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The Queens Division

The Queens Division consists of three Regiments, PWRR, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (RRF) and The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN). The Regiments recruit from London and the counties of the South East (PWRR), East Anglia (R ANGLIAN) and Warwickshire, Lancashire and Northumberland (RRF) with each Regiment identifying closely with its traditional recruiting area. The Regiments of the Queens Division serve all over the world and are currently employed in the Armoured and Mechanised Infantry and Light Roles.

The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires)

The Regiment consists of the following Battalions:

Regular Battalions 1st Bn The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queens and Royal Hampshires) (1 PWRR)
2nd Bn The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queens and Royal Hampshires) (2 PWRR)

Territorial Army Battalions 3rd Bn The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queens and Royal Hampshires) (3 PWRR)

The Regiment was formed in 1992 by the amalgamation of The Queen’s Regiment and the Royal Hampshire Regiment. Although both of these Regiments were formed relatively recently The Regiment can trace its history back to 1662 when The Queen’s Royal Regiment was raised as the Tangiers Regiment to garrison Tangiers becoming the senior English Infantry Regiment of the Line. Currently the 1st Battalion is located in Germany in the Armoured Infantry role with 20 Armoured Brigade while the 2nd Battalion is located in Cyprus employed in the Light Role. The Territorial Army Battalion, 3rd Battalion, is a TA Reserve Infantry Battalion.

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers consists of the following Battalions:

Regular Battalions 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1 RRF)
2nd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2 RRF)

Territorial Army Battalion 5th Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (5 RRF)

The Regiment was formed in 1968 from the amalgamation of four English Fusilier Regiments: The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) and The Lancashire Fusiliers. All these Regiments can trace their histories back to the 17th century. The 1st Battalion is employed in the Armoured Infantry role, the 2nd Battalion is a theatre reserve and the 5th is an army Territorial Battalion.

The Royal Anglian Regiment

The Regiment consists of the following Battalions:

Regular Battalions 1st Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment (1 R ANGLIAN)
2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment (2 R ANGLIAN)

Territorial Army Battalions 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment (3 R ANGLIAN)

The Regiment was formed in 1964 from the amalgamation of the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade. The 1st Battalion is employed in the Mechanised Infantry role with the 2nd Battalion in the Light Role. The 3rd Battalion is a Territorial Army Reserve Battalion. The 1st Battalion finished a ferocious tour in Afghanistan in 2007 that received media attention after the soldiers often had to resort to using bayonets while fighting the Taliban.

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