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DEFENCE Regiments

01 January 1991

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DEFENCE Regiments
artdoc May=1991
House of Commons written answer 27.6.90 Col. 250

Mr. Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,
further to his reply of 14 June, Official Report, columns
326-27, concerning regiments; if he will give the numbers of
people employed in or connected with each regiment listed.

Mr. Archie Hamilton: As at 30 April 1990, the total
trained strength of the Army was 136,869. The number of Army
personnel employed at each of the arms and services of the
Regular Army on that date is as follows:

Officers Soldiers Total

Staff Officers 787 - 787
Household Cavalry and Royal
Armoured Corps 1,186 8,930 10,116
The Royal Regiment of Artillery 1,256 10,981 12,237
Corps of Royal Engineers 1,333 11,579 12,912
Royal Corps of Signals 1,073 9,787 10,860
Infantry 3,470 32,392 35,862
Army Air Corps 324 1,250 1,574
Royal Army Chaplains
Department 154 - 154
Royal Corps of Transport 896 8,124 9,020
Royal Army Medical Corps 918 2,513 3,431
Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1,002 6,135 7,137
Corps of Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers 969 12,692 13,660
Corps of Royal Military Police 144 2,120 2,264
Royal Army Pay Corps 440 1,499 1,939
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 29 123 152
Small Arms School Corps 29 104 133
Military Provost Staff Corps 7 95 102
Royal Army Educational Corps 499 - 499
Royal Army Dental Corps 207 190 397
Royal Pioneer Corps 102 1,158 1,260
Intelligence Corps 272 905 1,177
Army Physical Training Corps 49 351 400
Army Catering Corps 164 3,985 4,149
Army Legal Corps 58 58
General Service Corps 3 3
Long Service List Soldiers - 766 766
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army
Nursing Corps 490 958 1,448
Women's Royal Army Corps 311 4,061 4,372

A complete breakdown could be provided only at
disproportionate cost.

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