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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to mark the 80th Anniversary of the founding of The Royal Armoured Corps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to mark the 80th Anniversary of the founding of The Royal Armoured Corps.
The 80th Anniversary of the founding of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) was commemorated with a number of events on 4 April 2019. These included the unveiling of the RAC Gauntlet (a stainless steel statue of the "iron fist" RAC capbadge) at the Corps Headquarters, Allenby Barracks by the Colonel Commandant RAC, General Sir Chris Deverell, KCB MBE ADC, and the opening of the RAC 80 Exhibition "Long After the Battle" at the Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, attended by serving soldiers, members of the public and veterans from the Second World War.
In addition, armoured vehicles were positioned at several locations across the UK on the day to raise awareness of the Corps and its anniversary. Units deployed overseas posted imagery of their vehicles as part of the social media campaign under #RAC80.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current order of battle is of The Royal Armoured Corps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the current order of battle is of The Royal Armoured Corps.
The order of battle for the Royal Armoured Corps, as at April 2019, is provided in the table below.
Regt/Corps | Major Unit |
Royal Armoured Corps | Household Cavalry Regiment |
Royal Armoured Corps | Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment |
Royal Armoured Corps | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys) |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Dragoon Guards |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Queen’s Royal Hussars (The Queen’s Own and Royal Irish) |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Lancers |
Royal Armoured Corps | The King's Royal Hussars |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Light Dragoons |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Tank Regiment |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Yeomanry |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Wessex Yeomanry |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Queen's Own Yeomanry |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment is by rank and number of HQ Royal Armoured Corps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment is by rank and number of HQ Royal Armoured Corps.
The establishment of Headquarters Royal Armoured Corps broken down by rank is detailed below.
| Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | Warrant Officer Class 1 | Staff Sergeant | Corporal | Lance Corporal | Total |
Regular | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Reserve | 1 | 1 |
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle of the Royal Armoured Corps is by manpower and basing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle of the Royal Armoured Corps is by manpower and basing.
Order of Battle manpower information for the regiments and corps in question is not held centrally in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The basing locations of the major British Army units within the requested regiments and corps, as at January 2017, are provided below.
Regt/Corps | Major Unit* | Town |
Royal Armoured Corps | Household Cavalry Regiment | Windsor |
Royal Armoured Corps | Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment | London |
Royal Artillery | 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | Tidworth |
Royal Artillery | 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | Harlow Hill |
Royal Artillery | 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | Colchester |
Royal Armoured Corps | 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | Swanton Morley |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers And Greys) | Leuchars |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Dragoon Guards | Catterick |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Queen’s Royal Hussars (The Queen’s Own and Royal Irish | Paderborn |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Lancers | Catterick |
Royal Armoured Corps | The King's Royal Hussars | Tidworth |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Light Dragoons | Catterick |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Tank Regiment | Tidworth |
Royal Artillery | 4th Regiment Royal Artillery | Topcliffe |
Royal Artillery | 5th Regiment Royal Artillery | Catterick |
Royal Artillery | 12th Regiment Royal Artillery | Thorney Island |
Royal Artillery | 14th Regiment Royal Artillery | Larkhill |
Royal Artillery | 16th Regiment Royal Artillery | Thorney Island |
Royal Artillery | 19th Regiment Royal Artillery | Tidworth |
Royal Artillery | 26th Regiment Royal Artillery | Guterslogh |
Royal Artillery | 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery | Plymouth |
Royal Artillery | 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery | Larkhill |
Royal Artillery | 47th Regiment Royal Artillery | Larkhill |
Royal Engineers | 21 Engineer Regiment | Ripon |
Royal Engineers | 22 Engineer Regiment | Perham Down |
Royal Engineers | 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment | Woodbridge |
Royal Engineers | 24 Commando Engineer Regiment | Chivenor |
Royal Engineers | 26 Engineer Regiment | Perham Down |
Royal Engineers | 32 Engineer Regiment | Catterick |
Royal Engineers | 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) | Wimbish |
Royal Engineers | 35 Engineer Regiment | Paderborn |
Royal Engineers | 36 Engineer Regiment | Maidstone |
Royal Engineers | 39 Engineer Regiment | Kinloss |
Royal Engineers | 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical) | RAF Wyton |
Royal Engineers | 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) | Wimbish |
Royal Engineers | 62 Works Group Royal Engineers | Chilwell |
Royal Engineers | 63 Works Group Royal Engineers | Chilwell |
Royal Engineers | 64 Works Group Royal Engineers | Chilwell |
Royal Engineers | 66 Works Group Royal Engineers | Chilwell |
Royal Engineers | 20 Works Group Royal Engineers (Air Support) | Wittering |
Royal Logistic Corps | 1 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Bicester |
Royal Logistic Corps | 3 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Abingdon |
Royal Logistic Corps | 4 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Abingdon |
Royal Logistic Corps | 6 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Dishforth |
Royal Logistic Corps | 7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Cottesmore |
Royal Logistic Corps | 9 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Hullavington |
Royal Logistic Corps | 10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment | Aldershot |
Royal Logistic Corps | 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Didcot |
Royal Logistic Corps | 13 (Air Assault) Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Colchester |
Royal Logistic Corps | 17 Port And Maritime Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Marchwood |
Royal Logistic Corps | 24 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Camberley moving to Winchester |
Royal Logistic Corps | 27 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Aldershot |
Royal Logistic Corps | 29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | South Cerney |
Royal Logistic Corps | Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion | Innsworth |
Royal Engineers | The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) | Monmouth |
Royal Artillery | The Honourable Artillery Company | London |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Yeomanry | London |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Royal Wessex Yeomanry | Bovington |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Queen's Own Yeomanry | Newcastle Upon Tyne |
Royal Armoured Corps | The Scottish And North Irish Yeomanry | Edinburgh |
Royal Artillery | 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery | Gateshead |
Royal Artillery | 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery | St Helens |
Royal Artillery | 104th Regiment Royal Artillery | Newport |
Royal Artillery | 105th Regiment Royal Artillery | Edinburgh |
Royal Artillery | 106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery | Grove Park |
Royal Engineers | 71 Engineer Regiment | Leuchars |
Royal Engineers | 75 Engineer Regiment | Warrington |
Royal Engineers | 65 Works Group Royal Engineers | Chilwell |
Royal Logistic Corps | 150 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Hull |
Royal Logistic Corps | 151 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Croydon |
Royal Logistic Corps | 152 (North Irish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Holywood |
Royal Logistic Corps | 156 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Liverpool |
Royal Logistic Corps | 158 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Peterborough |
Royal Logistic Corps | 154 (Scottish) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Dunfermline |
Royal Logistic Corps | 157 (Welsh) Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Cardiff |
Royal Logistic Corps | 162 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Nottingham |
Royal Logistic Corps | 165 Port And Maritime The Regiment Royal Logistic Corps | Plymouth |
Royal Logistic Corps | 159 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Coventry |
Royal Logistic Corps | 167 Catering Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps | Grantham |
Royal Logistic Corps | 2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps | Grantham |
*Unit information has been provided in the British Army Order of Precedence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future establishment, equipment and role of the Royal Armoured Corps; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future establishment, equipment and role of the Royal Armoured Corps; and if he will make a statement.
Under the Army 2020 structure, the Royal Armoured Corps will be formed of 10 Regular Regiments made up of three Armoured Regiments, three Armoured Cavalry Regiments and three Light Cavalry Regiments with the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment continuing to support public duties and ceremonial commitments; four Reserve Regiments and one independent Regular squadron providing a Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Area, Survey and Reconnaissance capability.
The overall establishment of the Royal Armoured Corps will be around 6,000.
The Armoured Regiments will continue in their existing role as direct combat units and will continue to be equipped with the Challenger 2 tank. From 2020, the Close Reconnaissance troop is planned to have the Scout Specialist Vehicle (SV).
The Armoured Cavalry Regiments will continue to provide a manned reconnaissance and surveillance capability. They will be equipped with Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) and, from 2020, the Scout SV.
The Light Cavalry Regiments will provide a highly mobile tactical reconnaissance capability in both mounted and dismounted roles, mainly equipped with Jackal and Coyote vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the future Force Structure of the Royal Armoured Corps is to be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the future Force Structure of the Royal Armoured Corps is to be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the establishment and structure of the Royal Armoured Corps is; and what its establishment will be after the implementation of the outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the establishment and structure of the Royal Armoured Corps is; and what its establishment will be after the implementation of the outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the establishment of HQ Royal Armoured Corps is; and over how many locations the Corps operates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the establishment of HQ Royal Armoured Corps is; and over how many locations the Corps operates.
| Regiment | Based in: |
| Household Cavalry Regiment | Windsor |
| Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment | London |
| Queens Dragoon Guards | Sennelager (Germany) |
| Scots Dragoon Guards | Fallingbostal (Germany) |
| Royal Dragoon Guards | Catterick (currently deployed in Afghanistan) |
| 9/12 Lancers | Hohne (Germany) |
| Queens Royal Hussars | Sennelager (Germany) |
| Kings Royal Hussars | Tidworth |
| Light Dragoons | S wanton Morley |
| Queens Royal Lancers | Catterick (currently deployed in Afghanistan) |
| Joint Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear Regiment | Honnington |
| 1 Royal Tank Regiment Armoured Squadron | Warminster |
| 2 Royal Tank Regiment | Tidworth |
asked Her Majesty's Government:With reference to the published findings of the board of inquiry into the death of Sergeant Steven Roberts in March 2003, whether the content of Royal Armoured Corps crew courses includes training on the risks of employing weapons systems below the computed minimum range; whether such training...
asked Her Majesty's Government:With reference to the published findings of the board of inquiry into the death of Sergeant Steven Roberts in March 2003, whether the content of Royal Armoured Corps crew courses includes training on the risks of employing weapons systems below the computed minimum range; whether such training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many tours each regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps has undertaken in the last five years; what the (a) location and (b) length was of each; and what the length of time was between each deployment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many tours each regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps has undertaken in the last five years; what the (a) location and (b) length was of each; and what the length of time was between each deployment.
| The deployments and the length of time (intervals between each deployment for each royal armoured corps regiment in the past five years—1 March to 28 February 20 06 | ||||||||
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| Regiment | Deployment | Interval | Deployment | Interval | Deployment | Interval | Deployment | Interval |
| The Household Cavalry Regiment | Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2001 to September 2002 | 3 months | Iraq (sub-unit) February to July 2003 | 2.5 months | Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2003 to March 2004 | 0.5 month | Iraq (Regt minus) April to October 2004 | — |
| 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards | Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2000 to September 2001 | 16 months | Iraq February to June 2003 | 1 6 months | Iraq November 2004 to April 2005 | — | — | — |
| The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) | Iraq February to June 2003 | 26 months | Iraq November 2005 to date | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Royal Dragoon Guards | Iraq November 2004 to April 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) | Kosovo (Regiment minus) November 2001 to April 2002 | n/a | Kosovo (sub-unit) May to October 2002 | 12 months | Iraq November 2003—April 2004 | — | — | — |
| 9th/12th Royal Lancers (The Prince of Wales' s) | Kosovo (sub-unit) March to June 2001 | 21 months | Bosnia (sub-unit) April to October 2003 | 1 months | Iraq (Regt minus) November 2003 to April 2004 | 1 8 months | Iraq November 2005 to date | |
| The King's Royal Hussars | Northern Ireland December 2002 to July 2003 | 21 months | Iraq May to October 2005 | — | — | — | — | — |
| The Light Dragoons | Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2002 to March 2003 | 4 months | Iraq August to October 2003 | 1 8 months | Iraq May to October 2005 | — | — | — |
| The Queen's Royal Lancers | Bosnia (sub-unit) May to October 2001 | 15 months | Kosovo May to October 2002 | 1.2 months | Iraq May -October 2004 | — | — | — |
| 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | Kosovo March to June 2001 | 19 months | Iraq (sub unit only from June to November)February to November 2003 | 1 3 months | Kosovo (sub-unit) May to November 2005 | — | — | — |
As part of our work on the future Army structure (FAS), the previous Secretary of State for Defence announced on 16 December 2004, Official Report, column 1795–1800, that there would be a reduction in the number of Royal Armoured Corps and Infantry bands within the Army, and that the band...
As part of our work on the future Army structure (FAS), the previous Secretary of State for Defence announced on 16 December 2004, Official Report, column 1795–1800, that there would be a reduction in the number of Royal Armoured Corps and Infantry bands within the Army, and that the band...
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. As part of our work on the future Army structure (FAS), the previous Secretary of State for Defence announced on 16 December 2004 (Official Report, Commons, cols. 1795-1800) that...
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Adam Ingram) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. As part of our work on the future Army structure (FAS), the previous Secretary of State for Defence announced on 16 December 2004 (Official Report, Commons, cols. 1795-1800) that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) armoured regiments and (b) artillery regiments that have been deployed in Iraq in an infantry role since the end of hostilities; what the reasons for deployment in this role was in each case; and what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) armoured regiments and (b) artillery regiments that have been deployed in Iraq in an infantry role since the end of hostilities; what the reasons for deployment in this role was in each case; and what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are classified as long-term sick in (a) the Royal Artillery, (b) the Royal Engineers, (c) the Royal Armoured Corps, (d) the Infantry and (e) the Army Air Corps; and if he will make a statement. - Inc...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are classified as long-term sick in (a) the Royal Artillery, (b) the Royal Engineers, (c) the Royal Armoured Corps, (d) the Infantry and (e) the Army Air Corps; and if he will make a statement. - Inc...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Armoured Corps, (d) Royal Engineers and (e) Royal Signals units have had less than 12 months between tour intervals in the past five years. - I will write.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Armoured Corps, (d) Royal Engineers and (e) Royal Signals units have had less than 12 months between tour intervals in the past five years. - I will write.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Armoured Corps, (d) Royal Engineers and (e) Royal Signals units have not met their harmony guidelines in the past two years; which (a) Royal Navy vessels and (b) RAF squadrons have not met their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Armoured Corps, (d) Royal Engineers and (e) Royal Signals units have not met their harmony guidelines in the past two years; which (a) Royal Navy vessels and (b) RAF squadrons have not met their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength of the (i) Royal Corps of Signals, (ii) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (iii) Royal Armoured Corps was (A) in May 2000, (B) in May 2001, (C) in May 2002 and (D) on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment and (b) strength of the (i) Royal Corps of Signals, (ii) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (iii) Royal Armoured Corps was (A) in May 2000, (B) in May 2001, (C) in May 2002 and (D) on the...