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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence where the (a) Regimental HQ and (b) individual Battalions of (i) Princess of Wales, (ii) Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, (iii) The Royal Anglian, (iv) Light Infantry, (v) Royal Green Jackets, (vi) Royal Gurkha Rifles and (vii) Parachute Regiments are based. [211251] Mr. Caplin: The information sought is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Regiment Location of Battalions Location of regimental headquarters The Princess of Wales' s Royal 1st Battalion The Princess of Burtphore Barracks, Tidworth, Howe Barracks, Canterbury, Kent Regiment (Queens and Royal Wales's Royal Regiment Hants Hampshires) 2nd Battalion The Princess of Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Wales's Royal Regiment Market Drayton, Shropshire The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 1st Battalion The Royal Trenchard Barracks, Celle, HM Tower of London, Tower Hill, Regiment of Fusiliers Germany London 2nd Battalion The Royal Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Regiment of Fusiliers Down, Northern Ireland The Royal Anglian Regiment 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright, The Keep, Gibraltar Barracks, Regiment Surrey Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Shackleton Barracks, Regiment Ballykelly, Londonderry, Northern Ireland The Light Infantry 1st Battalion The Light Alanbroke Barracks, Paderborne, Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Infantry Germany Hampshire 2nd Battalion The Light Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, Infantry Scotland The Royal Green Jackets 1st Battalion The Royal Green Weeton Barracks, Preston, Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Jackets Lancashire Hampshire 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar, Jackets Co. Down, Northern Ireland The Royal Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Sir John Moore Barracks, Headquarters The Brigade of Rifles Shorncliffe, Folkestone, Kent Gurkhas, Airfield Camp, Netheravon, Wiltshire 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Seria Barracks, Brunei Rifles The Parachute Regiment 1st Battalion The Parachute Connaught Barracks, Dover, Kent Flagstaff House, Colchester, Regiment Essex 2nd Battalion The Parachute Meanee Barracks, Colchester, Regiment Essex 3rd Battalion The Parachute Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester, Regiment Essex _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

211251; 430 c777-8W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Army Location

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