List of British Army regiments

British Army lists Commands and Army groups Field armies in World War I Field armies in World War II Corps in World War I Corps in World War II Divisions in World War I Divisions in World War II Brigades in World War I Brigades in World War II Royal Armoured Corps Regiments in World War II Royal Artillery Batteries Regiments of Foot Regiments in 1881 Territorial Force Units in 1908 Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery Regiments in 1962 Regiments in 1994 Regiments in 2008 Territorial Army units in 2012 Present-day Regiments Nicknames of regiments

This is a current list of regiments of the British Army (including the Army Reserve). This list will be updated through the ongoing implementation of Army 2020.

Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps

Ceremonial

• Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment

Armoured Regiments

• Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
• King's Royal Hussars
• The Royal Tank Regiment
• Royal Wessex Yeomanry

Armoured Cavalry Regiments

• Household Cavalry Regiment
• Royal Dragoon Guards
• Royal Lancers

Light Cavalry

• 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
• Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
• Light Dragoons
• Royal Yeomanry
• Queen's Own Yeomanry
• Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry

Infantry

Note: When a regiment is described as having n + n battalions, the first number is regular army battalions, and the second is Army Reserve battalions.

Foot Guards

• Grenadier Guards - 1 + 0 battalion^[1]
• Coldstream Guards - 1 + 0 battalion^[1]
• Scots Guards - 1 + 0 battalion^[1]
• Irish Guards - 1 + 0 battalion
• Welsh Guards - 1 + 0 battalion
• London Regiment - 0 + 1 battalion

Line Infantry and Rifles

• Royal Regiment of Scotland - 4 + 2 battalions^[2]
• Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) - 2 + 1 battalions
• Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) - 2 + 1 battalions
• Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - 1 + 1 battalions
• Royal Anglian Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions
• Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) - 2 + 1 battalions
• Royal Welsh - 1 + 1 battalions
• Mercian Regiment- 2 + 1 battalions
• Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) - 1 + 1 battalion
• Parachute Regiment - 2 + 1 battalions^[3]
• Royal Gurkha Rifles - 2 battalions
• The Rifles - 5 + 2 battalions

Other Combat Arms

• Special Air Service 1 + 2 regiments
• Special Reconnaissance Regiment 1 regiment
• Army Air Corps 7 + 1 regiments

Combat Support

• Royal Regiment of Artillery 15 + 6 Regiments
• Corps of Royal Engineers 15 + 7 Regiments
• Royal Corps of Signals
• Intelligence Corps
• Honourable Artillery Company 0 + 1 Regiment

Combat Service Support

• Royal Army Chaplains Department
• Royal Logistic Corps
• Royal Army Medical Corps
• Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
• Adjutant General's Corps
• Royal Army Veterinary Corps
• Small Arms School Corps
• Royal Army Dental Corps
• Royal Army Physical Training Corps
• General Service Corps
• Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
• Corps of Army Music

References

1. The Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Scots Guards each have a single incremental company stationed in London on public duties that maintains the history and traditions of each regiment's 2nd Battalion, which are all in suspended animation
2. The Royal Regiment of Scotland also has an incremental company assigned to public duties in Edinburgh
3. One battalion of the Parachute Regiment is assigned as part of the SFSG