British Infantry - Divisions and Brigades

Divisions and Brigades

The British Army is administered through HQ Land Command, which has responsibility for the majority of army units. Most of these are organised into a total of five divisions, each of which has a number of brigades under its command.

1st (Armoured) Division 3rd (UK) Division Support Command
7 (Armoured) Brigade 1 (Mechanised) Brigade 15 (North East) Brigade 2 (South East) Brigade 16 (Air Assault) Brigade
20 (Armoured) Brigade 4 (Mechanised) Brigade 42 (North West) Brigade 49 (Wessex) Brigade 49 (East) Brigade
12 (Mechanised) Brigade 51 (Scottish) Brigade 145 (South) Brigade 143 (West Midlands) Brigade
19 (Light) Brigade 38 (Irish) Brigade Aldershot Garrison 160 (Welsh) Brigade
Catterick Garrison Brunei Garrison Colchester Garrison
London District
British Gurkhas Nepal

Battalions are attached permanently (semi-permanently for light role battalions) to formations:

  • 1st Mechanised Brigade
    • 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
    • 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
    • 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Duke of Wellington's)
    • 4th Battalion, The Rifles
  • 3rd Commando Brigade
    • (40 Commando, Royal Marines)
    • (42 Commando, Royal Marines)
    • (45 Commando, Royal Marines)
    • 1st Battalion, The Rifles
  • 4th Mechanised Brigade
    • 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
    • 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
    • 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)
  • 7th Armoured Brigade
    • The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
    • 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusilers
    • 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Staffords)
  • 12th Mechanised Brigade
    • 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
    • 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Regiment of Wales)
  • 16 Air Assault Brigade
    • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
    • 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
    • 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
  • 19th Light Brigade
    • The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
    • The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
    • 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters)
    • 2nd Battalion, The Rifles
  • 20th Armoured Brigade
    • 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
    • 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Prince of Wales's Own)
    • 5th Battalion, The Rifles
  • 52 Infantry Brigade
    • The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
    • 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Green Howards)
    • 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
    • 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
    • 3rd Battalion, The Rifles
  • Land Warfare Centre
    • 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
  • British Forces Cyprus
    • 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
    • 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
  • London District
    • 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
    • 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
    • 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
  • Brunei
    • 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
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