Regiments and Corps

The Colours of the Welsh Guards being paraded at Horse Guards, 2015

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The regimental system

The regiment or corps is the key administrative component of the British Army. Each has its own long history, traditions and insignia. To its soldiers, the regiment is a military family that provides comradeship and a unique identity.

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Other ranks' cap badge, Royal Army Education Corps, c1970

Royal Army Educational Corps

This British Army unit was responsible for educating and instructing soldiers in a range of subjects and skills. In 1992, it became a branch of the newly formed Adjutant General’s Corps.

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The East Surrey Regiment

This infantry regiment was formed in 1881. It continued in British Army service until 1959, when it merged with The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) to form The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment.

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Glengarry badge, 31st (Huntingdonshire)Regiment, c1877

31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was formed in 1702. It served in many British Army campaigns until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The East Surrey Regiment.

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70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot

This infantry regiment was raised in 1758. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The East Surrey Regiment.

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The Royal Sussex Regiment

This line infantry regiment was formed in 1881. It continued in British Army service until 1966, when it became part of The Queen’s Regiment.

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The Queen’s Regiment

This short-lived regiment was established in 1966 and was the senior English line infantry regiment. It served with the British Army until 1992, when it was merged into The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment.

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35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was raised in 1701. Following 180 years of British Army service, it was merged into The Royal Sussex Regiment during the 1881 reforms.

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Other ranks' glengarry badge, 107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Infantry), c1874

107th Regiment of Foot (Bengal Light Infantry)

This infantry regiment was raised by the East India Company in 1854 and transferred to the British Army five years later. It continued in service until the 1881 reforms, when it was amalgamated into The Royal Sussex Regiment.

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Glengarry badge, 50th (Queen’s Own) Regiment of Foot, c1874

50th (The Queen’s Own) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was raised in 1755. It served in many British Army campaigns until 1881, when it was amalgamated into The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

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Glengarry badge, 97th (Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment of Foot, c1874

97th (The Earl of Ulster’s) Regiment of Foot

This infantry unit was raised in 1824. It continued in British Army service until the 1881 reforms, when it was merged into The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).

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The Queen’s Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment

This infantry regiment was formed in 1961. It had a brief existence until 1966, when it merged with three other units to form The Queen's Regiment.

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The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment

This infantry unit was formed in 1881. It continued in British Army service until 1961, when it was amalgamated into The Queen’s Own Buffs, Royal Kent Regiment.

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