User:Coldstreamer20/Archive/1989 British Army

This is the structure of the British Army in 1989. Units here will be shown for their responsibilities at the END of the year. Some units will be listed with their intended 1990 changes/roles/new units, etc. As stated by many former service members, the end of the Cold War was a shock, and not expected.

Preface
Units in bold are higher commands.

Units with the sub-tag of '(V)' indicates these are units of the Territorial Army (TA), or another-words part-time unit, these units will also be noticeable by being italicised.

All 5xx level signal troops have the same (rough) duty: they would remain at their location and support the unit in said brigade/formation and support them.

Stars - important officers/offices and almost all commands will have a star rank next to them, this indicates the rank of the individual commanding the unit, and thereby representing the size of said unit, see British Army officer rank insignia.


 * — Field Marshal (Chief of the General Staff)
 * — General (Army)
 * — Lieutenant General (Corps)
 * — Major General (Division)
 * — Brigadier (Brigade)
 * — Colonel (Group)
 * — Lieutenant Colonel (Battalion)

Army Department
Antony Beevor wrote in 1991 that the 'Army's own Cabinet' was the Army Board of the Defence Council. The Executive Committee of the Army Board was responsible for the 'detailed management of the Army.' It included the four military members of the Army Board, including the Chief of the General Staff, General Sir John Chapple in 1989, the Second Permanent Under Secretary, and the Assistant Chief of the General Staff, a major general. The Army Department consisted of four components: the General Staff, the Adjutant General's department, the Military Secretary's department, and the Quartermaster General's department.

All information below is provided by the September 1988 Staff Officer's Handbook. According to the handbook, as part of the "Army's Cabinet", many senior officers of the corps and areas were assigned. The below diagram is a much simplified version and does not show the large number of civilians who hold senior appointments in the Army Departments.


 * The Army Department (Principle Military Directorates)
 * Assistant General of the Defence Staff Operational Requirements (Land)
 * Director Army Plans and Programme, Brigadier Roger N. Wheeler (to May 1989) then Brigadier Peter J. Sheppard (from May 1989)
 * Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple
 * Assistant Chief of the General Staff, Major General Charles R. L. Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigbank (to September 1989) then Major General Richard H. Swinburn (from September 1989)
 * Director of Military Operations (Army), Brigadier Francis G. Sugden (April 1989) then Brigadier James C. M. Gordon (from April 1989)
 * Director of Command, Control, Communication and Information Systems (Army), Brigadier William J. P. Robins (from July 1989 to March 1992, unknown former commander)
 * Director General of Territorial Army and Organisation, Major General Charles A. Ramsay (to December 1989) then Major General D. Murray Naylor (from December 1989)
 * Director of General Training and Doctrine (Army), Major General Anthony J. G. Pollard (DGT&D reports to AG on individual training matters)
 * Adjutant-General to the Forces, General Sir Robert A. Pascoe
 * Director General of Army Manning and Recruiting, Major General Anthony B. Crowfoot (to February 1989) then Major General Patrick G. Brooking (from February 1989)
 * Director General of Personal Services (Army), Major General Patrick P. D. Stone
 * Director of Army Security
 * Quartermaster-General to the Forces, General Sir Charles Edward Webb Jone
 * Director General of Logistic Policy (Army), Major General Peter W. E. Istead
 * Director of Logistic Operations (Army), Brigadier Richard E. Barron (to November 1989) then Brigadier C. Roland S. Notley (from November 1989)

British Army of the Rhine
The British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the United Kingdom's main contribution to NATO. Headquartered at JHeadquarters Rheindahlen in West Germany and commanded by a General it consisted in peacetime of British I Corps and support troops. In the event of war with the Warsaw Pact the Commander-in-Chief of BAOR would have assumed command of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG), which was tasked with defending Northern Germany up to the river Elbe. BAOR was armed with tactical nuclear weapons and supported by Royal Air Force Germany.

During transition to war, the support units of BAOR would have formed the British Rear Combat Zone headquartered in Düsseldorf, which would have supplied the fighting forces and guarded the lines of communication within West Germany. Further West in Belgium was the British Communications Zone, which was headquartered in Emblem, outside Antwerp and tasked with receiving reinforcements and supplies from Great Britain and to co-ordinate their onward movement to 1 (BR) Corps.

On 27 November 1989 Peter Inge became the commander of NATO's Northern Army Group and Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine in Germany with the local rank of general; he succeeded General Brian Kenny.


 * Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine , at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * German Support Unit, BAOR
 * Headquarters British Rear Support Command, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Army Legal Corps (Germany)
 * 40th Army Engineer Support Group, Royal Engineers, at Kitchener Barracks, Willich
 * No. 12 Flight, Army Air Corps, at RAF Wildenrath (provides support to HQ BAOR)
 * Senior Claims Office North West Europe
 * British Communications Zone, at Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * Headquarters British Forces Antwerp, Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * 41 Security Section, Intelligence Corps, Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * REME Workshops, Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * Army Fire Services, Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * Ordnance Depot Antwerp, Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * British Army of the Rhine Rear Combat Zone
 * Headquarters British Rear Combat Zone, Caernavon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * Command Staff Inspection Team (Computer Science and Information Laboratory)
 * 20 Liaison Headquarters
 * 21 Liaison Headquarters
 * 23 Liaison Headquarters
 * 24 Liaison Headquarters
 * Royal Army Pay Corps, BAOR
 * 1st Garrison Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 3rd Garrison Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 4th Garrison Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 5th Garrison Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 6th Garrison Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 1st Rear Communications Zone Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 2nd Rear Communications Zone Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * Emblem Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps, at Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * 40 Area Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps, at Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * 32 Command Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps (to BAOR)
 * 222 Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps (to AFCEN)
 * Headquarters Intelligence and Security Group (Germany) – became 1st Military Intelligence Battalion in 1992
 * Commander, Headquarters Intelligence and Security Group (Germany), at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 2nd Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 3rd Intelligence and Security Company, Intelligence Corps, in Berlin
 * 4th Security Company, Intelligence Corps, at Rhine Centre, Düsseldorf
 * 5th Security Company, Intelligence Corps, in Hanover
 * 6th Intelligence Company (Photographic Intelligence), Intelligence Corps, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 7th Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps, in Bielefeld
 * 151 Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps
 * 152 Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps
 * Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, Intelligence Corps (Gütersloh), at RAF Gütersloh
 * Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre, Intelligence Corps (Gütersloh), at RAF Laarbruch
 * Joint Services Intelligence Office (Corps) (V), Intelligence Corps, in Bielefeld
 * Joint Services Intelligence Office (BSF) (V), Intelligence Corps, in Bielefeld
 * Commander Communications, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Communications, British Army of the Rhine, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Signal Works Service Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 4th Signal Group (BAOR)
 * Headquarters 4th Signal Group and Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 13th Signal Regiment (Radio), Royal Corps of Signals, at Mercury Barracks, Birgelen
 * 16th Signal Regiment (British Army of the Rhine), Royal Corps of Signals, at Bradbury Barracks, Krefeld
 * 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support), Royal Corps of Signals, at RAF Wildenrath
 * 608 Signal Troop (Cipher Equipment), Royal Corps of Signals, at Hilsea Barracks, Viersen
 * Northern Army Group Signal Support Group 
 * Headquarters NORTHAG Signal Support Group & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 28th Signal Regiment (Northern Army Group), Royal Corps of Signals, at Francisca Barracks, Tönisvorst
 * 227 (Air Forces Central) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Château Neercanne, Maastricht (to HQ AFCENT)
 * 228 Signal Squadron (Supreme Allied Headquarters Europe), Royal Corps of Signals, at Shappe Mons, Mons (to HQ SHAPE)
 * 641 Signal Troop (2nd Allied Tactical Air Force), Royal Corps of Signals, at the Joint Operations Centre, Maastricht (to HQ 2 ATF)
 * Commander Engineers, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Engineers, British Army of the Rhine, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 40th Army Engineer Support Group, Royal Engineers, at Kitchener Barracks, Willich
 * Mobile Civilian Engineering Group, in Krefeld
 * 14 Independent Topographic Squadron, Royal Engineers, at Roy Barracks, Ratingen
 * 516 Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol), Royal Engineers, at RAF Gütersloh
 * 522 Specialist Team (Works), Royal Engineers (V), in Willich
 * Survey Production Centre, Royal Engineers, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Commander Postal & Courier Service, Royal Engineers, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Postal & Courier Service, Royal Engineers, BAOR, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 3rd Postal and Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * Commander Transport & Movements, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Transport & Movements, BAOR, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 68 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport
 * 602 Transport Unit, Royal Corps of Transport, at Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * 2nd Transport Group, Royal Corps of Transport , at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * 604 Mobile Civilian Transport Group, Royal Corps of Transport, at Redesdale Barracks, Dortmund
 * 608 Mobile Civilian Transport Group, Royal Corps of Transport, at Ayrshire Barracks (Nordpark), Mönchengladbach (to 161 Ambulance Regt, RCT (V))
 * 626 Mobile Civilian Transport Group, Royal Corps of Transport, at Scotton Barracks, Düsseldorf (to 161 Ambulance Regt, RCT (V))
 * 38 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Wrexham Barracks, Mülheim an der Ruhr (to 163 Transport & Movements Regt, RCT (V))
 * 71 Movement Control Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * 79 Railway Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Ayrshire Barracks (South), Mönchengladbach – overseeing 17 Locomotives and 265 Waggons
 * 213 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (V)
 * 500 Mobile Movements Team, Royal Corps of Transport, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Joint Helicopter Support Unit (Germany), at RAF Gütersloh – 75% Army, 25% RAF personnel
 * Railway Liaison & Advisory Staff, Royal Corps of Transport, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Air Trooping Centre, Royal Corps of Transport, at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * Commander Supply, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Supply, BAOR, at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * 221 (British Army of the Rhine) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in Herford
 * 3rd Base Ammunition Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at RAF Brüggen
 * 17th Base Vehicle Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Communications Zone Ordnance Depot (Ordnance Depot Antwerp), at Emblem Camp, Antwerp
 * 15th Ordnance Group, Royal Army Ordnance Corps , at Tower Barracks, Dülmen
 * 4th Petrol Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in Everswinkel
 * 154th Forward Ammunition Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in Dorsten
 * Ordnance Services Viersen
 * Inventory Control Point British Army of the Rhine
 * Forward Stores Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Tower Barracks, Dülmen
 * Forward Vehicle Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * 171 (British Army of the Rhine) Vehicle Platoon, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V)
 * Forward Vehicle Depot Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Commander Labour Resource, British Army of the Rhine/Rear Combat Zone
 * Commander Labour Resource BAOR/RCZ, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 1st Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 3rd Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 4th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, in Dortmund
 * 5th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Preston Barracks, Recklinghausen
 * 6th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Marlborough Barracks, Brecht
 * Rheindahlen Security Force, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * Commander Maintenance, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Maintenance, BAOR, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * British Rear Combat Zone
 * 62 Rear Combat Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 64 Rear Combat Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Kitchener Barracks, Willich
 * 23rd Base Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in Wetter
 * 37th (Rhine) Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * British Communications Zone
 * 60 Communications Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in Olen
 * Commander Medical, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Medical, BAOR, at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * British Rear Combat Zone 
 * Commander Medical, Rear Combat Zone, at Caernarvon Barracks, Düsseldorf
 * 56 Burns Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 57 Burns Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 68 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 69 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 70 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 71 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 58 MaxFacial Surgery Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 372 MaxFacial Surgery Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 374 NeurolSurgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 375 NeurolSurgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 59 Opthalmic Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 376 Opthalmic Team, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 82 Field Medical Equipment Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 90 Medical Reception Station, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 335 (British Army of the Rhine) Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Mönchengladbach
 * 382 Field Medical Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 12th Dental Group (British Army of the Rhine), Royal Army Dental Corps , in Dortmund – to form 5 Mobile Dental Teams on mobilisation
 * British Military Hospital Iserlohn – becomes 31st General Hospital RAMC on mobilisation
 * British Military Hospital Münster
 * British Communications Zone
 * Commander Medical, CommZ, at Emblem Camp, Ranst
 * 391st Medical Reception Station, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 392nd Medical Reception Station, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Brunssum (to AFCENT)
 * Emblem Dental Centre, Royal Army Dental Corps, at Emblem Camp, Ranst
 * Commander Veterinary Royal Army Veterinary Corps, British Army of the Rhine
 * Commander Veterinary RAVC, BAOR, in Düsseldorf
 * British Army of the Rhine Defence animal Support Unit, Royal Army Veterinary Corps, in Paderborn
 * Training Establishments, British Army of the Rhine
 * Sonthofen Army Mountain Training Centre, in Sonthofen
 * Silberhutte Army Mountain Training Centre, in Sankt Andreasberg
 * Headquarters Soltau Training Area, in Schneverdingen
 * Headquarters Haltern Army Training Area, in Haltern am See
 * Senne Army Training Area, in Paderborn
 * Headquarters Senne Army Training Area
 * Sennelager Training Area
 * Headquarters Education Services, Rear Combat Zone, Royal Army Educational Corps
 * HQ Education Services RCZ RAEC, at Joint Headquarters Rheindahlen
 * 34 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Paderborn
 * 43 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Mülheim

I (British) Corps

 * Headquarters, I (British) Corps, at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * I (British) Corps Headquarters Defence Company, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * Headquarters Regiment I (British Corps), at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 14 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport
 * Commander Communications, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Communications, I (BR) Corps, at Reeth Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 7th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Maresfield Barracks, Herford
 * 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare), Royal Corps of Signals, at Taunton Barracks, Celle
 * 22nd Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Churchill Barracks, Lippstadt
 * Commander Royal Artillery, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Royal Artillery, I (British) Corps, at Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 1st Artillery Brigade, at Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 1st Artillery Brigade Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, at Catterick Barracks, Bielfeld
 * 5th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, at West Riding Barracks, Dortmund (12 x 175mm M107s)
 * 32nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Moore Barracks, Dortmund (12 x 175mm M107s)
 * 39th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager (8 x M109, 12 x 203mm M110s)
 * 50th Missile Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Northumberland Barracks, Menden (12 x Lance)
 * 8th Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Portsmouth Barracks, Münster
 * Headquarters, Air Defence Group , at Dortmund
 * 12th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Napier Barracks, Dortmund (24 x Tracked Rapiers and 24 x Towed Rapiers)
 * 22nd Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Napier Barracks, Dortmund (24 x Tracked Rapiers and 24 x Towed Rapiers)
 * Commander Royal Engineers, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Royal Engineers, I (BR) Corps, in Bielefeld
 * 211th Mobile Civilian Artisan Group, Royal Engineers, in Sennelager
 * 256th Mobile Civilian Artisan Group, Royal Engineers, at Chatham Barracks, Hanover
 * 23rd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Roberts Barracks, Osnabrück
 * 25th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Roberts Barracks, Osnabrück
 * 28th Amphibious Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Bindon Barracks, Hamelin
 * 32nd Armoured Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, in Verden an der Aller
 * 1st Postal & Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, in Hanover
 * 43 Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers, in Osnabruck (4 x Dozers)
 * 65 Corps Support Squadron, Royal Engineers, in Hamelin (20 x M2 Amphibious Rigs)
 * Corps Lighting Troop, Royal Engineers, in Herford
 * Commander Transport, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Transport, I (BR) Corps, in Bielefeld
 * 7th Tank Transporter Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Antwerp Barracks, Sennelager
 * 10th Corps Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Catterick Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 24th Transport and Movements Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Chatham Barracks, Hanover
 * 25th Transport and Movements Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Mossbank Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 14 Corps Support Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * Commander Supply, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps, at Rochdale Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 5th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Barker Barracks, Paderborn
 * 6th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Rochdale Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 2nd Aircraft Support Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Hobart Barracks, Detmold
 * Commander Labour Resources, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Labour Resources, I (BR) Corps, in Bielefeld
 * 8th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, in Lohheide
 * 9th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, in Minden
 * 10th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, in Bielefeld
 * 12th Pioneer Labour Support Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps, in Sennelager
 * Commander Maintenance, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Maintenance, I (BR) Corps, at Mossbank Barracks, Bielefeld
 * I (British) Corps Troops Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Mossbank Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 20th Electronic Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Mossbank Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 57th Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Barker Barracks, Paderborn
 * 58th Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Westminster Barracks, Minden
 * 61st Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in Dortmund
 * 63rd Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Langenhagen Barracks, Hanover
 * 71st Aircraft Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Hobart Barracks, Detmold
 * Commander Medical, I (British) Corps
 * Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps, in Bielefeld
 * 1st Dental Group (British Army of the Rhine), Royal Army Dental Corps, at Kerr Barracks, Herford
 * 2nd Dental Group (British Army of the Rhine), Royal Army Dental Corps, in Verden an der Aller
 * xx Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps
 * Medical Reception Station Hohne
 * Medical Reception Station Osnabrück
 * Medical Reception Station Sennelager
 * Defence Medical Equipment Depot British Army of the Rhine, in Bielefeld (becomes 83rd Field Medical Depot RAMC on mobilisation)
 * British Military Hospital Rinteln (becomes 21st Field Hospital RAMC on mobilisation)
 * British Military Hospital Hanover (becomes 32nd Field Hospital RAMC on mobilisation)
 * Provost Marshal, I (British) Corps
 * Provost Marshal, I (British) Corps, at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * 4th Regiment Royal Military Police, at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * Commander Aviation British Army of the Rhine I (BR) Corps – reports to HQ 1 BR Corps
 * 1st Regiment Army Air Corps (to 1st Armoured Division), at Tofrek Barracks, Hildesheim
 * 3rd Regiment Army Air Corps (to 3rd Armoured Division), at Salamanca Barracks, Soest
 * 4th Regiment Army Air Corps (to 4th Armoured Division), at Hobart Barracks, Detmold
 * No. 664 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at Saint George's Barracks, Minden (support to HQ I (BR) Corps)

1st Armoured Division

 * Headquarters, 1st Armoured Division, at Caithness Barracks, Verden an der Aller
 * 1st Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Caithness Barracks, Verden an der Aller
 * 1st Armoured Division Headquarters Defence & Employment Platoon, Royal Pioneer Corps, in Minden
 * Queen's Dragoon Guards, at Northampton Barracks, Wolfenbüttel
 * 21st Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Assaye Barracks, Nienburg
 * 1st Armoured Division Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Birdwood Barracks, Bünde
 * 1st Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Shiel Barracks, Verden an der Aller
 * 7th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in Osterheide (Large Workshop)
 * 12th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück (Small Workshop)
 * 1st Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Glynn Hughes Barracks, Hohne
 * 2nd Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Roberts Barracks (South), Hohne
 * 61 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Shiel Barracks, Verden an der Aller
 * 111 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Haig Barracks, Hohne
 * 115 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, in Vittoria Barracks, Werle
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 1st Armoured Division
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 1 Armd Div, in Verden an der Aller
 * 1st Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, in Haig Barracks, Hohne (24 x 105mm Abbots)
 * 4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Roberts Barracks, Osnabrück (24 x 155mm M109A1/A2)
 * 40th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Haig Barracks, Hohne (24 x 150mm M109A1/A2)
 * 10 (Assaye) Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery (36 x Spartans and 36 x Javelins)
 * Headquarters Education Services, 1st Armoured Division Royal Army Educational Corps
 * HQ Education Services, 1 Armd Div RAEC, in Verden an der Aller
 * 33 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, at Caithness Barracks, Verden an der Aller
 * 35 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, at Woolwich Barracks, Osnabrück
 * 39 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Celle
 * 42 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Hohne
 * 47 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Osterheide
 * 50 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Hildesheim

7th Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 7th Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 7th Armoured Brigade & 207 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Bournemouth Barracks, Soltau
 * Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys), at Lumsden Barracks, Bad Fallingbostel (Armoured, 36 x Challenger 1s)
 * 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, at Wessex Barracks, Bad Fallingbostel (Armoured, 36 x Challenger 1s)
 * 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), at Saint Barbara Barracks, Bad Fallingbostel (Armoured Infantry, 45 Warrior IFVs)

12th Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 12th Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 12th Armoured Brigade & 212 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Quebec Barracks, Osnabrück
 * 4th Royal Tank Regiment, at Imphal Barracks, Osnabrück (Armoured, 36 x Challenger 1s and 4 x CVRT Scorpions)
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers, at Belfast Barracks, Osnabrück (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s)
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, at Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s)

22nd Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 22nd Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 22nd Armoured Brigade & 201 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Campbell Barracks, Hohne
 * Queen's Own Hussars, at Caen Barracks, Hohne (Armoured, Challengers)
 * 1st Royal Tank Regiment, at Tofrek Barracks, Hildesheim (Armoured w/ Chieftain)
 * 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, at Campbell Barracks, Hohne (Mechanised w/ FV432s)
 * 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, at Trenchard Barracks, Celle (Mechanised w/ FV432s)

3rd Armoured Division

 * Headquarters, 3rd Armoured Division, at San Sebastian Barracks, Soest
 * Headquarters 3rd Armoured Division and Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at San Sebastian Barracks, Soest
 * 3rd Armoured Division Headquarters Defence and Employment Platoon, Royal Pioneer Corps, at San Sebastian Barracks, Soest
 * 26th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Corunna Barracks, Iserlohn
 * 3rd Armoured Division Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Glamorgan Barracks, Duisburg
 * 3rd Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Salamanca Barracks, Soest
 * 5th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Salamanca Barracks, Soest (Small Workshop)
 * 6th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Buller Barracks, Münster (Small Workshop)
 * 11th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Salamanca Barracks, Soest (Small Workshop)
 * 3rd Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Salamanca Barracks, Soest
 * 5th Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Oxford Barracks, Münster
 * 63 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps, at York Barracks, Münster
 * 110 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Normandy Barracks, Sennelager
 * 113 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Ripon Barracks, Bielefeld
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 3rd Armoured Division
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 3 Armd Div, at San Sebastian Barracks, Soest
 * 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, at Barker Barracks, Paderborn (24 x 105mm Abbots)
 * 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Waterloo Barracks, Münster (24 x 155mm M109A1/A2s)
 * 46 (Talevera) Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery (36 x Spartans and 36 x Javelins)
 * 49th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Churchill Barracks, Lippstadt (24 x 155mm M109A1/A2s)
 * Headquarters Education Services, 3rd Armoured Division, Royal Army Educational Corps
 * HQ Education Services, 3 Armd Div RAEC, at Normandy Barracks, Sennelager
 * 40 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Münster
 * 41 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Sennelager
 * 48 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Dortmund
 * 56 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Hemer
 * 57 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Gütersloh
 * 60 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Münster

4th Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 4th Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 4th Armoured Brigade & 204 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at York Barracks, Münster
 * 14th/20th King's Hussars, at York Barracks, Münster (Armoured w/ Challengers)
 * 17th/21st Lancers, at Swinton Barracks, Münster (Armoured w/ Challengers)
 * 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Oxford Barracks, Münster (Armoured Infantry w/ Warriors)

6th Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 6th Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 6th Armoured Brigade & 206 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Salamanca Barracks, Soest
 * 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, at Pensinular Barracks, Hemer (Armoured w/ Challengers)
 * Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), at Albuhera Barracks, Werl (Armoured Infantry w/ Warriors)
 * 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at Barossa Barracks, Hemer (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s)

33rd Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 33rd Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 33rd Armoured Brigade & 202 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Alabrooke Barracks, Paderborn
 * The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Royal Dragoons), at Athlone Barracks, Sennelager (Armoured w/ Challengers)
 * Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), at Buller Barracks, Münster (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432)
 * 1st Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, at Alanbrooke Barracks, Paderborn (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432)

4th Armoured Division
4th Armoured Division would be reinforced by the United Kingdom (Colchester)-based 19th Infantry Brigade.


 * Headquarters, 4th Armoured Division
 * Headquarters 4th Armoured Division & Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Hammersmith Barracks, Herford
 * 4th Armoured Division Headquarters Defence and Employment Platoon, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Hammersmith Barracks, Herford
 * 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, at Harewood Barracks, Herford (Armoured Reconnaissance w/ CVRTs)
 * 35th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Gordon Barracks, Hameln
 * 4th Armoured Division Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Saint George's Barracks, Minden (-1 Sqn in Colchester)
 * 4th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, in Herford (-1 Coy in Colchester)
 * 4th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Large Workshop)
 * 4th Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden
 * 64 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Minden
 * 114 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Hobart Barracks, Detmold
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Armoured Division
 * Commander Royal Artillery 4 Armd Div, in Herford
 * 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Ubique Barracks, Dortmund (24 x 105mm Abbots)
 * Headquarters Education Services, 4th Armoured Division, Royal Army Educational Corps
 * HQ Education Services 4 Armd Div RAEC, at Kerr Barracks, Herford
 * 36 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, in Detmold
 * 44 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, at Bindon Barracks, Hameln
 * 45 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, at Kerr Barracks, Herford
 * 49 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden
 * 51 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps, at Reeth Barracks, Bielefeld

11th Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 11th Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 11th Armoured Brigade & 211 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden
 * 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, at Barker Barracks, Paderborn (Armoured w/ Chieftains)
 * The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises's), at Elizabeth Barracks, Minden (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s)
 * 2nd Battalion, Queen's Regiment, at Clifton Barracks, Minden (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s)

20th Armoured Brigade

 * Headquarters, 20th Armoured Brigade
 * Headquarters 20th Armoured Brigade & 200 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Hobart Barracks, Detmold
 * 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, at Hobart Barracks, Detmold (Armoured w/ Chieftains)
 * 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, at Lothian Barracks, Detmold (Armoured w/ Chieftains)
 * 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers, at Belfast Barracks, Osnabrück (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s)

British Sector Berlin

 * Headquarters, British Sector Berlin
 * Berlin Headquarters and Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals
 * Berlin (West) Postal and Courier Troop, Royal Engineers
 * 62 (Berlin) Transport and Movement Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Alexander Barracks, Spandau
 * Ordnance Services Berlin, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at the Berlin Petroleum Depot
 * 14 Independent Pioneer Civilian Labour Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps
 * 14th (Berlin) Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Alexander Barracaks, Spandau
 * British Military Hospital Berlin
 * 2nd Regiment Royal Military Police
 * 46 (Army Education Services Berlin) Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps

Berlin Infantry Brigade

 * Headquarters, Berlin Infantry Brigade
 * Headquarters Berlin Infantry Brigade and 229 (Berlin) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
 * C Squadron, 14th/20th King's Hussars, at Smuts Barracks, Berlin (18 x Chieftains)
 * Irish Guards, at Wavell Barracks, Berlin (Light Infantry) – from December
 * 1st Battalion, King's Regiment, at Wavell Barracks, Berlin (Light Infantry)
 * 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry, at Brooks Barracks, Berlin (Light Infantry)
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, at Montgomery Barracks, Berlin (Light Infantry) – replaced BW in January 1989
 * 6 Troop, 46 (Talavera) Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery (6 x Javelins)
 * 38 (Berlin) Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, at Smuts Barracks, Berlin
 * No. 7 Flight, Army Air Corps, at RAF Gatow (3 x Gazelles)

United Kingdom Land Forces
Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces, General Sir Charles Huxtable

Headquarters United Kingdom Land Forces commanded nine military districts until the spring of 1991. These districts controlled the regular army brigades in the UK (inc 1st and 5th Brigades) and the predominantly TA regional brigades. In 1984–85, the nine districts were Eastern (19th and 54th (TA) Brigades), London (56th), North-East (2nd Infantry Division – 15th (TA), 24th Airmobile, and 49th (TA) Brigades), North-West District (42nd (TA) Brigade), Army in Scotland (51st (TA) and 52nd (TA) Brigades), South-Eastern District (2nd (TA) and 5th Airborne Brigades), South-West District (AMLF(L), 1st, and 43rd (TA) Brigades), Wales District (160th (TA) Brigade), and West Midlands District (143rd (TA) Brigade).

In December 1989, Headquarters UK Land Forces at Wilton directed field forces through a three-star's command, Commander UK Field Army, Lieutenant General Sir David Ramsbotham. Many of the units stationed in the United Kingdom were to move immediately to Germany to reinforce British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in case of war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. For administrative purposes these units were under command of brigade Headquarters based in the UK during peacetime. Such reinforcement units are indicated in the list below in italics followed by the higher command they were to reinforce in Germany in brackets.


 * Headquarters, United Kingdom Land Forces, at Erskine Barracks, Wilton
 * 22 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Erskine Barracks, Wilton – providing transport for HQ Land Forces
 * 7th Regiment Army Air Corps, at AAC Netheravon (provides AAC needs for HQ UK Land Forces)
 * No. 3 Flight, Army Air Corps, at Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe – independent until sometime in mid 1989, then join 7 Reg AAC
 * Commander, United Kingdom Electronic Warfare Troops  (Royal Corps of Signals command)
 * 602 Signal Troop (Special Communications), Royal Corps of Signals, at Stirling Lines, Hereford (under ADMIN of 14th Signal Regiment)
 * 640 Signal Troop (Electronic Warfare), Royal Corps of Signals, at Blandford Camp (under ADMIN of 30th Signal Regiment)
 * 657 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals

London District
London District comprising the County of London in addition to the barracks in Windsor.


 * Headquarters, London District, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * Headquarters London District & 238 (London) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * London District Light Aid Detachment, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Joint Services Intelligence Organisation, Intelligence Corps (V), in London (to HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany))
 * 22 Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps (V), in London (to HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany))
 * 20 Security Company, Intelligence Corps (V), in London (to HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany))
 * 21 Intelligence Company (Imagery Analysis), Intelligence Corps (V), in London (to HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany))
 * 24 Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps (V), in London (to HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany))
 * 605 Signal Troop (London District), Royal Corps of Signals, in London
 * 56 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Bethnal Green (to 4th Signal Group)
 * The Depot Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Garrison
 * Central Volunteer Headquarters, Royal Artillery, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Garrison
 * Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Garrison
 * Royal Artillery Display Troop
 * 135 Independent Topographical Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Ewell (to 42nd Survey Group, RE)
 * 20 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Regent's Park Barracks, London – providing transport to HQ London District and the Royal Family
 * 73 Ordnance Company (Petrol), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), in Romford (to 7th Ordnance Battalion)
 * 30th District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill
 * 217th (Eastern) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Walworth (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 308th (County of London) Evacuation Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, CommZ, BAOR)
 * Home Headquarters, Life Guards, at Horse Guards, London
 * Home Headquarters, Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), at Horse Guards, London
 * Home Headquarters, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, Regent's Park Barracks, London
 * Home Headquarters, Royal Tank Regiment, at Horseferry Road drill hall, London
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Artillery, at Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich Garrison
 * Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital Woolwich – becomes 30th General Hospital RAMC on mobilisation
 * Royal Military School of Music, at Kneller Hall, Twickenham
 * Headquarters, London Central Garrison, at Wellington Barracks, London
 * Regimental Headquarters, Grenadier Guards, at Wellington Barracks
 * Regimental Headquarters, Coldstream Guards, at Wellington Barracks
 * Regimental Headquarters, Scots Guards, at Wellington Barracks
 * Regimental Headquarters, Irish Guards, at Wellington Barracks
 * Regimental Headquarters, Welsh Guards, at Wellington Barracks
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, Tower Hamlets
 * Headquarters Defence Courier Service, Royal Engineers, at Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill
 * 12 Postal & Courier Squadron, Royal Engineers (to 1st PC Regt)
 * 15 Postal & Courier Squadron, Royal Engineers (to 1st PC Regt)
 * 34 Postal Courier Squadron (V) (to 3rd PC Regt)
 * 35 Postal Courier Squadron (V) (to 3rd PC Regt)
 * 36 Postal Courier Squadron (V) (to 3rd PC Regt)
 * 41 Postal Courier Squadron (V) (to 4th PC Regt)
 * 42 Postal Courier Squadron (V) (to 4th PC Regt)

12th (Volunteer) Signal Brigade
Within 72 hours of mobilisation the brigade would establish and operate telecommunication connections in the Rear Combat Zone and the Communications Zone, BAOR.


 * Headquarters, 12th (Volunteer) Signal Brigade, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * Headquarters 12th (Volunteer) Signal Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * 34th (Northern) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Middlesbrough
 * 36th (Eastern) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Wanstead
 * 40th (Ulster) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Belfast
 * 81 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Catterick Garrison

56th (London) Infantry Brigade
Brigade was formed in 1985 to control all of the public duties and home defence units in London District. Brigade designated for capital defence and augmentation to BAOR.
 * Headquarters, 56th (London) Infantry Brigade, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * Headquarters 56th (London) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, at Hyde Park Barracks, London
 * 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Caterham Barracks, Caterham (Public Duties) – deployed to Kenya in early part of the year
 * 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards, at Wellington Barracks, London (Public Duties) – deployed to West Belfast, Northern Ireland till January
 * 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, at Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow (Public Duties)
 * Welsh Guards, at Chelsea Barracks, London (Public Duties) – from April to October deployed to Belize
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets (V), in London (Mechanised Infantry w/ FV432s, to 12th Armoured Brigade)
 * H (Home Service Force) Company, in Davies Street, London
 * 8th Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers (V), in London – joint TA battalion between Queen's Regiment and Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Motorised Infantry, to 1st Artillery Brigade)
 * London University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, at Saint John's Wood Barracks, London (Public Duties ceremonial artillery, armed with QF 13-pounder guns)
 * The Honourable Artillery Company (V), at Finsbury Barracks, City of London (to 1st Artillery Brigade, observation posts)
 * A (Home Service Force) Company
 * B (Home Service Force) Company
 * 101st (London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Royal Engineers (V), in Catford (to Commander Engineers, BAOR)
 * 151st (Greater London) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Croydon (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)

South East District
South East District encompassing the following counties: Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire. Overseeing the LoC and Channel Tunnel.


 * Headquarters, South East District, at Duchess of Kent Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * Headquarters South East District & 251 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Duchess of Kent Barracks, Aldershot Garrison – squadron reformed in 1987
 * 47th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island (24 x 105mm Abbots) (to 4th Armoured Division)
 * 21 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery (36 x Spartans and 36 x Javelins) (x1 Troop to UKMF(L) and x1 Troop to 1st Inf Bde)
 * 33rd Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Royal Engineers, at Lodgehill Camp, Chattenden
 * 36th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Invicta Park Barracks, Maidstone
 * 42nd Survey Group, Royal Engineers, at Denison Barracks, Hermitage
 * Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Old Park Barracks, Dover
 * 11th Ordnance (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot
 * Royal Corps of Signals Detachment
 * 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, at Alexander Barracks, Aldergrove (Northern Ireland UK EOD Detachments)
 * 421 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (Reserve Shadow), at MoD Kineton
 * 521 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, at Catterick Garrison (Northern UK EOD Detachments)
 * 621 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, at MoD Kineton (Midlands UK EOD Detachments)
 * 721 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (South UK EOD Detachments)
 * 531 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (V) – formed 1988
 * 631 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (V) – formed 1988
 * 731 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company (V) – formed 1988
 * 1st Aircraft Support Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * 55 Ordnance Company (Ammunition), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), in Heston (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)
 * 74 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), in Portsmouth (to 7th Ordnance Battalion)
 * 93 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), in Hilsea (to 9th Ordnance Battalion)
 * 23rd Pioneer Group, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Saint David's Barracks, Bicester Garrison
 * 518 Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V), at Bicester Garrison (to Commander Labour Resources, I (BR) Corps)
 * 521 Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V), at Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot
 * 3rd Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Louisbourg Barracks, Bordon Camp
 * 9 Field Workshop Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), at Hilsea Barracks, Hilsea
 * 70th Aircraft Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at AAC Middle Wallop
 * 72nd Aircraft Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at AAC Middle Wallop
 * 43rd District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Aldershot Garrison
 * 44th District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Templer Barracks, Ashford
 * 32nd Base Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at MoD Bicester
 * 133 (Kent) Corps Troops Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), in Maidstone (to Commander Maintenance, I (BR) Corps)
 * 220th (1st Home Counties) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Maidstone (to 1st Armoured Division)
 * 266 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Maidstone (to 1st Armoured Division)
 * 160 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Provost Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * Royal School of Military Survey, at Denison Barracks, Hermitage
 * Mine Information and Training Centre (United Kingdom), at Gibraltar Barracks, Minley
 * Defence Diving School and Royal Engineers Diving Training Wing, at Horsea Island, Portsmouth (Joint Services)
 * Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) School, at Chattenden Military Camp (Joint Services)
 * Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot Garrison (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps) – becomes 33rd Field Hospital RAMC on mobilisation
 * Royal Army Ordnance Corps Apprentice College, at Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut
 * Royal Military Police Training Establishment, at Roussillon Barracks, Chichester
 * Army Apprentices College, Arborfield
 * Home Headquarters, Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own), at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester
 * Regimental Headquarters, Queen's Regiment, at Howe Barracks, Canterbury
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Hampshire Regiment, at Sir John Moore Barracks, Winchester
 * Regimental Headquarters, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury
 * Regimental Headquarters, Parachute Regiment, at Browning Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Green Jackets, at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester
 * Parachute Regiment Group (V) , at Arnhem Barracks, Aldershot Garrison (to 1st Armoured Division)
 * Headquarters Parachute Regiment Group & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Parachute Regiment (V), in Pudsey
 * 10th (Volunteer) Battalion, Parachute Regiment (V), at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * No. 5 (Home Service Force) Company, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * 15th (Scottish Volunteer) Battalion, Parachute Regiment (V), in Glasgow
 * Special Air Service Group (V) , at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island
 * Headquarters Special Air Service Group & 63 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island
 * 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles), at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * 23rd Special Air Service Regiment, in Birmingham
 * No. 1 Postal Courier Group, Royal Engineers (V)
 * Headquarters No. 1 Postal Courier Group, Royal Engineers (V), at Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill
 * 5th Postal Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers (V)
 * 6th Postal Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers (V)
 * 7th Postal Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers (V)
 * 8th Postal Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers (V)
 * 3rd Transport Group (Lines of Communications) and Headquarters Solent Station, at McMullen Barracks, Marchwood
 * Headquarters 3rd Transport Group (Lines of Communications)
 * 17th Port and Maritime Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at McMullen Barracks, Marchwood
 * 20th Maritime Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Saint George's Barracks, Gosport
 * Headquarters Solent Station
 * Central Volunteer Headquarters, Royal Engineers (V), at Minley Manor, Camberley (all TA)
 * 501 Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol), Royal Engineers (V) (to RAF Brüggen and RAF Wildenrath)
 * 503 Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol), Royal Engineers (V) (to RAF Laarbruch)
 * 520 Specialist Team (Well Drilling), Royal Engineers (V) (to Commander Engineers, BAOR)
 * 521 Specialist Team (Well Drilling), Royal Engineers (V) (to Commander Engineers, BAOR)
 * 411 Independent Combat Plant Troop, Royal Engineers (V) (to HQ AFCENT)
 * Headquarters Royal Corps of Transport, at Buller Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * Royal Corps of Transport Depot
 * Training Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport
 * Headquarters Royal Army Ordnance Corps (TA), at Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut
 * 7th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V) (HQ only)
 * 54 Ordnance Company (Ammunition), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V) (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)
 * 71 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V) (to 7th Ordnance Battalion)
 * 435 Vehicle Platoon, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V) (to Forward Vehicle Depot, 15th Ordnance Group)
 * 535 Vehicle Platoon, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V) (to Forward Vehicle Depot, 15th Ordnance Group)
 * 635 Vehicle Platoon, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V) (to Forward Vehicle Depot, 15th Ordnance Group)
 * 701 Petrol Platoon, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (to 15th Ordnance Group)
 * Headquarters Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (TA), at Bordon Army Camp
 * 215 Recovery Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 224 Reclamation Platoon, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Rear Combat Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 201 Support Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 207 Support Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Rear Combat Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 209 Support Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Rear Combat Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 218 Support Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 219 Support Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 211 Rear Combat Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Rear Combat Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 218 Port Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 219 Port Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 280 NATO Headquarters Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR -> HQ SHAPE)
 * 281 NATO Headquarters Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR -> HQ AFCENT)
 * 282 NATO Headquarters Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V) (to British Communications Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR -> HQ NORTHAG)
 * Headquarters Army Medical Services, at Aldershot Garrison
 * 306th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, CommZ, BAOR)
 * 330 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 331 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 332 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 333 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 334 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 335 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 336 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 337 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 338 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 339 Ambulance Train Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 261 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 260 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, CommZ, BAOR)
 * 263 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 264 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 265 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 267 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 268 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 269 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 270 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 272 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 273 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 275 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 277 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 279 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 281 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 283 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 62 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 65 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 66 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 67 Field Psychiatric Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 368 Burns Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 351 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 352 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 353 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 354 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 355 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 356 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 357 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 358 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 359 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 360 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 361 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 362 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 363 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 357 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical RCZ, BAOR)
 * 364 Field Surgical Team, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, RCZ, BAOR)
 * 381st Field Medical Equipment Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps (V) (to Commander Medical, CommZ, BAOR)
 * Joint Services School of Intelligence, at Templer Barracks, Ashford
 * Joint Services Interrogation Wing
 * Royal Corps of Signals Detachment
 * United Kingdom Intelligence Centre
 * Headquarters, Intelligence Corps
 * Intelligence Corps Depot
 * Royal School of Military Engineering , at Brompton Barracks, Chatham
 * 1st Training Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Gibraltar Barracks, Camberley
 * 3rd Training Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Gibraltar Barracks, Camberley
 * School of Army Aviation, Middle Wallop
 * No. 667 Squadron, Army Air Corps – reformed in September 1989
 * No. 670 Squadron, Army Air Corps – reformed in 1989
 * No. 671 Squadron, Army Air Corps – formed in 1986

2nd (South East) Infantry Brigade
2nd Infantry Brigade encompassing the counties of Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire. Overseeing the LoC and Channel Tunnel in addition the South East ports.


 * Headquarters, 2nd (South East) Infantry Brigade, at Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe Army Camp
 * Headquarters 2nd Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe Army Camp
 * 2nd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, at Connaught Barracks, Dover (Mechanised Infantry) (to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security )
 * 598 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Queen's Regiment (V), in Canterbury (Motorised Infantry, to 20th Armoured Brigade)
 * 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, Queen's Regiment (V), in Horsham (Home Defence)
 * 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Green Jackets (V), in Oxford (Motorised Infantry, to HQ I (BR) Corps for defence) – formed in 1986
 * I (Home Service Force) Company, in Oxford, High Wycombe, Aylesbury, and Milton Keynes
 * 2nd Battalion, Wessex Regiment (V), at Brock Barracks, Reading (Home Defence)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Reading, Maidenhead, Winchester, and Portsmouth
 * Oxford University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Southampton University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 69 Gurkha Independent Field Squadron, Queen's Gurkha Engineers, at Kitchener Barracks, Chatham

5th Airborne Brigade
The 5th Airborne Brigade was the UK's only Airborne formation and could be assigned to reinforce any NATO command or act independently, as the situation required. From the mid-1980s the three TA Para battalions were tasked with an independent BAOR-oriented mission in the event of war with the Warsaw PACT. In 1989 this organisation was formalised as a special brigade with the title 'Parachute Regiment Group. See this group South East District.


 * Headquarters, 5th Airborne Brigade, at Arnhem Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * Headquarters 5th Airborne Brigade & 216 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Arnhem Barracks, Aldershot Garrison
 * 614 Signal Troop (Tactical Air Control Party (Forward Communications)), Royal Corps of Signals, at Aldershot Garrison
 * Life Guards, at Combermere Barracks, Windsor (Armoured Reconnaissance w/ CVRTs)
 * B Squadron (to 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines)
 * C Squadron (to provide protection for key Government and Royal Family personnel) (Wheeled Recce w/ 6 x Fox Armoured Cars )
 * 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment, at Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot Garrison (Parachute Infantry)
 * 566 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, at Normandy Barracks, Aldershot Garrison (Parachute Infantry)
 * 565 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at Connaught Barracks, Dover (Light Infantry)
 * 567 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 1st Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham (Light Infantry – trained in parachute tactics)
 * Gurkha Infantry Battalion Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, at Lille Barracks, Aldershot Garrison (12 x 105mm Light Guns)
 * P Troop (6 x Blowpipes)
 * 9 Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers, at Haig Lines, Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham
 * 5th Airborne Brigade Logistics Battalion, at Aldershot Garrison (joint RCT, RPC, RAOC, and REME unit)
 * 82 (Parachute) Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * 10th Airborne Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Louisbourg Barracks, Bordon Camp
 * 16th Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Aldershot Garrison
 * 23rd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Aldershot Garrison
 * No. 658 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at AAC Netheravon (under admin of 7 Regiment AAC, 3 x Gazelles and 3 x Lynx)

Eastern District
Eastern District encompassing the following counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Suffolk.


 * Headquarters, Eastern District, at Colchester Garrison
 * Headquarters Eastern District & 239 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Colchester Garrison
 * 414 Tank Transporter Unit, Royal Corps of Transport, in Bedford (to 2nd Transport Group RCT)
 * 36th District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Colchester Garrison
 * 35th Base Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Old Dalby Depot, Old Dalby
 * 118 Recovery Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), in Northampton (to British Rear Combat Zone, Commander Maintenance BAOR)
 * 221st (Surrey) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Kingston upon Thames (to 3rd Armoured Division)
 * 222nd (East Midlands) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Leicester (to 4th Armoured Division)
 * Home Headquarters, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), at Wigston, Leicester
 * Home Headquarters, 17th/21st Lancers, at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham
 * Central Ordnance Depot Chilwell (RAOC), at Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Anglian Regiment, at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury Saint Edmunds
 * Headquarters Royal Corps of Transport (TA), at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham
 * British Rear Support Command Liaison & Movements Staff, Royal Corps of Transport (V) (to 2nd Transport Group RCT)
 * 287 Movement Control Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (V) (to 1st Infantry Brigade)
 * 19th (Southern) Supply Group
 * 160th Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V) (to 2nd Transport Group RCT)
 * 161st Ambulance Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V) (to 2nd Transport Group RCT)
 * 162nd Movement Control Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V) (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)
 * 163rd Transport and Movement Control Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V) (to 2nd Transport Group RCT)
 * 275 Railway Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport (V)
 * Headquarters Royal Pioneer Corps, at Simpson Barracks, Wootton
 * Royal Pioneer Corps Training Centre
 * 68 Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V) (to Commander Labour Resource BAOR/RCZ)
 * 79 Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V) (to Commander Labour Resources, I (BR) Corps)
 * 187 (Tancred) Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V) (to Commander Labour Resources, I (BR) Corps)
 * 2nd Pioneer Civilian Labour Unit, Royal Pioneer Corps (V) (to Commander Labour Resource BAOR/RCZ)
 * Defence Animal Centre, in Melton Mowbray
 * Defence Animal Training Regiment, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
 * Rear Combat Zone Defence Animal Support Unit, Royal Army Veterinary Corps (V) (to Commander Veterinary RAVC BAOR)

19th Infantry Brigade
19th Infantry Brigade would move to Germany and join the 4th Armoured Division in event of mobilisation, along with the 2 field artillery regiments based on Thorney Island.


 * Headquarters, 19th Infantry Brigade, at Goojerat Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * Headquarters 19th Infantry Brigade & 209 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Goojerat Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * 82 Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps, at Kirkee Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales' Own), at Bhurtpore Barracks, Tidworth Camp
 * B Squadron (at School of Infantry)
 * C Squadron (to 1st Infantry Brigade)
 * 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment, at Meeanee Barracks, Colchester Garrison (Mechanised Infantry w/ Saxons)
 * 562 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, at Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester Garrison (Mechanised Infantry w/ Saxons)
 * 563 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, at Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester Garrison (Mechanised Infantry w/ Saxons)
 * 564 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 45th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Kirkee Barracks, Colchester Garrison (18 x 155mm FH70)
 * Troop, 21 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Air Defence Battery, Royal Artillery, at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island
 * 34 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, at RAF Waterbeach
 * 1 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Goojerat Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * 42 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Colchester Garrison
 * 19 (Airportable) Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at McMunn Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * 8th Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at McMunn Barracks, Colchester Garrison (Small)
 * 19th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Goojerat Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * 156 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Goojerat Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * No. 657 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at Kirkee Barracks, Colchester Garrison (under admin of 4 Regiment AAC)
 * No. 657 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at Kirkee Barracks, Colchester Garrison (under admin of 4 Regiment AAC)

54th (East Anglian) Infantry Brigade
Tasked with home defence, guarding the Eastern and North Eastern Ports.


 * Headquarters, 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Brigade, at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury Saint Edmunds
 * Headquarters 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury Saint Edmunds
 * Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), at Oakington Barracks, Oakington (Mechanised Infantry w/ Saxons) – from February
 * 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (V), in Bury Saint Edmunds (Light Infantry)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Bedford
 * F (Home Service Force) Company, in Norwich
 * 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (V), in Newark-on-Trent (Light Infantry)
 * F (Nottinghamshire Home Service Force) Company, in Worksop, Mansfield, and Nottingham
 * G (Derbyshire Home Service Force) Company, in Derby and Chesterfield
 * 3rd Battalion (West Yorkshire), Yorkshire Volunteers (V), in Huddersfield (Light Infantry)
 * H (Home Service Force) Company, in Huddersfield
 * 4th Battalion (South Yorkshire), Yorkshire Volunteers (V), in Sheffield (Light Infantry) – formed in 1988
 * H (York and Lancaster Regiment) (Home Service Force) Company, in Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Barnsley

161st (East Anglia) Infantry Brigade
According to the 1991 Master Order of Battle, the 161st Bde was a cadre formation overseeing the regional units based in East Anglia. On mobilisation this brigade would be tasked with home defence, while the 2nd Division left for Germany.


 * Headquarters, 161st (East Anglian) Infantry Brigade
 * 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), at Carver Barracks, Wimbish (to 3rd Armoured Division) (Armoured Reconnaissance w/ CVRT)
 * Cambridge University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * East Midlands University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Napier Barracks, Kirton in Lindsey (36 x Tracked Rapiers, to 1st Art Bde)

12th (Air Support) Engineer Brigade

 * Headquarters, 12th (Air Support) Engineer Brigade, at RAF Waterbeach
 * Headquarters 12th (Air Support) Engineer Brigade, at RAF Waterbeach
 * 39th Engineer Regiment (Airfield Damage Repair), Royal Engineers, at RAF Waterbeach (to Commander Engineers, BAOR)
 * 212 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Wattisham
 * 216 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Marham
 * 218 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Brize Norton
 * 219 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Coningsby
 * 234 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Leeming
 * 236 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Kinloss
 * 237 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Lossiemouth
 * 267 Airfield Damage Repair Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), at RAF Waddington
 * 529 Specialist Team (Air Support), Royal Engineers
 * Military Works Force – Force existed to provide specialist engineering services.
 * Headquarters, Military Works Force, at Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell
 * 62 Chief Royal Engineers (Works)
 * 63 Chief Royal Engineers (Works)
 * 64 Chief Royal Engineers (Works)
 * 65 Chief Royal Engineers (Works) (V)

South West District
South West District encompassing the following counties: Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, City and County of Bristol, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire.


 * Headquarters, South West District, at Ward Barracks, Bulford Camp
 * Headquarters South West District & 243 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Ward Barracks, Bulford Camp
 * 94th Locating Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Roberts Barracks, Larkhill Garrison (to 1st Artillery Brigade)
 * 5 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Field Battery, Royal Artillery (6 x 105mm Light Guns, to AMF(L))
 * 266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Observation Post Battery, Royal Artillery (V), in Bristol (to 1st Artillery Brigade)
 * 2nd Postal Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney
 * 27th Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Ward Barracks, Bulford Camp
 * 29th Transport and Movement Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney
 * 47 Air Despatch Squadron
 * 302 (Home Service Force) Squadron
 * 302 (Home Service Force) Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, at Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney
 * Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport/Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Azimghur Barracks, Colerne
 * 9th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham – formed in 1988
 * 90 Ordnance Company, at Tidworth Camp (to 1st Infantry Brigade)
 * 91 Ordnance Company (to UKMF(L))
 * 92 Ordnance Company (Regular Shadow), at Hilsea Barracks, Portsmouth
 * Headquarters Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at RAF Andover
 * 47 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at West Moors Camp, West Moors
 * Petroleum Centre, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at West Moors Camp, West Moors
 * 27th District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster Garrison
 * 211th (Wessex) Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Barnstaple (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 219th (Wessex) Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Keynsham (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * Headquarters, Director Royal Armoured Corps
 * Regimental Headquarters, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter
 * Regimental Headquarters, Gloucestershire Regiment, at Custom House, Gloucester
 * Royal Armoured Corps Centre, at Bovington Garrison
 * Royal Armoured Corps Centre Regiment
 * C & D Squadrons, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
 * 18th Base Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
 * Armoured Trials & Development Unit, Royal Armoured Corps
 * Royal School of Artillery and Headquarters Larkhill Garrison , at Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill Garrison
 * Royal Artillery Depot
 * 14th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Stirling Barracks, Larkhill Garrison
 * School of Infantry, at Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster Garrison
 * 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales, at Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster Garrison (Infantry Demonstration Bn)
 * 594 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals

2nd Signal Brigade
2nd Signal Brigade oversaw all communications based on the home front in the UK, all communications for overseas (except West Germany), and provided communications for HQ Land Forces.
 * Headquarters, 2nd Signal Brigade, at Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham
 * Headquarters and Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Basil Hill Barracks, Corsham
 * 32nd (Scottish) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Glasgow
 * 37th (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Bristol
 * 38th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Sheffield
 * 39th (City of London) Signal Regiment (Special Communications), Royal Corps of Signals (V), in City of London
 * 71st (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Bexleyheath
 * 348 (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (Home Service Force) – formed in 1987
 * 244 Signal Squadron (Air Support), Royal Corps of Signals, at RAF Brize Norton – provides static communications for UK-based RAF bases
 * National Defence Communications
 * Headquarters, Communications and Security Group (United Kingdom), at Imjin Barracks, Innsworth
 * No. 4 Communications Company (Royal Corps of Signals), at Imjin Barracks, Innsworth

Allied Mobile Force (Land)

 * British Element, Allied Mobile Force (Land)
 * 249 Signal Squadron (Allied Mobile Force (Land)), Royal Corps of Signals, at Ward Barracks, Bulford Camp
 * 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at Picton Barracks, Bulford Camp (Motorised Infantry)
 * Allied Mobile Force (Land) Logistic Support Battalion, at Bulford Camp
 * 263 (A) Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps
 * 42 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport
 * 50 Movement Control Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport
 * Allied Mobile Force (Land) Supply Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes
 * Allied Mobile Force (Land) Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * No. 2 Flight, Army Air Corps, at AAC Netheravon (under admin of 7 Regiment AAC, 2 x Gazelles)

1st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom Mobile Force)

 * Headquarters, 1st Infantry Brigade & Headquarters United Kingdom Mobile Force, at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth Camp
 * Headquarters 1st Infantry Brigade & 215 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth Camp
 * 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), at Assaye Barracks, Tidworth Camp (Armoured Reconnaissance w/ CVRTs)
 * 1st Battalion, Queen's Regiment, at Mooltan Barracks, Tidworth Camp (Mechanised w/ Saxons)
 * 1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, at Kiwi Barracks, Bulford Camp (Mechanised w/ Saxons) – deployed to South Armagh, Northern Ireland from April–August
 * 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry, at Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth Camp (Mechanised w/ Saxons)
 * 26th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island (24 x 105mm Abbots)
 * 43 Air Defence Battery (Lloyd's Company), Royal Artillery (36 x Spartans and 36 x Javelins)
 * 22nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Swinton Barracks, Perham Down
 * 52 Field Squadron (Construction), at RAF Brüggen
 * 158 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Gordon Barracks, Bulford Camp

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Brigade
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Brigade encompassing the following counties: Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Somersetshire, City and County of Bristol, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire. If mobilised, the battalion would provide a mobile defence for the UK.


 * Headquarters, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Brigade, at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter
 * Headquarters 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter
 * Royal Wessex Yeomanry (V), in Cirencester (40 x Land Rovers)
 * E (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) (Home Service Force) Squadron, in Old Sarum, Salisbury
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion (1st Rifle Volunteers), Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (V), at Wyvern Barracks, Exeter (Home Defence) – formed in 1987
 * G (Home Service Force) Company, in Plymouth
 * 6th (Somerset and Cornwall) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V), in Bath (Home Defence)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Bath
 * F (Home Service Force) Company, in Truro
 * 1st Battalion (Rifle Volunteers), Wessex Regiment (V), in Devizes (Light Infantry, to 1st Infantry Brigade)
 * Exeter University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Bristol University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 155th (Wessex) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), at Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton

2nd Infantry Division and North East District
2nd Infantry Division and North East District covering Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire.


 * Headquarters, North East District , at Imphal Barracks, York
 * 31st District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Catterick Garrison
 * 41st District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Strensall
 * 124 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Recovery Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), in Newton Aycliffe (to Commander Maintenance, I (BR) Corps)
 * 201st (Northern) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Newton Aycliffe (to Commander Medical RCZ)
 * 212th (Yorkshire) Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Sheffield (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 223rd (Durham) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Newton Aycliffe (to 4th Armoured Division)
 * 252 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (V), in Stockton-on-Tees (to 3rd Regiment RMP, Provost Marshall BOAR)
 * Duchess of Kent's Military Hospital, at Catterick Garrison – becomes 34th Evacuation Hospital RAMC on mobilisation
 * School of Transport, at Normandy Barracks, Leconfield
 * Army Apprentices College, Harrogate
 * Home Headquarters, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, at Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne
 * Regimental Headquarters, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), at Richmond Castle, Richmond
 * Regimental Headquarters, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), at Wellesley Barracks, Halifax
 * School of Signals , at Vimy Lines, Catterick Garrison
 * Royal Corps of Signals Training Centre, at Army Barracks, Scarborough
 * Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
 * Training Group, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 8th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Vimy Lines, Catterick Garrison
 * 11th Signal Regiment (Depot), Royal Corps of Signals, at Helles Barracks, Catterick Garrison
 * Headquarters, York Garrison, at Imphal Barracks, York
 * Home Headquarters, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, at Tower Street drill hall, York
 * Home Headquarters, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), at Tower Street drill hall, York
 * Regimental Headquarters, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, at Imphal Barracks, York

146th (North East) Infantry Brigade
According to the 1991 Master Order of Battle, the 146th Bde was a cadre HQ formation overseeing the regional units based in the North East. On mobilisation this brigade would be tasked with home defence, while the 2nd Division left for Germany.


 * Headquarters, 146th (North East) Infantry Brigade
 * Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment, at Cambrai Barracks, Catterick Garrison
 * A & B Squadrons, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
 * Northumbrian Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Leeds Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Sheffield Officers' Training Corps (V)

29th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade

 * Headquarters, 29th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade, in Newcastle upon Tyne
 * Headquarters 29th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Newcastle upon Tyne
 * 71st (Scottish) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), in Glasgow
 * 72nd (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), in Gateshead
 * 73rd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), in Nottingham
 * 105 (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Newcastle upon Tyne
 * 117 (Highland) Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Dundee
 * 873 Movement Light Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Sudbury
 * 29th Engineer Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), in Newcastle upon Tyne

2nd Infantry Division

 * Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Division and North East District, at Imphal Barracks, York
 * Headquarters 2nd Infantry Division and Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals, at Imphal Barracks, York
 * 85 Intelligence Section, Intelligence Corps, at Imphal Barracks, York
 * 656 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Churchill Barracks, Lippstadt
 * 2nd Infantry Division Headquarters Defence and Employment Platoon, Royal Pioneer Corps, at Imphal Barracks, York
 * 38th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, at Claro Barracks, Ripon
 * 2nd Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Catterick Garrison
 * 60 Transport Squadron (V), in Catterick Garrison
 * 212 Ambulance Squadron (V), in Dundee
 * 2nd Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), at Catterick Garrison
 * 22 Ordnance Company (V), in Middlesbrough
 * 23 Ordnance Company (V), in Leeds
 * 15th Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Catterick Garrison (Small Workshop)
 * 250th (Hull) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Kingston upon Hull
 * 251st (Sunderland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Sunderland
 * 254th (City of Cambridge) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Cambridge
 * 278 Medical Platoon, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Catterick Garrison
 * 150 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Catterick Garrison
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division
 * Commander Royal Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division, at Imphal Barracks, York
 * 27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe (24 x 155mm FH70)
 * 100th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), in London (24 x 105mm Light Guns)
 * 101st (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), in Newcastle upon Tyne (24 x 105mm Light Guns)
 * 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), in Liverpool (64 x Javelins)

15th (North East) Infantry Brigade
15th (North East) Infantry Brigade encompassing the following counties: orthumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire.


 * Headquarters, 15th (North East) Infantry Brigade, at Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe
 * Headquarters 15th (North East) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe
 * Queen's Own Yeomanry (V), at Fenham Barracks, Newcastle upon Tyne (40 x Fox Armoured Cars and 8 x Spartans)
 * 1st Battalion (Cleveland), Yorkshire Volunteers (V), in York (Motorised Infantry)
 * 2nd Battalion (Yorkshire and Humberside), Yorkshire Volunteers (V), in York (Motorised Infantry)
 * H (Home Service Force) Company, in York
 * 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (V), in Newcastle upon Tyne (Motorised Infantry)
 * Saint Lucia (Home Service Force) Company, in Newcastle upon Tyne
 * 7th (Durham) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V), in Durham (Motorised Infantry)
 * E (home Service Force) Company, in Bishop Auckland, Horden, and Washington
 * 8th (Yorkshire) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V), in Wakefield
 * 269 (West Riding) Observation Post Battery, Royal Artillery (V), in Leeds (to 1st Artillery Brigade)
 * 150th (Northumbrian) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Kingston upon Hull (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)

24th Airmobile Brigade
All battalions in the 24th Airmobile Bde were allocated a signal troop from the Royal Corps of Signals, which would remain at their location and support the unit when it was deployed to the station and brigade.
 * Headquarters, 24th Airmobile Brigade, at Catterick Garrison
 * Headquarters 24th Airmobile Brigade & 210 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Catterick Garrison
 * The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), at Somme Barracks, Catterick Garrison (Airmobile Infantry)
 * 586 Signal Troop (Airmobile), Royal Corps of Signals
 * Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, at Bourlon Barracks, Catterick Garrison (Airmobile Infantry)
 * 3rd Battalion, The Light Infantry, at Weeton Barracks, Blackpool (Mechanised Infantry w/ Saxons) – conversion to Airmobile Infantry halted in 1988
 * 568 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 51 Field Squadron (Airmobile), Royal Engineers, at Claro Barracks, Ripon (under Admin of 38 Engineer Regt)
 * 24 (Airmobile) Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at Catterick Garrison (admin under 2 Ordnance Bn)
 * 19th Airmobile Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, at Goojerat Barracks, Colchester Garrison
 * 9th Regiment Army Air Corps, at Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe – reformed in 1988 to support 24 Airmobile Brigade

49th (Eastern) Infantry Brigade

 * Headquarters, 49th (Eastern) Infantry Brigade, at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds
 * Headquarters 49th (Eastern) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Gibraltar Barracks, Bury Saint Edmunds
 * Royal Yeomanry (V), in London (40 x Fox Armoured Cars and 8 x Spartans)
 * Band of the Royal Yeomanry (Inns of Courts & City Yeomanry)
 * 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) (V), in Wolverhampton (Motorised Infantry) – formed in 1988
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, unknown location/s
 * 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (V), in Coventry (Motorised Infantry)
 * G (Home Service Force) Company, in Coventry
 * 5th (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V), in Shrewsbury (Motorised Infantry)
 * 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (V), in Peterborough (Motorised Infantry)
 * 7th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (V), in Leicester (Motorised Infantry)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Leicester and Lincoln
 * 307 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry, Royal Horse Artillery) Observation Post Battery, Royal Artillery (V), in Nottingham (to 1st Artillery Brigade)

North West District
North West District encompassing the following counties: Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire.


 * Headquarters, North West District, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston
 * 55 (Merseyside) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Liverpool (82 man detachments to support forces of BAOR)
 * 42nd District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Brigadier Philip Toosy Barracks, Liverpool
 * 207th (Manchester) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Blackburn (to Commander Medical BOAR)
 * 208th (Liverpool) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Liverpool (to Commander Medical BOAR)
 * 307th (Liverpool) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Liverpool (to Commander Medical BOAR)
 * Home Headquarters, 14th/20th King's Hussars, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston
 * Regimental Headquarters, King's Own Royal Border Regiment, at Carlisle Castle, Carlisle
 * Regimental Headquarters, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, at Fulwood Barracks, Preston
 * Headquarters, Cheshire Garrison, at Chester Castle
 * Home Headquarters, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, at Chester Castle
 * Regimental Headquarters, Cheshire Regiment, at Chester Castle
 * Headquarters, Merseyside Garrison
 * Regimental Headquarters, King's Regiment, at Townsend Avenue drill hall, Liverpool

11th (Volunteer) Signal Brigade

 * Headquarters, 11th (Volunteer) Signal Brigade, in Liverpool
 * Headquarters 11th (Volunteer) Signal Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Liverpool
 * 31st (Greater London) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Hammersmith
 * 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Huyton
 * 35th (South Midland) Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (V), in Sutton Coldfield

42nd (North West) Infantry Brigade
42nd (North West) Infantry Brigade encompassing the following counties: Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire.


 * Headquarters, 42nd (North West) Infantry Brigade, at Chester Castle
 * Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (V), in Chorley (40 x Fox Armoured Cars and 8 x Spartans, to 2nd Inf Bde)
 * C (Home Service Force) Squadron, in Chorley
 * 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, at Dale Barracks, Cheshire Garrison (Light Infantry)
 * x1 Coy deployed to Falklands
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, King's Own Royal Border Regiment (V), at Alexandra Barracks, Lancaster (Home Defence)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Lancaster, Kendal, and Carlisle
 * 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (V), in Runcorn (Motorised Infantry, to Commander Communications, I (BR) Corps) – formed in 1988
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Queen's Lancashire Regiment (V), at Kimberley Barracks, Preston (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion, King's Regiment (V), at Peninsula Barracks, Warrington (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Liverpool and Manchester
 * Liverpool University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Manchester and Salford University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 156th (Merseyside and Greater Manchester) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Liverpool (to 2nd Transport Group RCT)

Western District
Western District encompassing the following counties: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire.


 * Headquarters, Western District, at Venning Barracks, Donnington
 * Headquarters West Midlands District & 241 (Western) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Venning Barracks, Donnington
 * 206 Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V), at Long Marston Depot
 * 522 Pioneer Company, Royal Pioneer Corps (V), at Defence Munitions Site, Kineton
 * 72 Ordnance Company (Ammunition), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), in Telford (to 7th Ordnance Battalion)
 * Donnington Central Ordnance Depot, at MoD Donnington
 * Central Ordnance Depot Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 34th Base Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Venning Barracks, Donnington
 * 126 Reclamation Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), in Coventry (to Commander Maintenance, I (BR) Corps)
 * 202nd (Midlands) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Birmingham (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 224th (North Staffordshire) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Stoke-on-Trent (to Commander Medical, BAOR)
 * 116 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (V), in Cannock (to 4th Regiment RMP, 1 (BR) Corps)
 * Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, at Merebrook Camp, Malvern
 * Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search Training Regiment, at Defence Munitions Site, Kineton
 * Home Headquarters, Queen's Own Hussars, at Jury Street drill hall, Warwick
 * Home Headquarters, 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, at Kitchener House, Stafford
 * Regimental Headquarters, The Light Infantry, at Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury
 * Regimental Headquarters, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, at Norton Barracks, Worcester
 * Regimental Headquarters, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales'), at Whittington Barracks, Lichfield

143rd (West Midlands) Infantry Brigade

 * Headquarters, 143rd (West Midlands) Infantry Brigade, at Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury
 * Headquarters 143rd (West Midlands) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Copthorne Barracks, Shrewsbury
 * Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry (V), in Telford (40 x Land Rovers, to 49th (Eastern) Infantry Brigade)
 * D (Home Service Force) Squadron, in Telford (from re-badging former RAOC company)
 * Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), at Clive Barracks, Ternhill (Light Infantry) – from February
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (V), in Redditch (Motorised Infantry, to Commander Communications, I (BR) Corps) – formed in 1988
 * F (Home Service Force) Company, in Worcester
 * Birmingham University Officers' Training Corps (V)

30th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade
On mobilisation would move to West Germany and join Commander Engineers, BAOR.


 * Headquarters, 30th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade, at Beacon Barracks, Stafford
 * Headquarters 30th (Volunteer) Engineer Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Beacon Barracks, Stafford
 * Royal Monmouthshire Militia, Royal Engineers (V), at Monmouth Castle
 * 75th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), in Failsworth
 * 111th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), at Gibraltar Barracks, Camberley
 * 125 (Staffordshire) Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Stoke-on-Trent
 * 143 Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Walsall

Army in Scotland
The Army in Scotland encompassing Scotland.


 * Headquarters, Army in Scotland, at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Garrison
 * General Officer Commanding, Scotland Lieutenant General Sir John MacMillan
 * Headquarters Army in Scotland & 242 (Scottish) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Garrison
 * 23 Security Company, Intelligence Corps (V), in Edinburgh (to HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)) focused in ports)
 * 632 Signal Troop (Hebrides), Royal Corps of Signals, at RAF Stornoway
 * 94 (Scottish) Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V), in Glasgow (to 9th Ordnance Battalion)
 * 26th District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Forthside Barracks, Stirling
 * 205th (Scottish) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Inverness (to Commander Medical RCZ)
 * 225th (Highland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Forfar (to Commander Medical RCZ)
 * 252nd (Highland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Aberdeen (to Commander Medical RCZ)
 * 304th (City of Glasgow) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Glasgow (to Commander Medical RCZ, BAOR)
 * 243 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (V), in Edinburgh (to 3rd Regiment RMP, Provost Marshall BOAR)
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), at Sauchiehall Street drill hall, Glasgow
 * Regimental Headquarters, King's Own Scottish Borderers, at The Barracks, Berwick-upon-Tweed
 * Regimental Headquarters, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), at Queen's Barracks, Perth
 * Regimental Headquarters, Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), at Cameron Barracks, Inverness
 * Regimental Headquarters, Gordon Highlanders, at Gordon Barracks, Aberdeen
 * Regimental Headquarters, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), at Stirling Castle, Stirling
 * Headquarters, Edinburgh Garrison, at Edinburgh Castle
 * Home Headquarters, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), at Edinburgh Castle
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Scots (Royal Regiment), at Edinburgh Castle

51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade
51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade encompassing the Scottish Highlands: Argyll (part of Strathclyde), Central Scotland, Kingdom of Fife, Tayside, Grampian, Highland, Western Isles, Orkney, and Shetland. 51st Infantry Brigade's primary role was that of mobile defence of the UK, with a particular emphasis on defending the military infrastructure at the UK end of the Greenland-Iceland-UK (G-I-UK) Gap alongside 52 Brigade.


 * Headquarters, 51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade, at Queen's Barracks, Perth
 * Headquarters 51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Queen's Barracks, Perth
 * Gordon Highlanders, at Fort George, Inverness (Light Infantry)
 * 1st Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers (V), in Perth (Motorised Infantry, to 11th Armoured Brigade)
 * Z (Home Service Force) Company, in Perth, Kirkcaldy, and Dundee
 * 2nd Battalion, 51st Highland Volunteers (V), in Elgin (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * X (Home Service Force) Company, in Aberdeen, Lerwick, Peterhead, and Laurencekirk
 * Y (Home Service Force) Company, in Elgin, Inverness, Stornoway, Wick, and Kirkwall
 * 3rd Battalion (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), 51st Highland Volunteers (V), in Stirling (Home Defence)
 * W (Home Service Force) Company, in Stirling, Dumbarton, and Grangemouth
 * Aberdeen University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Tyforth University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 153rd (Highland) Artillery Support Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Dunfermline (to 1st Art Bde) – includes a regimental pipes and drums

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Brigade
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Brigade encompassing the Scottish Lowlands: Lothian, Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, and Strathclyde (minus Argyll). 52nd Infantry Brigade's primary role was that of mobile defence of the UK, with a particular emphasis on defending the military infrastructure at the UK end of the Greenland-Iceland-UK (G-I-UK) Gap alongside 51 Brigade.


 * Headquarters, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Brigade, at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh
 * King's Own Scottish Borderers, at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh (Light Infantry) – from February, then from October deployed as Fermanagh Roulement Bn in Northern Ireland
 * 1st Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (V), in Glasgow (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * F (Home Service Force) Company, in Ayr
 * G (Home Service Force) Company, in Dumfries
 * 2nd Battalion, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (V), in Edinburgh (Home Defence)
 * No. 5 (Home Service Force) Company, in Edinburgh
 * Edinburgh and Heriot Watt University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * Glasgow and Strathclyde University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 105th (Scottish) Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), in Edinburgh (64 x Javelins, to Air Defence Gp, 1 Art Bde)
 * 154th (Lowland) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Glasgow (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)

Headquarters Northern Ireland
The General Officer commanding Headquarters Northern Ireland reported directly, operationally, to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The Ulster Defence Regiment was neither a volunteer or regular regiment, was made of a mix responsible for providing support to the Royal Ulster Constabulary.


 * Headquarters Northern Ireland, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * Headquarters Northern Ireland & 233 Signal Squadron (Northern Ireland), Royal Corps of Signals, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * 225 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * 606 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * 21st (Northern Ireland) Transport and Movement Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * 204th (North Irish) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Belfast (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * 173 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * 175 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn (to 1st Regiment RMP, Provost Marshall BOAR)
 * 176 Provost Company, Royal Military Police, at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry (to 3rd Regiment RMP, Provost Marshall BOAR)
 * 177 (Support) Platoon, Royal Military Police, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn – providing close support escorts
 * 254 Provost Company, Royal Military Police (V), in Belfast (to 1st Regiment RMP, Provost Marshall)
 * Northern Ireland Regiment, Army Air Corps, at AAC Aldergrove (Gazelle & Lynx)
 * No. 655 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly (Lynx)
 * Aldergrove Scout Flight (Gazelle)
 * No. 1 Flight, Army Air Corps (Britten-Norman Islander)
 * British Army Press Office, Northern Ireland, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * Headquarters North Area Regional Command, at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry
 * Headquarters Belfast Regional Command, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Irish Rangers, at Palace Barracks, Belfast
 * Headquarters South Area Regional Command, at Drummad Barracks, Armagh

3rd Infantry Brigade

 * 3rd Infantry Brigade, at Drummad Barracks, Armagh (responsible for the UK-Ireland border zone, including County Fermanagh)
 * Headquarters 3rd Infantry Brigade & 203 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Drummad Barracks, Armagh
 * 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, at Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh (Light Infantry)

8th Infantry Brigade

 * 8th Infantry Brigade, at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry (covering County Londonderry, County Tyrone, and Ballymena, Ballymoney, Moyle and Northern Larne)
 * Headquarters 8th Infantry Brigade and 208 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry
 * Gloucestershire Regiment, at Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly (Light Infantry)
 * 571 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * Royal Hampshire Regiment, at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry (Light Infantry) – from March
 * 570 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals

39th Infantry Brigade

 * 39th Infantry Brigade, Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn (covering Belfast city, and County Armagh, County Down and County Antrim (excluding Ballymena, Ballymoney, Moyle and Northern Larne))
 * Headquarters 39th Infantry Brigade and 213 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), at Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler (Resident Battalion) (Light Infantry) – arrived in July from Berlin
 * 572 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 3rd Battalion, Queen's Regiment, at Alexander Barracks, Aldergrove (Light Infantry)
 * 569 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, at Palace Barracks, Belfast (Parachute Infantry) (to 5th Airborne Brigade)

107th (Ulster) Infantry Brigade
107th Brigade was responsible for overseeing all TA units in Northern Ireland.
 * 107th (Ulster) Infantry Brigade, at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * Headquarters 107th (Ulster) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion (North Irish Militia), Royal Irish Rangers (V), at Mahon Barracks, Portadown (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Irish Rangers (V), at Drumadd Barracks, Armagh (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * 102nd (Ulster) Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), in Newtownards (32 x Javelins, to Air Defence Gp, 1st Artillery Bde)
 * 152nd (Ulster) Ambulance Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Belfast (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)

Wales District

 * Headquarters Wales, at The Barracks, Brecon — also known as Wales District encompassing Wales.
 * 39th District Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at Litchards Army Camp, Bridgend
 * 119 (Holywell) Recovery Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), in Prestatyn
 * 203rd (Welsh) General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps (V), in Cardiff (to Commander Medical, I (BR) Corps)
 * Home Headquarters, Queen's Dragoon Guards, at Maindy Barracks, Cardiff
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Welch Fusiliers, at The Barracks, Caernarfon
 * Regimental Headquarters, Royal Regiment of Wales, at The Barracks, Cardiff
 * Army Apprentices College, Chepstow
 * 87 Training Squadron, Royal Engineers

160th (Welsh) Infantry Brigade

 * Headquarters, 160th (Welsh) Infantry Brigade (8th Augmentation Force Headquarters) (Home Defence, guarding Welsh Ports)
 * Headquarters 160th (Welsh) Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (V), at The Barracks, Brecon
 * 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers (V), at Hightown Barracks, Wrexham (Home Defence)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Wrexham
 * 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales (V), in Cardiff (Motorised Infantry, to BR Comms Zone for Rear Area Security)
 * E (Home Service Force) Company, in Cardiff and Brecon
 * 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales (V), in Swansea (Home Defence)
 * Wales University Officers' Training Corps (V)
 * 104th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), in Newport (64 x Blowpipes, to Air Defence Gp, 1st Art Bde)
 * 157th (Wales and Midlands) Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport (V), in Cardiff (to Commander Supply, I (BR) Corps)

Royal Marines
The Royal Marines are not part of the British Army, however some army units provide support to the RM and 3 Commando Brigade, and these units are listed below.
 * 3rd Commando Brigade, Royal Marines
 * Headquarters 3rd Commando Brigade (Royal Marines) & Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (Army), at Royal Citadel, Plymouth
 * 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery, at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth (12 x 105mm Light Guns)
 * 7 (Arbroath) Commando Battery, at RM Condor
 * 148 (Poole) Forward Observation Battery
 * 59 Independent Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers, at Crownhill Fort, Plymouth
 * 131 Independent Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers (V), in Kingsbury, London
 * Commando Logistic Regiment
 * Commando Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport
 * Commando Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth
 * Commando Workshop Squadron, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Commando Medical Squadron, Royal Army Medical Corps

Director Special Forces

 * Director Special Forces, at Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall
 * 14 Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps
 * 264 (Special Air Service) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Stirling Lines, Hereford
 * 22nd Special Air Service Regiment, at Chelsea Barracks, London
 * Special Boat Service (Royal Marines)
 * Special Air Service Headquarters and Depot, at Stirling Lines, Hereford

UNTAG

 * United Nations Transition Assistance Group
 * UNTAG Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals – deployed to Namibia with personnel from 30 Signal Regiment on 9 April 1989

British Forces South Atlantic Islands

 * British Forces South Atlantic Islands
 * Headquarters British Forces South Atlantic Islands, at RAF Mount Pleasant
 * Joint Communications Unit Falkland Islands
 * x1 Field Engineer Squadron provided by Royal Engineers on roulement
 * Falkland Islands Logistic Battalion (joint RCT, RAOC, RPC, and REME)
 * 76 (Falkland Islands) Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * 77 (Falkland Islands) Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * Falkland Islands Joint Force Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (Military Elements)

British Forces Gibraltar

 * Headquarters, British Forces Gibraltar
 * Fortress Headquarters Signals Detachment, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 642 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 3rd Battalion, Royal Green Jackets, at Lathbury & South Barracks
 * 577 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * The Gibraltar Regiment (Regional)

British Forces Belize

 * British Forces Belize
 * Headquarters British Forces Belize, Price Barracks, Ladyville
 * BF Belize Sector Indication Authority
 * 633 Signal Troop (Caribbean), Royal Corps of Signals
 * x1 Infantry Battalion, six month roulement
 * x1 Field Battery, Royal Artillery, six month roulement
 * x1 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, six month roulements
 * 24 Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport
 * 78 (Belize) Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * No. 25 Flight, Army Air Corps, Belize Airport, Ladyville (1 x Gazelle)

British Forces Cyprus

 * Headquarters, British Forces Cyprus, at RAF Akrotiri
 * 9th Signal Regiment (Radio), Royal Corps of Signals
 * 664 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals (Canadian and British Personnel)
 * 23 Postal Courier Squadron, Royal Engineers
 * United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (British Army Element)
 * Army Education Services Cyprus
 * 54 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps
 * 55 Army Education Centre, Royal Army Educational Corps
 * Headquarters Episkopi Garrison, at Salamanca Barracks
 * 259 Signal Squadron (West), Royal Corps of Signals
 * 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, at Salamanca Barracks (Light Infantry)
 * 574 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * Headquarters Dhekelia Garrison, at Alexander Barracks
 * 262 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 62 Cyprus Support Squadron, Royal Engineers, at Rhine Camp, Dhekelia
 * Joint Logistic Unit Cyprus
 * Ordnance Depot Cyprus (ROAC)
 * No. 16 Flight, Army Air Corps, in Dhekelia (1 x Gazelle )

British Forces Hong Kong

 * Headquarters, British Forces Hong Kong, at Tented Camp
 * Headquarters British Forces Hong Kong & Gurkha Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Tented Camp
 * 10 Intelligence and Surveillance Company, Intelligence Corps
 * Queen's Gurkha Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 247 (Gurkha) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Prince of Wales Barracks, Hong Kong
 * 248 (Gurkha) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Gun Club Hill Barracks, Hong Kong
 * 54 (Hong Kong) Support Squadron, Royal Engineers
 * 82 (Hong Kong) Independent Squadron, Royal Engineers
 * Gurkha Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, at Gun Club Hill Barracks
 * 415 Maritime Troop, Royal Corps of Transport, at Sham Shui Po Camp
 * 50th (Hong Kong) Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, at RAF Sek Kong
 * No. 660 Squadron, Army Air Corps at RAF Sek Kong (5 x Scout AH1)
 * No. 663 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at RAF Sek Kong
 * Headquarters, Brigade of Gurkhas (maintains the recruitment for ALL Gurkha units)
 * Training Depot, Brigade of Gurkhas
 * Headquarters British Gurkhas Nepal

48th (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade
According to the 1988 Staff Officer's Handbook, this brigade would be reinforced by a TA reconnaissance regiment. However, it is possible this would happen only if a conflict in the Far East occurred, as all the TA recce units had wartime roles with regard to the BAOR.
 * Headquarters, 48th (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade, at Sek Kong Camp
 * Headquarters 48th (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade & 246 (Gurkha) Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals, at Sek Kong Camp
 * Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), at Stanley Fort (Light Infantry)
 * 575 Signal Troop, Royal Corps of Signals
 * 2nd Battalion, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (Light Infantry)
 * 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles (Light Infantry) – arriving in April from 5 Airborne Brigade in UK
 * 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles (Light Infantry) – arriving in April from Brunei
 * Queen's Gurkha Engineers, Royal Engineers
 * 70 Gurkha Support Squadron, Royal Engineers

British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS)

 * British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS)
 * Headquarters BATUS
 * Headquarters BATUS Support Unit
 * 75 (BATUS) Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * BATUS Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * (BATUS Battlegroup in 1989 is as follows — Blues and Royals Battlegroup)
 * Headquarters Squadron
 * A Squadron
 * B Squadron
 * A (Grenadier) Company, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

British Garrison Brunei

 * Headquarters, British Garrison Brunei, at Tuker Lines, Seria
 * Headquarters British Garrison Brunei & Brunei Signal Troop (Gurkha), Royal Corps of Signals
 * 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles, at Tuker Lines, Seria, Brunei (Light Infantry)
 * Brunei Police Unit, Royal Military Police
 * Detachment, No. 660 Squadron, Army Air Corps (1 x Scout AH1)
 * Jungle Warfare Training School

Army Music
Until 1994, Army Bands were subordinated (in the case of battalion bands) to their respective battalions, regimental headquarters (in the case of regimental bands), or the Corps headquarters (in the case of the staff bands). However, these were (in theory) not part of the Army Order of Battle, and are listed here as separate for that reason.

The locations provided below are those as they were at the end of 1989 (most with their respective battalion/regiment).


 * Senior Director, Army Music – also Director, RMSM
 * Royal Military School of Music, (RMSM) at Kneller Hall, Twickenham
 * Regular Army Bands
 * Band of the Life Guards, at Hyde Park Barracks, London
 * Band of the Blues and Royals, at Combermere Barracks, Windsor
 * Band of the Queen's Dragoon Guards
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
 * Band of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
 * Band of the Queen's Own Hussars
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
 * Band of the Royal Hussars
 * Band of the 14th/20th King's Hussars
 * Band of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars
 * Band of the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
 * Band of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers
 * Band of the 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers
 * Band of the 17th/21st Lancers
 * Cambrai Band of the Royal Tank Regiment
 * Alamein Band of the Royal Tank Regiment
 * Royal Artillery Band
 * Royal Artillery Alanbrooke Band
 * Band of the Royal Engineers
 * Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
 * Band of the Grenadier Guards
 * Band of the Coldstream Guards
 * Band of the Scots Guards
 * Band of the Irish Guards
 * Band of the Welsh Guards
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Queen's Own Highlanders
 * Band and Drums and Pipes of the Gordon Highlanders
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the Royal Highland Fusiliers
 * Band and Pipes and Drums of the King's Own Scottish Borderers
 * Duke of Kent's Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
 * Saint George's Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
 * Band of the 1st Battalion Queen's Regiment
 * Band of the 2nd Battalion Queen's Regiment
 * Note: no 3rd Battalion, Queen's Regiment band since 1984 disbandment
 * Band of the Royal Hampshire Regiment
 * Band of the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment
 * Band of the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment
 * Band of the 3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment
 * Band of the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
 * Band of the Green Howards
 * Band of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment
 * Band of the King's Own Royal Border Regiment
 * Band of the King's Regiment
 * Band of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment
 * Band of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
 * Band of the Cheshire Regiment
 * Band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers
 * Band of the Royal Regiment of Wales
 * Band of the Royal Gloucestershire Regiment
 * Band of the Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment
 * Band of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters
 * Band of the Staffordshire Regiment
 * Salamanca Band and Bugles of The Light Infantry
 * Corunna Band and Bugles of The Light Infantry
 * Peninsula Band and Bugles of the Royal Green Jackets
 * Normandy Band and Bugles of the Royal Green Jackets
 * Band of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rangers
 * Band of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rangers
 * Falklands Band of the Parachute Regiment
 * Pegasus Band of the Parachute Regiment
 * Band of the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles
 * Pipes and Drums of the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
 * Band of the Army Air Corps
 * Staff Band of the Royal Corps of Transport
 * Staff Band of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * Staff Band of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Staff Band of the Women's Royal Army Corps
 * Territorial Army Bands
 * Band of the Queen's Regiment – overseen by 5 QUEENS
 * Warwickshire Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers – overseen by 5 RRF
 * Northumbria Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers – overseen by 6 RRF
 * Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment – overseen by 5 R ANGLIAN