BRITISH RESERVE FORCES TERRITORIAL ARMY STRENGTH AND ORDER OF BATTLE STRENGTH OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY (EARLY 2009)

ARMOUR

4 Regiments ROYAL ARTILLERY ROYAL ENGINEERS INFANTRY 14 Battalions 7 Regiments 5 Regiments

SPECIAL AIR SERVICE 2 Regiments

SIGNALS

11 Regiments

EQUIPMENT SUPPORT 4 Battalions

LOGISTICS

15 Regiments 2 Regiments (Royal Military Police)

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS INTELLIGENCE CORPS AVIATION MEDICAL

2 Battalions

2 Regiments 15 Units(1)

TOTAL OF 83 MAJOR UNITS

Note: (1) Total includes 12 x independent field hospitals, 2 x General Support Medical Regiments and 1 x Casualty Evacuation Regiment.

TERRITORIAL ARMY BANDS OFFICER TRAINING CORPS UNITS

TA ORDER OF BATTLE

ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS

Royal Yeomanry RHQ - Croydon Squadrons: Swindon; Leicester; Croydon; Nottingham; Fulham; Clifton St, City (Band).

Royal Wessex Yeomanry RHQ Wareham Squadrons: Wareham; Salisbury; Cirencester; Barnstable/Paignton.

Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry RHQ Telford Squadrons: Dudley; Telford/Hereford; Chester; Wigan.

Queens Own Yeomanry RHQ Newcastle Squadrons: York/Hull; Ayr/Motherwell; Belfast; Cupar/Forfar; Newcastle/Sunderland.

Note: Where locations are separated by a / this denotes detachments of the same company, battery or squadron.

ROYAL ARTILLERY

Honourable Artillery Company RHQ London Squadrons: 3 x Sqns, Band all in London.

100 Regiment RA (V) RHQ Luton Batteries: Luton; Bristol; Nottingham.

101 Regiment RA (V) RHQ Newcastle Battalions: Blyth; Newcastle; South Shields; Leeds.

103 Regiment RA (V) RHQ St Helens Batteries: Liverpool; Manchester; Bolton; Bolton (Band).

104 Regiment RA (V) RHQ Newport Batteries: Newport; Worcester.

105 Regiment RA (V) RHQ Edinburgh Batteries: Newtownards; Edinburgh; Arbroath.

106 Regiment RA (V) RHQ London Batteries: Wolverhampton; London; Southampton.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

Royal Monmouthshire RE (Militia) RHQ Monmouth Squadrons: Cwmbran/Bristol; Gorseinon/Cardiff/ Swansea; Walsall/Oldbury; Jersey.

71 Regiment RE (V) RHQ Leuchars Squadrons: Paisley/Barnsford Bridge; Cumbernauld; Kinloss; Kirkwall.

72 Regiment RE (V) RHQ Gateshead Squadrons: Sheffield/Bradford; Newcastle; Wakefield/Hull/Pontefract

73 Regiment RE (V) RHQ Nottingham Squadrons: Chilwell/Mansfield; Derby/Chesterfield; Northampton/Leicester; Nottingham (Band).

75 Regiment RE (V) RHQ - Warrington Squadrons: Birkenhead/Widnes; Stoke on Trent/Cannock; Failsworth/ Ashton Under Lyne.

101 Regiment (EOD) (V) RHQ Ilford Squadrons: Holloway/White City; Catford/Rochester; Tunbridge Wells/ Brighton/ Reigate.

131 Independent Commando Squadron (V) HQ London Units: Birmingham; Bath: Plymouth.

135 Independent Squadron (V) HQ Ewell Units: Hermitage; Southampton.

412 Amphibious Engineer Troop (V) Hameln.

170 Infrastructure Support Engineer Group (V) HQ Chilwell

65 Works Group (V) HQ Chilwell Units: 10 x Specialist Work Groups all at Chilwell

591 Independent Field Squadron HQ Bangor/Antrim

ROYAL SIGNALS

21 Signal Regiment (Air Support) RHQ Bath

31 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ London Squadrons: Coulsdon/Kingston on Thames; Eastbourne/Brighton; Banbury/Oxford.

32 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Glasgow Squadrons: Aberdeen/Elgin; East Kilbride; Edinburgh.

33 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Liverpool Squadrons: Manchester; Liverpool; Runcorn.

34 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Middlesborough Squadrons: Leeds/Hull; Darlington/Newcastle; Hartlepool/Middlesborough.

35 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Coventry

Squadrons: Birmingham; Newcastle-Under-Lyme; Rugby; Shrewsbury.

36 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Grays Squadrons: Cambridge; Colchester/Ipswich/Southend; Cambridge/Norwich; Cambridge/Aylesbury/Bedford.

37 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Redditch Squadrons: Cardiff/Brecon; Stratford-Upon-Avon/Stourbridge; Coventry/Tennal Grange.

38 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Sheffield Squadrons: Derby; Sheffield/Nottingham; Blackburn/Manchester.

39 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Bristol Squadrons: Bristol/Gloucester; Windsor/Reading/Chertsey.

40 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Belfast Squadrons: Belfast; Limavady; Bangor.

71 Signal Regiment (V) RHQ Bexleyheath Squadrons: Uxbridge; London/Whipps Cross; Chelmsford/Harlow.

1 (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Signal Squadron (Special Communications) (V) Milton Keynes

2 Signal Squadron (V) Dundee.

63 Signal Squadron (SAS) (V) HQ Thorney Island Units: London; Birmingham; Southampton; Poole; Hereford.

81 Signal Squadron (V) Corsham

INFANTRY

52nd Lowland, 6th Bn The Royal Regiment of Scotland Bn HQ Glasgow Companies: Edinburgh/Galashiels/Bathgate; Ayr/Dumfries; Glasgow/Motherwell; Edinburgh (Band).

51st Highland, 7th Bn The Royal Regiment of Scotland

Bn HQ Perth Companies: Dundee/Kirkcaldy/Stirling; Aberdeen/Peterhead/Keith/Lerwick; Inverness/Stornoway/Wick; Dumbarton/Dunoon; Perth (Band).

3rd Bn The Princess of Waless Royal Regiment (Queens and Royal Hampshires) Bn HQ Canterbury Companies: Farnham/Camberley; Brighton/Worthing; Dover/Rochester; Portsmouth; Canterbury (Band).

5th Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Bn HQ Durham Companies: Washington/Bishop Auckland/Doncaster; Newcastle/Tynemouth; Ashington/Alnwick; Newcastle (Band).

3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment Bn HQ Bury St Edmunds Companies: Norwich/Lowestoft; Lincoln; Leicester/Northampton; Chelmsford/Hertford; Peterborough (Band).

4th Bn The Duke of Lancasters Regiment (Kings, Lancashire and Border) Bn HQ Preston Companies: Liverpool; Blackburn; Workington/Carlisle/Barrow; Manchester/Bury; Liverpool (Band).

4th Bn The Yorkshire Regiment Bn HQ York Companies: York/Scarborough; Hull/Leeds/Beverley; Middlesborough/Northallerton; Huddersfield/Keighley; Barnsley/Sheffield; York (Band).

4th Bn The Mercian Regiment Bn HQ Wolverhampton Companies: Warrington/Stockport; Crewe/Stoke; Mansfield; Wolverhampton/Kidderminster/Burton-onTrent; Birmingham; Shrewsbury; Wolverhampton (Band).

3rd Bn The Royal Welsh Bn HQ Cardiff Companies: Wrexham/Queensferry; Swansea/Aberystwyth; Pontypridd/Cardiff; Colwyn Bay/Caernarfon; Newport (Band).

6th Bn The Rifles Bn HQ Exeter Companies: Gloucester/Bristol; Taunton/Exeter; Dorchester/Poole; Bodmin/Plymouth; Exeter (Band).

7th Bn The Rifles Bn HQ Reading Companies: Oxford; Reading; Milton Keynes; London; Oxford (Band).

4th Bn The Parachute Regiment Bn HQ Pudsey Companies: White City/Croydon; Pudsey/St Helens/Hebburn; Glasgow/Edinburgh.

The Royal Irish Rangers Bn HQ Portadown Companies: Newtonards; Newtonabbey/Ballymena; Armagh/Enniskillen; Lisburn (Band).

The London Regiment Bn HQ Battersea Companies: Westminster/Catford; Edgware/Hornsey; Balham; Camberwell.

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES 201 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Newcastle-upon-Tyne Squadrons: Newton Aycliffe; Stockton-on-Tees; Carlisle.

202 Field Hospital (V) RHQ - Birmingham Squadrons: Stoke on Trent; Oxford; Shrewsbury.

203 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Cardiff Squadrons: Swansea; Aberystwyth/Crickhowell; Llandudno.

204 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Belfast

Squadrons: Ballymena; Newtownards; Armagh.

205 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Glasgow Squadrons: Glasgow; Aberdeen; Dundee; Edinburgh.

207 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Manchester Squadrons: Stockport/Ashton Under Lyne; Blackburn; Bury.

208 Field Hospital (V) RHQ - Liverpool Squadrons: Ellesmere Port; Blackpool/Lancaster.

212 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Sheffield Squadrons: Leeds; Beeston/Lincoln; York/Bradford.

243 Field Hospital (V) RHQ Bath Squadrons: Exeter; Plymouth; Portsmouth; Poole.

256 Field Hospital (V) RHQ London Squadrons: Walworth; Kensington; Kingston; Bow.

306 Field Hospital (V) York.

225 Divisional General Support Medical Regiment (V) RHQ Dundee Squadrons: Sunderland; Glenrothes; Dundee.

253 Divisional General Support Medical Regiment (V) RHQ Belfast Squadrons: Londonderry; Belfast.

254 Divisional General Support Medical Regiment (V) RHQ Cherry Hinton Squadrons: Norwich; Hitchin; Colchester.

144 Parachute Medical Squadron HQ London/Hornsey Units: Glasgow; Nottingham; Cardiff.

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment (V) RHQ York.

4 General Support Medical Regiment RHQ Maidstone

Squadrons: Maidstone; Leicester/Derby.

5 General Support Medical Regiment RHQ Hull Squadrons: Hull/Grimsby/Castleford; Chorley.

ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS

150 (Yorshire) Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Hull Squadrons: Hull; Leeds; Doncaster.

151 Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Croydon Squadrons: Brentwood/Ilford; Sutton/Maidstone; Barnet/Ilford; Southall/Clapham.

152 Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Belfast Squadrons: Londonderry/Coleraine; Belfast.

155 Transport Regiment (V)

RHQ Plymouth Squadrons: Plymouth; Truro; Poole/Dorchester.

156 Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Liverpool Squadrons: Liverpool; Birkenhead; Manchester; Bootle.

157 Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Cardiff Squadrons: Cardiff; Swansea; Carmarthen/Haverford West.

158 Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Peterborough Squadrons: Peterborough; Kempston; Ipswich; Loughborough.

159 Support Regiment (V) RHQ Stoke Squadrons: Telford; Glasgow; Tynemouth; West Bromwich/Stoke

160 Transport Regiment (V) RHQ Grantham Squadrons: 4 x Sqn all at Grantham

162 Movement Control Regiment (V) RHQ Grantham

Squadrons: Swindon; 4 x Sqn at Grantham.

165 Port Regiment (V) RHQ Grantham Squadrons: Southampton/Isle of Wight; Grantham.

166 Support Regiment (V) RHQ Grantham Squadrons: 5 x Sqns all at Grantham.

168 Pioneer Regiment RHQ Grantham Squadrons: Grantham; Cramlington/Berwick/Hexham; Coulby Newham/Washington/Hartlepool.

17 Port & Maritime Regiment Bicester

88 Postal & Courier Regiment (V) RHQ Grantham Squadrons: 4 x Sqns all at Grantham.

Catering Support Regiment RHQ Grantham Squadrons: 3 x Sqns all at Grantham.

Scottish Transport Regiment RHQ Dunfermline Squadrons: Dunfermline; Glasgow; Edinburgh; Irvine

ROYAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

101 Battalion REME (V) Bn HQ Wrexham Companies: Prestatyn; Coventry; Manchester; Grangemouth.

102 Battalion REME (V) Bn HQ Newton Aycliffe Companies: Newton Aycliffe; Rotherham; Scunthorpe; Newcastle upon Tyne.

103 Battalion REME (V) Bn HQ Crawley Companies: Northampton/Corby/Leicester; Portsmouth; Ashford; Redhill.

104 Battalion REME (V) Bn HQ Bordon Company: Bordon.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CORPS

4 Regiment, Royal Military Police RHQ Aldershot Companies: West Bromwich/Manchester; Brixton/Southampton. 5 Regiment, Royal Military Police RHQ Edinburgh Companies: Livingston/Lisburn; Stockton-on-Tees/Newcastle Upon Tyne.

INTELLIGENCE CORPS

3 Military Intelligence Battalion BHQ London Companies: London; Portsmouth.

5 Military Intelligence Battalion (V)

BHQ London Companies: London; Edinburgh/Newton Abbey; York/Gateshead; Bristol/Cardiff/Exeter; Birmingham/Chorley/Nottingham.

SPECIAL AIR SERVICE

21 and 23 Regiments SAS

ARMY AIR CORPS

7 Regiment AAC (V) RHQ Netheravon Squadrons: 2 x Sqns Netheravon.

6 Regiment AAC (V) RHQ Bury St Edmunds Squadrons: Bury St Edmunds/Swaffham; Dishforth.

Note: Where locations are separated by a / this denotes detachments of the same company, battery or squadron.

TERRITORIAL ARMY BANDS

Honourable Artillery Company Band Lancashire Artillery Band Royal Scots Territorial Band (East Lowlands) 51st Highland Volunteer Band Princess of Waless Royal Regiment Territorial Army Band Royal Anglian Territorial Army Band North West Infantry Band (Kings) Devonshire and Dorset Regimental Band (Volunteers) Welsh Territorial Army Band Staffordshire Volunteer Band Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire Band (Territorial Army) Northumbria Burma Band (Territorial Army) 150 (Northumbria) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers) Band North Irish Territorial Band

OFFICER TRAINING CORPS UNITS

Aberdeen University Officer Training Corps Birmingham University Officer Training Corps Bristol University Officer Training Corps Cambridge University Officer Training Corps East Midlands University Officer Training Corps City of Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps Exeter University Officer Training Corps Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Officer Training Corps Leeds University Officer Training Corps Liverpool University Officer Training Corps London University Officer Training Corps Manchester and Salford University Officer Training Corps Northumbrian University Officer Training Corps Oxford University Officer Training Corps Queens University Officer Training Corps Sheffield University Officer Training Corps Southampton University Officer Training Corps Tayforth University Officer Training Corps University of Wales Officer Training Corps