203rd (Welsh) Field Hospital

The 203rd (Welsh) Field Hospital is a regiment of the Royal Army Medical Corps within the Army Reserve of the British Army.

History
The 203rd Field Hospital can trace their history back to the 203rd (Welsh) General Hospital formed when the Army Reserve was re-organized as a result of the 1966 Defence White Paper. The hospital was formed from the amalgamation of the former 3rd (Welsh) General Hospital and 158th (Welsh) Field Ambulance. Later as part of the 1980's reforms in the 1981 Defence White Paper the regiment was re-titled as the 203rd (Welsh) Field Hospital. At the height of the Cold War in 1989 the regiment was assigned to the 160th (Welsh) Infantry Brigade assgined to the Headquarters Wales within the Wales District. Being part of the TAVR II the regiment was assigned a NATO position in the 1st British Corps as a General Hospital assigned to Commander Medical, 1st British Corps.

The regiment's regimental headquarters were at Cardiff since their formation but in 1998 moved to Crickhowell. As part of the Army Reserve reforms in 1999 the regiment was re-organized into three squadrons and moved Regimental Headquarters back to Cardiff where they remain to this day. Again in 2005 as a result of the Delivering Security in a Changing World the regiment was re-organized into three detachments, then in 2006 the regiment's C detachment moved to Llandudno.

Organization
Structure of the regiment after the 1999 reforms;


 * Regimental Headquarters at Cardiff
 * No.1 Surgical Squadron at Aberystwyth and Abergavenny
 * No.2 Surgical Squadron at Newport
 * No.3 Surgical Squadron at Swansea

Structure after Delivering Security in a Changing World in 2006;


 * Regimental Headquarters at Cardiff
 * A Detachment at Swansea
 * B Detachment at Aberystwyth and Crickhowell
 * C Detachment at Llandudno

Structure after Army 2020;


 * Regimental Headquarters at Cardiff
 * Headquarters Squadron at Llandaff
 * A (Clinical) Squadron at Swansea
 * B (Nursing) Squadron at Crickhowell
 * C (Support) Squadron at Colwyn Bay