English Name | Native Name[1] | Country | Service | Symbol[2] | Established[3] | Disestablished[4] | Battle Honours[5] | Notes |
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George Wade's Regiment of Foot | EA/BA | II |
1705 (N) | 1717 (N) Henry Hawley's Regiment of Foot | [6] | |||
Earl Waldegrave's Regiment of Foot | BA | II |
1751 (N) | 1751 (N) 9th Regiment of Foot | [7] | |||
Hugh Warburton's Regiment of Foot | BA | II |
1745 (N) | 1751 (N) 45th Regiment of Foot | [8] | |||
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards | BA | II |
1915 (F) | Existing | [9][10] | |||
2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards | BA | II |
1915 (F) 1939 (F) 1943 (N) |
1919 (D) 1941 (N) 6th Battalion, Welsh Guards 1946 (D) |
[9] | |||
3rd Battalion, Welsh Guards | BA | II |
1941 (F) | 1946 (D) | [9] | |||
6th Battalion, Welsh Guards | BA | II |
1941 (N) | 1943 (N) 2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards | [9] | |||
Lord Wentworth's Regiment of Foot | EA | II |
1656 (F) | 1665 (N) 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards | [11][12][13] | |||
1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment | BA | II |
1921 (N) | 1958 (A) 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire | [14][15] | |||
2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment | BA | II |
1921 (N) | 1948 (D) | [14][16] | |||
Henry Wharton's Regiment of Foot | EA | II |
1688 (N) | 1689 (N) Richard Brewer's Regiment of Foot | [17] | |||
Thomas Whetham's Regiment of Foot | BA | II |
1725 (N) | 1741 (N) Scipio Duroure's Regiment of Foot | [17] | |||
Sir Charles Wills' Regiment of Marines | EA/BA | II |
1714 (N) | 1716 (N) Lord Forrester's Regiment of Foot | [18] | |||
Sir Charles Wills' Regiment of Marines | EA/BA | II |
1705 (N) | 1714 (N) Sir Charles Wills' Regiment of Foot | [18] | |||
William Windress's Regiment of Foot | BA | II |
1710 (N) | 1715 (N) John Fane's Regiment of Foot | [19] | |||
1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment | BA | II |
1970 (A) | 2007 (N) 2nd Battalion, Mercian Regiment | [20][21] | |||
1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment | BA | II |
1881 (N) 1943 (N) |
1942 (E)[22] 1970 (A) 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment |
[23][24] | |||
2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment | BA | II |
1881 (N) | 1948 (D) | [23][25] | |||
3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment | BA | II |
1900 (F) | 1923 (D) | [23][26] | |||
4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment | BA | II |
1900 (F) | 1922 (D) | [23][27] | |||
11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment | BA | II |
1943 (N) 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment | [23][24] |
Footnotes
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- ^ Using APP-6A symbols.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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).
- ^ Wars and actions in which the unit has seen action or been deployed overseas.
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