• Halving the troop strength in
Germany by replacing the
British Army of the Rhine with
British Forces Germany in 1994. • Several
British Army regiments amalgamated: (Those new units which were formed are in bold, not all units are shown, only those which changed, for full list see: List of British Regular Army regiments (1994)) •
Brigade of Gurkhas: • Regimental Headquarters, The Gurkha Engineers disbanded •
The Royal Gurkha Rifles formed by amalgamation of:
2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles),
6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles,
7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, and
10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, 3 Battalion establishment •
'''The Queen's Own Gurkha Transport Regiment''' formed by grouping of former independent Gurkha transport squadrons
Royal Corps of Signals •
1st Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment disbanded and concurrently reformed from 4th Signal Regiment as Lower Saxony Signal Regiment, then re-titled as
1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment • 4th Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment disbanded to help reform 1st Signal Regiment • 8th Signal Regiment absorbed into 11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment,
Royal Corps of Signals •
13th (Radio) Signal Regiment reduced to
cadre and later disbanded •
15th Signal Regiment and Headquarters Northern Ireland formed to administer those signal squadrons in
Northern Ireland • 22nd Signal Regiment disbanded • 28th (British) Signal Regiment (Northern Army Group) reduced to 280 (United Kingdom) Signal Squadron •
Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment reduced to 229 Signal Squadron
Royal Armoured Corps Overall the
Royal Armoured Corps was a merger of 18 regiments, this was achieved by the formation of 10 new regiments through amalgamations and new formations.
Bands •
Band of the Dragoon Guards formed by amalgamation of: 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards Band, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards Band,
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band, and
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Band •
The Royal Tank Regiment Cambrai Band formed by amalgamation of: Cambrai Band of the Royal Tank Regiment, Alamein Band of the Royal Tank Regiment, Rhine Band of the Royal Tank Regiment •
Band of the Hussars and Light Dragoons formed by amalgamation of:
13th/18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars Band,
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars Band,
The Queen's Own Hussars Band,
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars Band,
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) Band,
14th/20th King's Hussars Band •
Band of the Royal Lancers formed by amalgamation of:
9th/12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers Band and
The Queen's Royal Lancers Band
Regulars •
Household Cavalry Regiment formed by union of
The Life Guards and
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st (Royal) Dragoons) •
The Royal Dragoon Guards formed by amalgamation of
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards as cavalry county regiment of:
Belfast,
Fermanagh,
Cumbria,
Wirral,
Cheshire, and
Yorkshire, formed
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Dragoon Guards in September 1993, RHQ in
York •
'''The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish)''' formed by amalgamation of
The Queen's Own Hussars and
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars as cavalry county regiment of:
Northern Ireland (minus
Belfast and
Fermanagh),
Warwickshire,
Worcestershire,
West Midlands,
Surrey, and
Sussex, formed '''Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Royal Hussars''', RHQ in
London • '''
The King's Royal Hussars''' formed by amalgamation of
The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) and
14th/20th King's Hussars as county cavalry regiment of:
Buckinghamshire,
Berkshire,
Gloucestershire,
Hampshire,
Oxfordshire,
Wiltshire,
Isle of Wight,
Channel Islands,
Lancashire,
Cumbria, and
Greater Manchester, two regimental depots; North Depot in
Preston and South Depot in
Winchester •
Light Dragoons formed by amalgamation of
13th/18th (Queen Mary's Own) Royal Hussars and
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars as cavalry county regiment of:
Tyne and Wear,
County Durham,
Northumberland, and
North Yorkshire, depot in
Newcastle upon Tyne • '''
The Queen's Royal Lancers''' formed by amalgamation of
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers and
17th/21st Lancers as cavalry county regiment of:
Staffordshire,
West Midlands,
Nottinghamshire,
Lincolnshire, and
South Humberside, depot in
Grantham •
Royal Tank Regiment •
Pipes and Drums of the Royal Tank Regiment formed from transfer from 4th RTR •
1st Royal Tank Regiment and
4th Royal Tank Regiment amalgamated without change of title, recruiting from:
Scotland and
Merseyside •
2nd Royal Tank Regiment and
3rd Royal Tank Regiment amalgamated without change of title, recruiting from:
South East London,
Somerset,
Devonshire,
Dorset, and
Cornwall Territorial Army •
The Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry formed by amalgamation of
The Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry and
The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry as county yeomanry regiment of:
Shropshire,
Warwickshire,
Worcestershire,
Staffordshire,
Lancashire, and
Greater Manchester •
The Scottish Yeomanry new formed regiment: resuscitation of old yeomanry units, country yeomanry of
Scotland Infantry •
Guards Division based at
Wellington Barracks •
Grenadier Guards' 2nd Battalion placed in suspended animation and reduced to Nijmegan Company, and became independent, and Inkerman Company transferred from 2nd Btn to 1st as No.3 Company •
Coldstream Guards' 2nd Battalion placed in suspended animation and reduced to No.7 Company, and became independent •
Scots Guards' 2nd Battalion placed in suspended animation and reduced to F Company, and became independent, Corps of drums also disbanded •
Scottish Division based at
Glencorse Barracks covering the areas:
Scotland. • All regimental bands amalgamated to form
The Lowland Band and
The Highland Band •
The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment): 1st Btn,
52nd Lowland Volunteers re-designated as 3rd (V) Battalion •
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment): 1st Btn,
51st Highland Volunteers re-designated as 3rd (V) Btn •
The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons): formed by amalgamation of the
Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) and the
Gordon Highlanders former as county regiment of:
Caithness-shire,
Elginshire,
Nairnshire,
Ross-shire,
Sutherland,
Orkney,
Inverness-shire,
Aberdeenshire,
Banffshire, and
Shetland. 1st Btn Regular, 2nd Btn,
51st Highland Volunteers re-designated as 3rd (V) Btn, RHQ in
Inverness with outstation in
Aberdeen •
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's): 3rd Btn,
51st Highland Volunteers re-designated as 7th/8th (V) Btn • The Queen's Division based at
Warminster covering the areas of:
London,
Kent,
Surrey,
Sussex,
Hampshire,
Middlesex,
Isle of Wight, and the
Channel Islands,
Northumberland,
Norfolk,
Suffolk,
Essex,
Northamptonshire,
Lincolnshire,
Rutland, and
Cambridgeshire. • The Duke of Kent's Band and Saint George's Band of
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers amagalamated to form '''The Normandy Band of the Queen's Division''' • Bands of the 1st and 2nd Btns,
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and 1st and 2nd Btns
The Royal Anglian Regiment amalgamated to form '''The Minden Band of the Queen's Division''' • '''
The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment''': formed by amalgamation of
The Queen's Regiment and
The Royal Hampshire Regiment as regular county regiment of:
London,
Kent,
Surrey,
Sussex,
Hampshire,
Middlesex,
Isle of Wight, and the
Channel Islands, RHQ & Depot in
Canterbury part of
Queen's Division •
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers' 3rd Btn disbanded •
The Royal Anglian Regiment's 3rd Btn amalgamated with 1st and 2nd Btns •
The King's Division based at
Imphal Barracks covering the areas of:
Cumbria,
Westmorland,
Greater Manchester,
Lancashire,
Merseyside,
East Riding of Yorkshire,
North Yorkshire, and
West Riding of Yorkshire. • Bands of the
King's Own Royal Border Regiment,
King's Regiment, and
Queen's Lancashire Regiment amalgamated to form
The Normandy Band • Bands of
The Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment,
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), and
The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) amalgamated to form
The Waterloo Band •
The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire: 2nd Btn,
Yorkshire Volunteers re-titled as 3rd (Yorkshire Volunteers) Btn, •
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment): 1st Btn,
Yorkshire Volunteers re-titled as 4th/5th Btn •
The Prince of Wales's Division based at
Whittington Barracks covering the areas of:
Devonshire,
Dorsetshire,
Cheshire,
Wales,
Gloucestershire,
Worcestershire,
Staffordshire,
Berkshire, and
Wiltshire. • All regimental bands of the division amalgamated to form
The Clive Band and
The Lucknow Band •
Royal Regiment of Wales: 3rd (V) and 4th (V) Btns amalgamated to form 2nd (V) Btn •
The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment: formed by amalgamation of the
Gloucestershire Regiment and the
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) as county regiment of:
Gloucestershire,
Berkshire, and
Wiltshire with regimental depot in
Gloucester with 1st Btn and 2nd (V) Btn •
The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)'s 4th (V) Btn disbanded •
The Light Division based at
Battlesbury Barracks covering the areas of:
Somerset,
Cornwall,
South Yorkshire,
Shropshire,
County Durham. •
The Light Infantry's 3rd Btn disbanded •
The Royal Green Jackets' 3rd Btn disbanded •
Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) formed by amalgamation of
Ulster Defence Regiment and
Royal Irish Rangers, while territorials retained
Royal Irish Rangers title •
The Parachute Regiment:
15th (Scottish) Btn reduced to 15 (Scottish) Company in the 4th (V) Btn
Royal Artillery •
2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery placed in suspended animation, batteries transferred to:
1st RHA,
3rd RHA, and
32nd RA • The Depot Regiment
Royal Artillery placed in suspended animation • 27th Field Regiment Royal Artillery placed in suspended animation, battery transferred to
29th RA Corps of Royal Engineers Regulars •
Commander Royal Engineers (Airfields) formed to control non-deployable royal engineer airfield elements at RAF bases in the UK •
29th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade along with its signal troop disbanded • 30th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade along with its signal troop disbanded •
26th Engineer Regiment disbanded •
1st Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment formed by amalgamation of the Depot Regiment, Royal Engineers and 12th Royal School of Military Engineer Regiments, Royal Engineers •
3rd Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment formed by amalgamation of 1st Training and 3rd Training Regiments, Royal Engineers
Territorial Army •
74th (Antrim Artillery) Engineer Regiment reduced to 74 Independent Field Squadron •
76th Engineer Regiment formed to control existing airfield damage repair squadrons in:
Scotland and
North of England •
77th Engineer Regiment formed to control existing airfield damage repair squadrons in:
Eastern and
Southern England •
78th (Fortress) Engineer Regiment formed to provide a new support regiment for the
3rd (United Kingdom) Mechanised Division • 111th Engineer Regiment disbanded
Other Corps •
Royal Logistic Corps •
Royal Corps of Transport •
Royal Army Ordnance Corps •
Royal Pioneer Corps •
Army Catering Corps •
Postal and Courier Service, Royal Engineers • '''
Adjutant General's Corps''' •
Royal Army Educational Corps •
Royal Army Pay Corps •
Women's Royal Army Corps •
Army Legal Corps •
Corps of Royal Military Police •
Military Provost Staff Corps •
Army Medical Services •
Royal Army Medical Corps •
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps •
Royal Army Dental Corps •
Royal Army Vetinerary Corps ==Royal Air Force==