Divisions and Brigades
The British Army is administered through HQ Land Command, which has responsibility for the majority of army units. Most of these are organised into a total of five divisions, each of which has a number of brigades under its command.
| 1st (Armoured) Division | 3rd (UK) Division | Support Command | ||
| 7 (Armoured) Brigade | 1 (Mechanised) Brigade | 15 (North East) Brigade | 2 (South East) Brigade | 16 (Air Assault) Brigade |
| 20 (Armoured) Brigade | 4 (Mechanised) Brigade | 42 (North West) Brigade | 49 (Wessex) Brigade | 49 (East) Brigade |
| 12 (Mechanised) Brigade | 51 (Scottish) Brigade | 145 (South) Brigade | 143 (West Midlands) Brigade | |
| 19 (Light) Brigade | 38 (Irish) Brigade | Aldershot Garrison | 160 (Welsh) Brigade | |
| Catterick Garrison | Brunei Garrison | Colchester Garrison | ||
| London District | ||||
| British Gurkhas Nepal | ||||
Battalions are attached permanently (semi-permanently for light role battalions) to formations:
- 1st Mechanised Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Duke of Wellington's)
- 4th Battalion, The Rifles
- 3rd Commando Brigade
- (40 Commando, Royal Marines)
- (42 Commando, Royal Marines)
- (45 Commando, Royal Marines)
- 1st Battalion, The Rifles
- 4th Mechanised Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Scots Guards
- 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
- 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Cheshires)
- 7th Armoured Brigade
- The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusilers
- 3rd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Staffords)
- 12th Mechanised Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Regiment of Wales)
- 16 Air Assault Brigade
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)
- 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
- 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
- 19th Light Brigade
- The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Worcesters and Foresters)
- 2nd Battalion, The Rifles
- 20th Armoured Brigade
- 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
- 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Prince of Wales's Own)
- 5th Battalion, The Rifles
- 52 Infantry Brigade
- The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Green Howards)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
- 3rd Battalion, The Rifles
- Land Warfare Centre
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
- British Forces Cyprus
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
- London District
- 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
- 1st Battalion, Irish Guards
- 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
- Brunei
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles
- Notes
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