans are developed. DRESS 7. All battalions within the new regiments will have the same base uniform, with only minor variations such as lanyards and hackles to preserve the essential elements of the golden thread from antecedent regiments. The costs of some new uniforms, including new No 2 dress (officers and soldiers), replacement tactical recognition flashes, regimental slides and stable belts will be met from public funds or as part of the Future Army Dress Programme. As regimental proposals are endorsed by the Army Dress Committee, regimental web sites will be updated. RECRUITING 8. The formation of new regiments will be supported by a national Infantry marketing campaign, which will also launch the new regiments in the regions. This is under the control of Commander Recruiting Group and is intended to start in January