British Army 1989

British Army of the Rhine (BAOR)

1st British Corps (1 (BR) Corps)

Corps Support Units
- 10th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers - Gütersloh
- 40th Army Support Group, Royal Engineers - Willich
- 12th Helicopter Flight, Army Air Corps - Wildenrath
- 23rd Engineer Regiment - Osnabrück
- 25th Engineer Regiment - Osnabrück
- 32nd Armoured Engineer Regiment
- 28th Amphibious Engineer Regiment
- 65th Corps Support Squadron
- 664th Army Aviation Squadron (Recon)

1st Armoured Division

1st Armoured Division (UK) 1989 Structure
Headquarters - Verden an der Aller
1st Armoured Division HQ and Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals
21st Engineer Regiment - Nienburg, Lower Saxony
1 Regiment Army Air Corps
1st Armoured Division Artillery Group
- 1st Field Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 40th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

7th Armoured Brigade

HQ and 207 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals - Bad Fallingbostel
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Armoured
2nd Royal Tank Regiment - Armoured
1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment - Armoured Infantry

12th Armoured Brigade

HQ and 212 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals - Osnabrück
4th Royal Tank Regiment - Armoured
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers - Mechanized Infantry
1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets - Mechanized Infantry

22nd Armoured Brigade

HQ and 201 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals - Hohne
Queen's Own Hussars - Armoured
1st Royal Tank Regiment - Armoured
1st Battalion, Scots Guards - Mechanized Infantry
2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment - Mechanized Infantry

2nd Infantry Division

Headquarters - York

Division Support Troops
- 5th Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets
  - A Company - High Wycombe
  - D Company - Aylesbury
  - E Company - Milton Keynes
  - I Company
- 4th Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment
  - A Company - Burnley
  - B Company - Blackpool, England
  - C Company - Bolton
  - D Company - Blackburn
- 655 Squadron, Army Air Corps
- 29th or 38th Regiment, Royal Engineers

3rd Armoured Division

Headquarters - Soest, Germany

Division Support Units
- 9th/12th Royal Lancers
- 3rd Armoured Division Artillery Group
  - 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery
  - 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - Dortmund
  - 49th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - Lippstadt
- 26th Field Regiment, Royal Engineers
- 3 Regiment Army Air Corps
  - 653 Squadron (Recon / Anti-Tank)
  - 662 Squadron (Recon / Anti-Tank)
  - 663 Squadron (Recon / Anti-Tank)

4th Armoured Brigade

Headquarters - Münster
14th/20th King's Hussars - Armoured
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars - Armoured
17th/21st Lancers - Armoured
1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards - Armoured Infantry

6th Armoured Brigade

Headquarters - Soest, Germany
3rd Royal Tank Regiment - Armoured
3rd (Royal Fusiliers) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - Armoured Infantry
1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders - Light Role Infantry
2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry - Light Role Infantry

33rd Armoured Brigade

Headquarters - Paderborn
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Armoured
1st Battalion, Royal Scots - Armoured Infantry
1st Battalion, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment - Mechanized Infantry
1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - Mechanized Infantry

4th Armoured Division

Headquarters and 4 Signal Regiment
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers

11th Armoured Brigade

Headquarters - Minden
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - Mechanized
2nd Battalion, Queen's Regiment - Mechanized

20th Armoured Brigade

Headquarters - Detmold
Blues and Royals - Armoured
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards - Armoured
2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers - Mechanized

19th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Colchester
1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
45th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

1st Artillery Brigade

5 (Heavy) Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery - Dortmund
12 (Air Defense) Regiment, Royal Artillery
22 (Air Defense) Regiment, Royal Artillery
32 (Heavy) Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery - Dortmund
39 (Heavy) Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery - Sennelager
50 (Missile) Regiment, Royal Artillery - Minden

30th Engineering Brigade (30 Engineer Brigade)

Headquarters - Osnabrück
71st (Scottish) Engineer Regiment (V) - Glasgow
72nd Engineer Regiment (V) - Gateshead
73rd Engineer Regiment (V) - Nottingham
74th Engineer Regiment (V) - Northern Ireland
75th Engineer Regiment (V) - Manchester
101st (London) Engineer Regiment (V) - London
Royal Monmouthshire Engineer Regiment (V) - Monmouth
Jersey Field Squadron (Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey) (V)

Berlin Field Force (British Infantry Brigade)

Headquarters - West Berlin
- 1st Battalion, Black Watch
- 1st Battalion, King's Regiment
- 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
- 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry
- C Squadron, 14th/20th King's Hussars - Armoured
- 38th (Berlin) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
- 7 Flight, Army Air Corps (Recon)
- 6 Troop, 46 Air Defense BatteryCastlereagh

Strategic Reserve

1st Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Tidworth
13th/18th Royal Hussars
The Royal Hussars
1st Battalion, Queen's Regiment
1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
1st Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Wessex Regiment (V)
- A Company - Gloucester
- B Company - Swindon
- C Company - Dorchester, Dorset
- D (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Company - Poole
26th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
656 Squadron, Army Air Corps (Recon / Anti-Tank)

2nd (Southeast) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Shorncliffe Army Camp
Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry - Chorley
- A Squadron - Wigan
- B Squadron - Clifton railway station (Greater Manchester)
- C Squadron - Chorley
- D Squadron - Preston, Lancashire and Blackpool
2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets - Canterbury
3rd Battalion, Queen's Regiment - Aldergrove, County Antrim

5th Airborne Brigade

Headquarters - Aldershot
1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment (V)
10th Parachute Battalion, Parachute Regiment (V)
15th (King's) Parachute Battalion, Parachute Regiment (V)
1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
7th (Parachute) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
658th Squadron, Army Air Corps (Recon / Anti-Tank)

42nd (Northwest) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Chester
1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment - Chester
3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry - Weeton, North Yorkshire
3rd Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (V)
- A (Sherwood Rangers) Company - Mansfield
- B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Company - Sutton-in-Ashfield
- C (Derbyshire Foresters) Company - Derby
- D (Robin Hood Foresters) Company - Nottingham
- E (Nottinghamshire Foresters) Company - Newark-on-Trent
- F Company - Worksop, Mansfield, Nottingham
- G Company - Derby and Chesterfield
4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment (V) - Lancaster, Lancashire
- A Company - Carlisle
- B Company - Kendal
- C Company - Barrow-in-Furness
- D Company - Workington
- E Company
5th/8th Battalion, The King's Regiment (V) - Warrington
- A Company - Warrington
- B Company - Liverpool
- C Company - Manchester
- D Company - Warrington
- E Company - Liverpool
6th/7th Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (V)- Horsham
- A (Salerno) Company - Farnham
- B (Somme)Company - Brighton
- C (Quebec) Company - Crawley
- D (Tangier) Company - Kingston upon Hull
- E Company
3rd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (V) - Runcorn
- A Company - Stockport
- B Company - Macclesfield
- C Company - Ellesmere Port
- D Company - Crewe

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Winchester
Royal Wessex Yeomanry (V)
- HQ (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron
- A (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Squadron
- B (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Squadron
- D (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Squadron
2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment (V) - Reading, Berkshire
- A (Duke of Connaught and Strathearn's) Company - Portsmouth
- B Company - Winchester
- C (Royal Berkshire) Company - Maidenhead
- D Company - Swindon
- E Company
4th Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (V) - Bath, Somerset
- A Company - Bath, Somerset
- B Company - Yeovil
- C Company - Cambourne
- D Company - Truro
- E Company - Bath, Somerset
- F Company - Truro
6th (Devon and Cornwall) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V) - Exeter
- A Company - Plymouth
- B Company - Paignton
- G Company - Plymouth

51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Edinburgh
1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers - Perth, Scotland
- A (Black Watch) Company - Dundee
- E (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Company - Stirling
- G (London Scottish) Company - Westminster
- K (Black Watch) Company - Kirkcaldy
- V (Liverpool Scottish) Company - Liverpool
- Z Company - Perth, Scotland
2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers - Elgin, Moray
- A (Lovat Scouts) Company - Wick, Caithness
- B (Gordon Highlanders) Company - Peterhead
- C (Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)) Company - Inverness
- D (Gordon Highlanders and Lovat Scouts) Company - Aberdeen
- X Company
- Y Company
3rd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers - Stirling
- A Company - Stirling
- B Company - Cumbernauld
- C Company - Grangemouth
- D Company - Dumbarton
- W Company - Stirling, Dumbarton, and Grangemouth

56th (London) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - London
1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
1st Battalion, Irish Guards
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
4th Battalion, Royal Green Jackets
- B Company - fulham
- C Company - Finsbury
- F Company - Mile End Road
- G Company - West Ham
- H Company - Davies Street drill hall
8th Battalion, Queen's Fusiliers
- A (Highwood) Company - Camberwell
- B (Albuhera) Company - Hornsey
- C (City of London) Company - Balham

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Glasgow
1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers - Edinburgh
1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers
- A (Royal Scots) Company - Edinburgh and Bathgate
- B (Royal Highland Fusiliers) Company - Ayr
- C (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company - Dumfries
- D (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)) Company - Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
- E (Highland Light Infantry) Company - Glasgow
- F Company - Ayr
- G Company - Dumfries
2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers
- No.1 (The Royal Scots) Company - Penicuik
- No.2 (The Royal Scots) Company - Edinburgh and Bathgate
- No.3 (King's Own Scottish Borderers) Company - Galashiels
- No.4 (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)) Company - Motherwell
- No.5 Company - Edinburgh

54th (East Anglian) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Grantham
Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry (V)
- A (Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry) - Coventry
- B (Staffordshire Yeomanry) - Tipton, Stafford, and Lichfield
- C (Shropshire Yeomanry) - Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Wallington, London
- D Squadron - Telford
1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers - Mechanized
3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (V)
- A (West Riding Artillery) Battery - Keighley
- B (Leeds Rifles) Company - Leeds
- C (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Company - Huddersfield
- D (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Company - Halifax, West Yorkshire
- H (York and Lancaster) Company
4th Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (V)
- A (Hallamshire) Company - Eastgate and Barnsley
- B (Sheffield Artillery Volunteers) Company - Rotherham
- C (York and Lancaster Regiment) Company - Doncaster
- D (Hallamshire) Company - Sheffield
5th Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (V)
- A Company - Guildford
- B Company - Broadstairs
- C Company - Hastings
- D Company - Hornsey
6th Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (V)
- A (Royal Norfolk) Company - Norwich
- B (Bedfordshire) Company - Bedford
- C (Suffolk) Company - Ipswich
- D (Cambridgeshire) Company - Cambridge
- E Company - Bedford
- F Company - Norwich

143rd (West Midlands) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Shrewsbury
Queen's Royal Irish Hussars - Armoured
1st Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment - Mechanized
4th Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (V) - Light Role
- A Company - Worcester
- B Company - Kidderminster
- C Company - Shirley and Birmingham
- D Company - Nottingham
- F Company - Worcester

160th (Welsh) Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Cardiff
1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales - Infantry Demonstration Unit
3rd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (V)
- A Company - Aberystwyth
- B Company - Colwyn Bay
- C Company - Connah's Quay
- D Company - Caernarfon
- E Company
3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales (V)
- A Company - Abertillery
- B Company - Newport and Pontypool
- C Company - Pontypridd
- D Company - Cardiff
- E Company - Cardiff
4th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales (V)
- A Company - Llanelli
- B Company - Neath
- C Company - Bridgend
- D Company - Swansea

HQ Northern Ireland (HQNI)

Division Support Units
- 665 Squadron, Army Air Corps
- 1 Flight, Army Air Corps

3rd Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Omagh
1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters - Omagh
1st (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
2nd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (V) - County Armagh
3rd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (V) - County Down
11th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (V) - Craigavon

8th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Derry
1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment - Mechanized
4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers - Portadown
- A (Royal Inniskilling) Company - Omagh
- B (Royal Ulster Rifles) Company - Belfast
- C (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Company - Portadown
- D (London Irish Rifles) Company - London
4th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - County Fermanagh
5th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - County Londonderry
6th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - County Tyrone
8th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - County Tyrone

39th Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Lisburn
1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
5th Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers - Armagh
- A Company - Lisburn
- B (Royal Irish Rifles) Company - Kilyegh
- C Company - Lurgan
- D Company - Belfast
1st/9th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - County Down
3rd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - County Down
7th/10th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment - Belfast

UK Special Forces Directorate (UKSF)

Headquarters - London

21 Special Air Service Regiment (V)

A Squadron - Chelsea
B Squadron - Chelsea
C Squadron - Hitchin
D Squadron - Portsmouth
E Squadron - Newport

22 Special Air Service Regiment

A Squadron
B Squadron
D Squadron
G (Guards) Squadron
Reserve Squadron

23 Special Air Service Regiment (V)

A Squadron - Glasgow
B Squadron - Leeds
C Squadron - Birmingham
D Squadron - Invergowrie
G Squadron - Manchester

UK Garrisons

British Forces Brunei

Headquarters - Seria
1st Battalion, 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
1st Battalion, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
Detachment, No. 660 Squadron AAC

British Forces Cyprus

Headquarters - Akrotiri and Dhekelia
2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
No.1 Police Infantry Company
No.2 Police Infantry Company
Engineer Support Squadron
No. 16 Flight AAC
UN Flight, Army Air Corps

British Forces Bermuda

Headquarters - Bermuda
Royal Bermuda Regiment

British Forces Falkland Islands

Headquarters - RAF Mount Pleasant
Falkland Islands Defence Force
Air Defense Troop
Engineer Field Squadron
Phantom Flight

British Forces Gibraltar

British Forces Hong Kong

Headquarters - Hong Kong
- Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment
- Engineer Squadron
- Engineer Squadron
- Royal Hong Kong Regiment

48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade

Headquarters - Hong Kong
- 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
- 2nd Battalion, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles

Other British Units

The Life Guards
- A Squadron - Attached to 5th Airborne Brigade
- C Squadron - Attached to 3rd Commando Brigade
- B Squadron - Armoured Car Squadron for Home Defense
9th/12th Royal Lancers - Attached to 3rd Armoured Division
94th (Locating) Regiment, Royal Artillery
16th Regiment Royal Artillery
666 Squadron, Army Air Corps

Allied Mobile Force

5 Battery - Light Gun Battery
2 Flight, Army Air Corps
Independent Field Engineering Squadron
Squadron from 13th/18th Royal Hussars
2nd (Royal Warwickshire) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - Light Role

Territorial Artillery Units

100th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Headquarters (Home Counties) Field Battery
- 200 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Battery
- 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Battery
- 202 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Battery
101st (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Headquarters (Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery) Field Battery
- 203 (Elswick) Field Battery
- 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Field Battery
- 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Field Battery
102nd (Ulster) Light Air Defense Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Headquarters Battery - Newtownards
- 215 (North Down) Air Defense Battery
- 206 (Coleraine) Air Defense Battery
103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defense Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Headquarters Battery – Liverpool
- 208 (3rd West Lancashire Artillery) Battery – Liverpool
- 209 (The Manchester Artillery) Battery – Manchester
- 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Battery – St. Helens
- 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery – Bolton
104th Air Defense Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Headquarters Battery - Newport, Wales
- 210 (Staffordshire) Air Defense Battery - Wolverhampton
- 211(South Wales) Air Defense Battery - Newport, Wales, Cardiff and Abertillery
- 214 (Worcestershire) Air Defense Battery - Worcester
105th (Scottish) Air Defense Regiment, Royal Artillery
- Headquarters (City of Edinburgh) Battery - Edinburgh
- 207 (City of Glasgow) Air Defense Battery - Glasgow
- 212 (Highland) Air Defense Battery - Arbroath and Glenrothes
- 218 (Lothian) Air Defense Battery - Livingston, West Lothian and Edinburgh
307th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Battery, Royal Artillery
269th Battery, West Riding Regiment, Royal Artillery - Independent Airmobile Field Artillery Battery
Honourable Artillery Company
- I Squadron - Surveillance and Target Acquisition Team
- II Squadron - Surveillance and Target Acquisition Team
- III Squadron - Surveillance and Target Acquisition Team
- 4 Squadron - Training Wing
- Gun Troop - Independent Air Portable Field Artillery Battery
- Corps of Drums - Defense Platoon
- 1 Company
- 2 Company
Army Air Corps Center

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