Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-11-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the location in the UK is of each army regiment.
Mark Lancaster
The UK locations of the major British Army units, as at 26 November 2015, are given below. In line with standard practice, information on Special Forces is being withheld for the purpose of safeguarding national security.
Major Unit |
Town |
Household Cavalry Regiment |
Windsor |
Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment |
London |
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Tidworth |
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Harlow Hill |
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Colchester |
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards |
Swanton Morley |
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys) |
Leuchars |
The Royal Dragoon Guards |
Catterick |
The Royal Lancers |
Catterick |
The King’s Royal Hussars |
Tidworth |
The Light Dragoons |
Catterick |
The Royal Tank Regiment |
Tidworth |
4th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Topcliffe |
5th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Catterick |
12th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Thorney Island |
14th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Larkhill |
16th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Emsworth |
19th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Tidworth |
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery |
Plymouth |
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery |
Larkhill |
47th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Larkhill |
21 Engineer Regiment |
Ripon |
22 Engineer Regiment |
Perham Down |
23 Parachute Engineer Regiment |
Woodbridge |
24 Commando Engineer Regiment |
Chivenor |
26 Engineer Regiment |
Perham Down |
32 Engineer Regiment |
Catterick |
33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) |
Wimbish |
36 Engineer Regiment |
Maidstone |
39 Engineer Regiment |
Kinloss |
42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical) |
Huntingdon |
101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) |
Wimbish |
62 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
63 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
64 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
66 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Air Support) |
Peterborough |
1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment |
Chatham |
3 Roay School of Military Engineering Regiment |
Minley |
1st Signal Regiment |
Stafford |
2nd Signal Regiment |
York |
3rd Signal Regiment |
Bulford |
10th Signal Regiment |
Corsham |
11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment |
Blandford |
14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) |
Brawdy |
15th Signal Regiment (Information Support) |
Blandford |
16th Signal Regiment |
Stafford |
21st Signal Regiment |
Colerne |
22nd Signal Regiment |
Stafford |
30th Signal Regiment |
Bramcote |
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards |
Aldershot |
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards |
Windsor |
1st Battalion Scots Guards |
Aldershot |
1st Battallion Irish Guards |
London |
1st Battalion Welsh Guards |
Pirbright |
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Holywood |
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Edinburgh |
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Inverness |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Catterick |
1st Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment |
Catterick |
2nd Battalion The Duke Of Lancaster’s Regiment |
Preston |
1st Battalion The Royal Regiment Of Fusiliers |
Tidworth |
1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
London |
2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Cottesmore |
1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment |
Warminster |
2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment |
Catterick |
1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment |
Bulford |
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Foresters, and Staffords) |
Chester |
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh |
Tidworth |
1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment |
Tern Hill |
2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
Colchester |
3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
Colchester |
2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles |
Shorncliffe |
1st Battalion The Rifles |
Beachley |
2nd Battalion The Rifles |
Lisburn |
3rd Battalion The Rifles |
Edinburgh |
4th Battalion The Rifles |
Bulford |
1 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Yeovilton |
2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps |
Middle Wallop |
3 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Wattisham |
4 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Wattisham |
5 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Aldergrove |
7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps |
Middle Wallop |
9 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Dishforth |
3 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Abingdon |
4 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Abingdon |
7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Cottesmore |
9 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Hullavington |
10 The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment |
Aldershot |
11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Didcot |
13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Colchester |
17 Port And Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Marchwood |
27 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Aldershot |
29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
South Cerney |
Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion |
Innsworth |
5 Training Regiment the Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
25 Training Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Deepcut |
2 Medical Regiment |
North Luffenham |
3 Medical Regiment |
Preston |
4 Armoured Medical Regiment |
Aldershot |
5 Armoured Medical Regiment |
Catterick |
16 Medical Regiment |
Colchester |
22 Field Hospital |
Aldershot |
33 Field Hospital |
Gosport |
34 Field Hospital |
Strensall |
1 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Catterick |
2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Leuchars |
4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Tidworth |
6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Tidworth |
7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Wattisham |
5 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Tidworth |
1st Regiment Royal Military Police |
Catterick |
3rd Regiment Royal Military Police |
Bulford |
4th Regiment Royal Military Police |
Aldershot |
Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military Police |
Bulford |
Specialist Operations Regiment Royal Military Police |
Southwick Park |
Military Provost Staff Regiment |
Colchester |
1st Military Working Dog Regiment |
North Luffenham |
1 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Catterick |
2 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Upavon |
4 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Bulford |
Specialist Group Military Intelligence |
Hermitage |
15 (United Kingdom) Psychological Operation Group |
Hermitage |
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) |
Monmouth |
The Honourable Artillery Company |
London |
The Royal Yeomanry |
London |
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
Bovington |
The Queen’s Own Yeomanry |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry |
Edinburgh |
101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery |
Gateshead |
103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery |
St Helens |
104th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Newport |
105th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Edinburgh |
106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery |
Grove Park |
71 Engineer Regiment |
Leuchars |
75 Engineer Regiment |
Warrington |
65 Works Group Royal Engineers |
Chilwell |
32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment |
Glasgow |
37th Signal Regiment |
Redditch |
39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment |
Bristol |
71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment |
London |
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Glasgow |
51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Perth |
3rd Battalion The Princess Of Wales’s Royal Regiment |
Canterbury |
4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment |
Preston |
5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Bury St Edmunds |
4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment |
York |
4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcester and Forsters, and Staffords) |
Wolverhampton |
3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh |
Cardiff |
2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) |
Lisburn |
4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
Pudsey |
The London Regiment |
London |
6th Battalion The Rifles |
Exeter |
7th Battalion The Rifles |
Reading |
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit |
London |
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Brigade Specialist Military Unit |
Birmingham |
6 Regiment Army Air Corps |
Bury St Edmunds |
150 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Hull |
151 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Croydon |
152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Holywood |
156 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Liverpool |
158 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Peterborough |
154 (Scottish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Dunfermline |
157 (Welsh) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Cardiff |
162 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
165 Port And Maritime The Regiment Royal Logistic Corps |
Plymouth |
159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Coventry |
167 Catering Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps |
Grantham |
201 (Northern) Field Hospital |
Newcastle Upon Tyne |
202 (Midlands) Field Hospital |
Birmingham |
203 (Welsh) Field Hospital |
Cardiff |
204 (North Irish) Field Hospital |
Belfast |
205 (Scottish) Field Hospital |
Govan |
207 (Manchester) Field Hospital |
Manchester |
208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital |
Liverpool |
212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital |
Sheffield |
225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment |
Dundee |
243 (The Wessex) Field Hospital |
Bristol |
253 (North Irish) Medical Regiment |
Belfast |
254 (East of England) Medical Regiment |
Cambridge |
256 (City of London) Field Hospital |
Walworth |
306 Hospital Support Medical Regiment |
Strensall |
335 Medical Evacuation Regiment |
Strensall |
Operational Headquarters Support Group |
Strensall |
101 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Wrexham |
102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Newton Aycliffe |
103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Crawley |
104 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Northampton |
105 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Bristol |
106 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
East Kilbride |
3 Military Intelligence Battalion |
London |
5 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Coulby Newham |
6 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Rusholme |
7 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Bristol |