Headquarters North West (United Kingdom)

Headquarters North West formally known as 42nd Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North West is a regional command based in North West England. The command administers the reserve units based in its area and also provides the military support HQ for the police and civilian population in the area. In 2017, 42 Infantry Brigade was reduced to Headquarters North West.

The units under its control are The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, The Mercian Regiment, and the Royal Army Medical Corps and 2600 Army Reserves from almost all services. The command also controls over 7500 army cadets.

Army

 * Headquarters North West Region, Fulwood Barracks
 * Chaplains 42nd (North West) Brigade, Fulwood Barracks
 * 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Squadron 37th (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment Royal Corps of Signals, Huyton
 * 842 Troop, Rusholme
 * 6th Military Intelligence Battalion Intelligence Corps
 * Battalion Headquarters, Manchester
 * 61 Military Intelligence Company, Manchester
 * B (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Dragoons (Yeomanry)) Squadron The Queen's Own Yeomanry, Kearsley Barracks
 * C (The Earl of Chester's Own Cheshire Hussars (Yeomanry)) Squadron The Queen's Own Yeomanry, Fox Barracks
 * 4th Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, Fulwood Barracks
 * Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Fulwood Barracks
 * The Band of The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, Townsend Avenue
 * A Company, Townsend Avenue Liverpool
 * Detachment, Peninsula Barracks, Warrington
 * B Company, Somme Barracks
 * Detachment, Parkinson Way Blackpool
 * C Company, Alexandra Barracks
 * Detachment, Holker Street Barrow-in-Furness
 * D Company, Manchester
 * Machine Gun Platoon X Company 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Castle Armoury Bury
 * B Company 4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment, Ellesmere Port
 * Detachment 4th Battalion The Mercian Regiment, Widnes
 * Mortar Platoon, Stockport
 * Bradford Platoon Corunna Company 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, Belle Vue Barracks
 * C Company 7th Battalion The Rifles, Nelson Street Bolton
 * C Company 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Hightown
 * 9 Platoon, Jubilee Barracks
 * Catterick Troop 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery, Marne Barracks
 * 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery
 * Regimental Headquarters, Jubilee Barracks
 * The Lancashire Artillery Pipes and Drums, Jubilee Barracks
 * The Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band, Nelson Street Bolton
 * Headquarters Troop, Jubilee Barracks
 * 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery, Douglas Isle of Man
 * 209 (The Manchester Artillery) Battery, Manchester
 * 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery, Nelson Street Bolton
 * Detachment, Carlisle Castle
 * 75th Engineer Regiment Corps of Royal Engineers
 * Regimental Headquarters, Peninsula Barracks
 * 107 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Field Squadron, Birmingham (Lancashire)
 * 2 Troop, Peninsula Barracks
 * 202 Field Squadron, Manchester
 * 156th (North West) Supply Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
 * 235 Headquarters Squadron, Liverpool
 * 234 (Wirral) Squadron, Oxton
 * 236 (Manchester) Squadron, Salford
 * Detachment, Douglas Isle of Man
 * 238 (Sefton) Squadron, Bootle
 * 381 (Lancaster) Squadron, Lancaster
 * 398 Transport Squadron 157th (Welsh) Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, Harry Weale Hall Queensferry
 * 127 Theatre Support Company, Manchester
 * Detached Platoon, Liverpool
 * 64 Squadron 3rd Medical Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps, Peninsula Barracks
 * 207th (Manchester) Field Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
 * Regimental Headquarters, Manchester
 * 208th (Liverpool) Field Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps
 * Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Chavasee House Liverpool
 * B Squadron, Ellesmere Port
 * C Squadron, Parkinson Way Blackpool
 * Detachment, Alexandra Barracks
 * 253rd (North Irish) Medical Regiment Royal Army Medical Corps
 * 64 Medical Squadron, Chorley
 * Manchester Detachment 116 Provost Company 1st Military Police Regiment Corps of Royal Military Police,Manchester

Army Cadet Force

 * Cheshire Army Cadet Force, Fox Barracks
 * Cumbria Army Cadet Force
 * Arnhem Company, North Cumbria
 * Burma Company, South Cumria
 * Chindit Company, West Cumbria
 * Greater Manchester Army Cadet Force
 * Isle of Man Army Cadet Force
 * Lancashire Army Cadet Force, Fulwood Barracks
 * N (Normandy) Company
 * S (Salerno) Company
 * E (Egypt) Company
 * W (Wingate) Company
 * Merseyside Army Cadet Force

Commanders

 * 2017 Colonel Phil Harrison