6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

The 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment was a territorial army infantry battalion of The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment that was formed following the re-designation and amalgamation of elements of two TA units.

History
In 1992 the Options for Change was announced following the end of the Cold War and concurrent Fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. These changes completely disbanded the British Army of the Rhine and 1st (British) Corps both based in West Germany.

On 9 September 1992 the 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment and elements of the 2nd Battalion, The Wessex Regiment were merged to form the new 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. Following their formation, the battalion was organised as follows; On 1 July 1999 the battalion was disbanded as a result of the 1998 Strategic Defence Review which dramatically reduced the size of the Territorial Army. On this date the following happened; A and B Companies transferred as A (Queen's Royal Surreys) and B (Royal Sussex) Companies in the new 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and C Company re-designated as C (The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment) Company in the new Royal Rifle Volunteers.
 * Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters (Alamein) Company, Horsham, Sussex (Merger between HQ and C Companies of 6th/7th QUEENS)
 * General Purpose Machine-Gun (Support Fire) Platoon, Crawley, Sussex
 * A (Salerno) Company, Farnham, Surrey (From A Company 6th/7th QUEENS)
 * B (Somme) Company, Brighton, Sussex (From B Company 6th/7th QUEENS)
 * C (The Duke of Connaught's) Company, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Merger between A and B Companies 2 WESSEX)
 * 9 (Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles) Platoon, Newport, Isle of Wight