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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which infantry regiments were deployed on Operation (a) Joint Guardian, (b) Essential Harvest, (c) Palliser, (d) Fingal, (e) Veritas and (f) Telic. [120874] Mr. Ingram: The information requested is set out as follows: Operation Veritas is the overarching operational name given to Operations in Afghanistan, encompassing Operations Oracle, Jacana, and Fingal. No infantry battalions were deployed on either Operations Oracle or Jacana, and the infantry regiments deployed on Operation Fingal are detailed separately. Operation Joint Guardian 1 Battalion The Irish Guards 1 Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment 1 Battalion The Parachute Regiment 2 Battalion The Royal Green Jackets 2 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1 Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 1 Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment1 1 Battalion The Black Watch 1 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales 1 Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 1 Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment 1 Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regimentl Operation Essential Harvest 2 Battalion The Parachute Regiment Operation Palliser 1 Battalion The Parachute Regiment Operation Fingal 2 Battalion The Parachute Regiment 1 Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 2 Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment Operation Telic 1 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1 Battalion The Black Watch 1 Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment 1 Battalion The Parachute Regiment 3 Battalion The Parachute Regiment 1 Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment 1 Battalion Irish Guardsl I Battalion Light Infantry1 1 Company level only.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

120874; 408 c39W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Army Armed conflict Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations Sierra Leone Afghanistan Kosovo Iraq conflict North Macedonia

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