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English Name Native Name[1] Country Service Symbol[2] Established[3] Disestablished[4] Battle Honours[5] Notes
James St Clair's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1734 (N) 1737 (N) John Moyle's Regiment of Foot [6]
Thomas Saunderson's Regiment of Foot EA     II
1694 (N) 1699 (D) [7]
Thomas Saunderson's Regiment of Marines EA     II
1702 (F) 1704 (N) Thomas Pownall's Regiment of Marines [7]
1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards BA     II
1831 (N) 1877 (N) 1st Battalion, Scots Guards [8][9]
2nd Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards BA     II
1831 (N) 1877 (N) 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards [8][10]
Scots Fusiliers[11] SA     II
1685 (N) 1707 (N) North British Fusiliers [12]
1st Battalion, Scots Guards BA     II
1877 (N) Existing [8][9]
2nd Battalion, Scots Guards BA     II
1877 (N) 1993 (R) F Company, Scots Guards [8][10]
3rd Battalion, Scots Guards BA     II

    II
[13]
1899 (F)
1914 (F)
1940 (F)
1906 (D)
1919 (D)
1946 (D)
[8][14]
4th Battalion, Scots Guards BA     II
1940 (F) 1943 (D) [8]
F Company, Scots Guards BA     I
1993 (R) Existing [8][10]
Scots Regiment of Foot Guards SA
EA[15]
    II
1660 (F) 1689 (N) 1st Battalion, Scots Regiment of Foot Guards [8]
1st Battalion, Scots Regiment of Foot Guards EA/BA     II
1689 (N) 1713 (N) 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards [8][9]
2nd Battalion, Scots Regiment of Foot Guards EA/BA     II
1689 (F) 1713 (N) 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards [8][10]
1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders[16] BA     II
1881 (N) 1961 (A) 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Highlanders [17][18]
2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders[19] BA     II
1881 (N) 1948 (D) [17][20]
William Selwyn's Regiment of Foot EA     II
1701 (N) 1702 (N) Thomas Handasyde's Regiment of Foot [6]
Lord Semphill's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1741 (N) 1745 (N) Lord John Murray's Regiment of Foot [21]
Lord Semphill's Regiment of Foot[22] BA     II
1745 (N) 1746 (N) Earl of Crawford's Regiment of Foot [23][24]
Viscount Shannon's Regiment of Foot[22] BA     II
1715 (N) 1721 (N) John Middleton's Regiment of Foot [23][24]
1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters[25] BA     II
1881 (N)
1943 (N)
1942 (E)[26]
1970 (A) 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
[27][28]
2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters[29] BA     II
1881 (N)
1952 (F)
1948 (D)
1955 (D)
[27][30]
16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters BA     II
1943 (N) 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters [27][28]
1st Signal Brigade BA     X
1995 (F) Existing [31]
2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigade BA     X
Existing [32]
11th Signal Brigade BA     X
Existing [33]
200th Signal Squadron[34] BA     I
1962 (N) Existing [35][36]
228th Signal Squadron[37] BA     I
Existing
Henry Skelton's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1712 (N) 1717 (N) Thomas Stanwix's Regiment of Foot [38]
Henry Skelton's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1743 (N) 1745 (N) William Douglas's Regiment of Foot [39]
1st Battalion, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry BA     II
1959 (A) 1968 (N) 1st Battalion, Light Infantry [40][41]
1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry BA     II
1921 (N) 1959 (A) 1st Battalion, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry [42][43]
2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry BA     II
1921 (N) 1948 (D) [42][44]
Duke of Somerset's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1709 (N) 1715 (N) Henry Harrison's Regiment of Foot [45]
1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) BA     II
1938 (N) 1958 (A) 1st Battalion, Lancashire Regiment [46][47]
2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) BA     II
1938 (N) 1948 (D) [46][48]
1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment BA     II
1881 (N)
1948 (N)
1945 (N) 16th Battalion, Parachute Regiment
1959 (A) 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment
[49][50]
2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment BA     II
1881 (N) 1948 (D) [49][51]
William Southwell's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1745 (N) 1751 (N) 12th Regiment of Foot [52]
4th/73rd (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery, Royal Artillery BA     I
1982 (F) Existing [53][54]
1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment BA     II
1959 (A) 2007 (N) 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment [55][56]
Thomas Stanwix's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1717 (N) 1717 (N) Andrew Bissett's Regiment of Foot [7]
Thomas Stanwix's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1717 (N) 1725 (N) Thomas Whetham's Regiment of Foot [38]
William Steuart's Regiment of Foot EA/BA     II
1689 (N) 1715 (N) Sir James Campbell's Regiment of Foot [57]
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment BA     II
1881 (N) 1959 (A) 1st Battalion, 1st East Anglian Regiment [38][58]
2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment BA     II
1881 (N) 1948 (D) [38][59]
Richard Sutton's Regiment of Foot BA     II
1712 (N)
1729 (N)
1715 (N) George Grove's Regiment of Foot
1738 (N) Sir Charles Howard's Regiment of Foot
[60]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Left blank for English-speaking countries.
  2. ^ Using APP-6A symbols.
  3. ^ Completely new formation (F), Formed by amalgamation of existing units (A), Formed by expansion of existing unit (X), Formed by division of existing unit (I), Formed by reduction of existing unit (R), Name change only (N), Temporary formation from other units (T).
  4. ^ Name change only (N), Amalgamated to form new unit (A), Merged into another unit (M), Expanded (X), Reduced (R), Divided (I), End of temporary formation (T), Disbanded (D), Destroyed (E).
  5. ^ Wars and actions in which the unit has seen action or been deployed overseas.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference orgCR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference org30F was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Regiments.org - Scots Guards
  9. ^ a b c Regiments.org - 1st Scots Guards
  10. ^ a b c d Regiments.org - 2nd Scots Guards
  11. ^ Also known as the Earl of Mar's Regiment of Foot, 1678–1686, Thomas Buchan's Regiment of Foot, 1686–1689, Francis O'Farrell's Regiment of Foot, 1689–1695, Robert Mackay's Regiment of Foot, 1695–1697, Archibald Row's Regiment of Foot, 1697–1704, Viscount Mordaunt's Regiment of Foot, 1704–1706, and Sampson de Lalo's Regiment of Foot, 1706–1709.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference orgRSF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ This was a tank battalion from 1941 to 1945.
  14. ^ Regiments.org - 3rd Scots Guards
  15. ^ Transferred to the English Army in 1686.
  16. ^ Also known as the 1st Battalion, Ross-shire Buffs.
  17. ^ a b Regiments.org - Seaforth Highlanders
  18. ^ Regiments.org - 1st Seaforth Highlanders
  19. ^ Also known as the 2nd Battalion, Ross-shire Buffs.
  20. ^ Regiments.org - 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
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  25. ^ Also known as the Derbyshire Regiment until 1902 and the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment thereafter.
  26. ^ Captured by the Germans at Tobruk.
  27. ^ a b c Regiments.org - Sherwood Foresters
  28. ^ a b Regiments.org - 1st Sherwood Foresters
  29. ^ Also known as the Derbyshire Regiment until 1902 and the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment thereafter.
  30. ^ Regiments.org - 2nd Sherwood Foresters
  31. ^ MOD - 1 Signal Brigade
  32. ^ MOD - 2 Signal Brigade
  33. ^ MOD - 11 Signal Brigade
  34. ^ Also known as 20th Armoured Brigade Headquarters & Signal Squadron (200) from 1964.
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  36. ^ The senior signal squadron of the British Army.
  37. ^ Also known as 12th Mechanised Brigade Headquarters & Signal Squadron (228).
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  40. ^ Regiments.org - Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
  41. ^ Regiments.org - 1st Light Infantry
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  49. ^ a b Regiments.org - South Staffordshire Regiment
  50. ^ Regiments.org - 1st South Staffordshire Regiment
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  54. ^ MOD - 4/73 Battery RA
  55. ^ Regiments.org - Staffordshire Regiment
  56. ^ Regiments.org - 1st Staffordshire Regiment
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