Nicholas Soames – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the organisation and deployment of UK-based armour is.

Penny Mordaunt

The organisation of British armour based in the UK is as follows:

1st Armoured Infantry Brigade

Household Cavalry Regiment – Windsor

The Royal Tank Regiment – Tidworth

1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers – Tidworth

1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment – Bulford

12th Armoured Infantry Brigade

The Royal Lancers – Catterick

The King’s Royal Hussars – Tidworth

1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment – Warminster

1st Battalion the Royal Welsh – Tidworth

20X is based in Germany

The following UK based armoured units support these Brigades:

The Royal Wessex Yeomanry – Bovington, Salisbury, Cirencester, Paignton, Exeter & Swindon

1st Artillery Brigade

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery – Tidworth

19th Regiment Royal Artillery – Tidworth

8 Engineer Brigade

22 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers – Perham Down

26 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers – Perham Down

101 Logistic Brigade

4 Armoured Medical Regiment – Aldershot

5 Armoured Medical Regiment – Tidworth & Catterick

4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – Tidworth

6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – Tidworth