List of British Army regiments (1962)
This is a list of British Army regiments after the Army restructuring caused by the 1957 Defence White Paper : many regiments were amalgamated between 1958-60. Further cuts and amalgamations took place in the 1960s and early 1970s .
Cavalry
Household Cavalry
Royal Armoured Corps
Combat Arms
Infantry
The infantry in 1962 was divided into 15 separate brigades for administrative purposes:
Guards Brigade : Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards.
Lowland Brigade : The Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and Royal Highland Fusiliers.
Highland Brigade : The Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Queen's Own Highlanders.
Home Counties Brigade : The Royal Sussex Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment and Queen's Own Buffs.
Fusilier Brigade : Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) and Lancashire Fusiliers.
East Anglian Brigade : 1st, 2nd and 3rd East Anglian Regiments
Forester Brigade : Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until November 1962), Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Sherwoord Foresters.
Mercian Brigade : Cheshire Regiment, Worcestershire Regiment, Staffordshire Regiment.
Welsh Brigade : Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Welch Regiment.
Wessex Brigade : Gloucestershire Regiment, Royal Hampshire Regiment, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment.
Lancastrian Brigade : The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), King's Regiment and Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).
Yorkshire Brigade : The Green Howards, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and York & Lancaster Regiment.
North Irish Brigade : Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles.
Light Infantry Brigade : King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Durham Light Infantry, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry.
Green Jackets Brigade : 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps), 3rd Green Jackets (Rifle Brigade).
In 1968 the administrative brigades were merged to form 6 administrative divisions. These were:
Guards Division -- formerly the Brigade of Guards.
Scottish Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Highland and Lowland Brigades.
King's Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Lancastrian, North Irish, and Yorkshire Brigades.
Prince of Wales's Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Mercian, Welsh, and Wessex Brigades.
Queen's Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the East Anglian, Fusilier and Home Counties Brigades.
Light Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Light Infantry and Green Jackets Brigades.
Foot Guards
Line Infantry
Services
Last updated: 06-03-2005 15:23:11