List of British Army Regiments (1962) - Infantry

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