List of British Army regiments (1962)

This is a list of British Regular Army regiments after the Army restructuring caused by the 1957 Defence White Paper: many regiments were amalgamated between 1958-60. Further cuts and amalgamations took place in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Household Cavalry

 * The Life Guards
 * Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
 * amalgamated with 1st The Royal Dragoons in 1969 to form The Blues and Royals.

Heavy Cavalry

 * 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
 * formed by the amalgamation of 1st King's Dragoon Guards and The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
 * 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)
 * amalgamated with The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) in 1971 to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
 * 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
 * 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

Light Cavalry

 * 1st The Royal Dragoons
 * amalgamated with the Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) in 1969 to form The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
 * The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
 * amalgamated with 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) in 1971 to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
 * The Queen's Own Hussars
 * formed by the amalgamation of 3rd The King's Own Hussars and 7th Queen's Own Hussars
 * The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
 * formed by the amalgamation of 4th Queen's Own Hussars and 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
 * 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
 * formed by the amalgamation of 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
 * 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
 * amalgamated with 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) in 1969 to form the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
 * 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)
 * amalgamated with 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in 1969 to form Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own)
 * 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
 * 14th/20th King's Hussars
 * 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
 * 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
 * 17th/21st Lancers

The Royal Tank Regiment

 * 1st Royal Tank Regiment
 * 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
 * 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
 * amalgamated with 6th Royal Tank Regiment without change of title
 * 4th Royal Tank Regiment
 * amalgamated with 7th Royal Tank Regiment without change of title
 * 5th Royal Tank Regiment
 * amalgamated with 8th Royal Tank Regiment without change of title
 * disbanded in 1969

Combat Arms

 * Royal Regiment of Artillery
 * Corps of Royal Engineers &mdash; Transport and Movement Coastal Service of the RE formed part of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965
 * Royal Corps of Signals
 * Army Air Corps

Infantry
The infantry in 1962 was divided into 15 separate brigades for administrative purposes:
 * Guards Brigade: Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards.
 * Lowland Brigade: The Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and Royal Highland Fusiliers.
 * Highland Brigade: The Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Queen's Own Highlanders.
 * Home Counties Brigade: The Royal Sussex Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment and Queen's Own Buffs.
 * Fusilier Brigade: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) and Lancashire Fusiliers.
 * East Anglian Brigade: 1st, 2nd and 3rd East Anglian Regiments
 * Forester Brigade: Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until November 1962), Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Sherwoord Foresters.
 * Mercian Brigade: Cheshire Regiment, Worcestershire Regiment, Staffordshire Regiment.
 * Welsh Brigade: Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Welch Regiment.
 * Wessex Brigade: Gloucestershire Regiment, Royal Hampshire Regiment, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment.
 * Lancastrian Brigade: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), King's Own Royal Border Regiment, King's Regiment and Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).
 * Yorkshire Brigade: The Green Howards, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and York & Lancaster Regiment.
 * North Irish Brigade: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles.
 * Light Infantry Brigade: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Durham Light Infantry, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry.
 * Green Jackets Brigade: 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps), 3rd Green Jackets (Rifle Brigade).

In 1968 the administrative brigades were merged to form 6 administrative divisions. These were:


 * Guards Division &mdash; formerly the Brigade of Guards.
 * Scottish Division &mdash; formed by the amalgamation of the Highland and Lowland Brigades.
 * King's Division &mdash; formed by the amalgamation of the Lancastrian, North Irish, and Yorkshire Brigades.
 * Prince of Wales's Division &mdash; formed by the amalgamation of the Mercian, Welsh, and Wessex Brigades.
 * Queen's Division &mdash; formed by the amalgamation of the East Anglian, Fusilier and Home Counties Brigades.
 * Light Division &mdash; formed by the amalgamation of the Light Infantry and Green Jackets Brigades.

Foot Guards

 * Grenadier Guards
 * Coldstream Guards
 * Scots Guards
 * Irish Guards
 * Welsh Guards

Line Infantry

 * The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
 * The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment &mdash; formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
 * The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
 * The East Surrey Regiment
 * The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment &mdash; formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
 * The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
 * The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
 * The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
 * The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
 * The Border Regiment
 * The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers &mdash; formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
 * The Royal Warwickshire Regiment &mdash; became the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers in 1963; formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
 * The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) &mdash; formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
 * The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool)
 * The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
 * The Manchester Regiment
 * 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) &mdash; formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
 * The Royal Norfolk Regiment
 * The Suffolk Regiment
 * 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Lincoln and Northamptonshire) &mdash; formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
 * The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
 * The Northamptonshire Regiment
 * The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
 * The Devonshire Regiment
 * The Dorset Regiment
 * The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry &mdash; formed part of The Light Infantry in 1968
 * The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)
 * The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
 * The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
 * The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
 * The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
 * 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) &mdash; formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
 * The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
 * The Essex Regiment
 * The Royal Leicestershire Regiment &mdash; formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
 * The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
 * The Lancashire Fusiliers &mdash; formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
 * The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
 * The Royal Scots Fusiliers
 * The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
 * The Cheshire Regiment
 * The Royal Welch Fusiliers
 * The South Wales Borderers &mdash; formed part of the Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969
 * The King's Own Scottish Borderers
 * The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) &mdash; opted for disbandment in 1968 rather than amalgamation
 * The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers &mdash; formed part of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) in 1968
 * The Gloucestershire Regiment
 * The Worcestershire Regiment &mdash; formed part of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (29th/45th Foot) in 1970
 * The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) &mdash; formed part of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 1970
 * The East Lancashire Regiment
 * The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
 * The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
 * The Royal Sussex Regiment &mdash; formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
 * The Royal Hampshire Regiment
 * The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
 * The South Staffordshire Regiment
 * The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
 * The Welch Regiment &mdash; formed part of the Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969
 * The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
 * 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) &mdash; formed part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1966
 * The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) &mdash; formed part of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (29th/45th Foot)  in 1970
 * The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) &mdash; formed part of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 1970
 * The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
 * The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
 * The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
 * The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry &mdash; formed part of The Light Infantry in 1968
 * The King's Shropshire Light Infantry &mdash; formed part of The Light Infantry in 1968
 * The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) &mdash; formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
 * 2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps formed part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1966
 * The York and Lancaster Regiment &mdash; opted for disbandment in 1968 rather than amalgamation
 * The Durham Light Infantry &mdash; formed part of The Light Infantry in 1968
 * The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
 * Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
 * The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 * The Gordon Highlanders
 * The Royal Ulster Rifles &mdash; formed part of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) in 1968
 * The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) &mdash; formed part of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) in 1968
 * The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
 * The Parachute Regiment
 * 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
 * 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
 * 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
 * 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
 * 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade formed part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1966
 * 22nd Special Air Service Regiment


 * Royal Malta Artillery

Services

 * Royal Army Chaplains' Department
 * Royal Army Service Corps &mdash; formed part of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965
 * Royal Army Medical Corps
 * Royal Army Ordnance Corps
 * Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
 * Corps of Royal Military Police
 * Royal Army Pay Corps
 * Royal Army Veterinary Corps
 * Small Arms School Corps
 * Military Provost Staff Corps
 * Royal Army Educational Corps
 * Royal Army Dental Corps
 * Royal Pioneer Corps
 * Intelligence Corps
 * Army Physical Training Corps
 * Army Catering Corps
 * General Service Corps
 * Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
 * Women's Royal Army Corps