3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

The 3rd Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment (3 PWRR) was from 1999-2018 the only reserve battalion of the regiment. The battalion was formed by the amalgamation of two former volunteer battalions itself.

History
The 3rd Battalion was formed on 1 July 1999 as the 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment from the amalgamation of the 5th Battalion and 6th/7th Battalions of the Queen's Regiment. The battalion was assigned to be the reserve battalion for the Home Counties.

In 2006 the battalion was expanded by one company and retitled as the 3rd Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment (Volunteers). With the expansion of the battalion they gained the Band of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment formed from the re designation of the Kohima Band.

Under the Army 2020 refines the battalion was paired with the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment based at Woolwich. The regiment's band and corps of drums were also put under direct command of the battalion. The battalion deployed to Spain on Operations in 2015, then to Estonia in 2016 and the USA in 2017.

Organisation
1999 2006   After Army 2020:
 * Battalion Headquarters at Canterbury, Kent
 * Headquarters (Buffs) Company at Canterbury
 * A (Queen's Royal Surrey's) Company at Farnham
 * B (Royal Sussex) Company at Brighton
 * C (Royal West Kent) Company at Canterbury
 * Headquarters Company at Canterbury
 * A (Queen's Royal Surreys) Company
 * B (Royal Sussex) Company
 * C (Buffs) Company
 * D (Duke of Connaught's) Company
 * Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Canterbury
 * Band of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
 * Corps of Drums of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
 * B Company at Rochester and Canterbury
 * C Company
 * D Company
 * E Company (new under Army 2020)

Other Information

 * On 13 July 2013 the battalion participated in a march through the town of Godalming, Surrey

Commanding Officers

 * 1999—2005 Colonel J. R. Putnam CBE TD DL
 * 2005—???? Mr. Allan Robert Willett CMG
 * ???? - ???? Lieutenant Colonel Brennan Dwyer