Unit History: BRITCON UN
UNFICYP BRITCON Units
Units in Infantry role March 1964-Present:
Guards March 1964 May 1964 2nd Light Regiment Royal Artillery
March 1964 May 1964 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment (G Bty, 7th (Para) RHA u/c)
March 1964 July 1964 26th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery
March 1964 October 1964 1st Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
March 1964 October 1964 1st Bn The Sherwood Foresters
October 1964-March 1965 1st Bn The Cheshire Regiment
March 1965-October 1965 1st Bn Grenadier Guards
October 1965 Apri11966 1st Bn The Royal Highland Fusiliers
April 1966 November 1966 1st Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers
November 1966 March 1967 1st Bn The Black Watch
March 1967 October 1967 1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
October 1967 May 1968 1st Bn The Royal Green Jackets
May 1968 October 1968 1st Bn The Durham Light Infantry (became 4th Bn The Light Infantry 10/7/68)
October 1968 May 1969 1st Bn The Royal Hampshire Regiment
May 1969 October 1969 1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment
October 1969 May 1970 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment
May 1970 October 1970 3rd Bn The Light Infantry
October 1970 to May 1971 3rd Bn The Royal Green Jackets
May 1971 October 1971 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders
October 1972 May 1973 3rd Bn The Queen’s Regiment
May 1973 October 1973 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment
October 1973 May 1974 The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
May 1974 October 1974 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards
October 1974 May 1975 41 Commando Royal Marines
April 1975 October 1975 1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
October 1975 May 1976 1st Bn Welsh Guards
May 1976 October 1976 1st Bn The King’s Regiment
October 1976 May 1977 Royal Green Jackets
May 1977 October 1977 1st Bn The Royal Irish Rangers
May 1978 October 1978 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
November 1978 May 1979 3rd Bn The Light Infantry
May 1979 November 1979 41 Commando Royal Marines (with 79 (Kirkee) Commando Bty RA u/c)
November 1979 May 1980 1st Bn The Light Infantry
March 1980 September 1980 B Sqn 13/18H commanded by Major RA Cordy-Simpson (as force reserve)
May 1980 November 1980 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment
May 1981 November 1981 1st Bn The Green Howards
November 1981 May 1982 2nd Bn The Queen’s Regiment
May 1982 October 1982 1st Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment
October 1982 May 1983 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
May 1983 November 1983 1st Bn The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment
November 1983 June 1984 2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment
June 1984 December 1984 40 Commando Royal Marines
December 1984 June 1985 1st Bn The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment
June 1986 December 1986 2nd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
December 1986 June 1987 3rd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
June 1987 December 1987 1st Bn The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
December 1987 June 1988 1st Bn The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment
June 1988 December 1988 4th/7th The Royal Dragoon Guards (with G Sqn 15th/19th Hussars u/c)
December 1988 June 1989 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
June 1989 December 1989 4th Royal Tank Regiment
December 1989 June 1990 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1990 December 1990 22nd Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1990 June 1991 The Queen’s Own Hussars
June 1991 December 1991 4th Royal Tank Regiment
December 1991 June 1992 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
December 1992 June 1993 The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
June 1993 December 1993 39th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1993 June 1994 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
June 1994 December 1994 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
December 1994 June 1995 The Queen’s Royal Lancers
June 1995 December 1995 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1995 June 1996 12th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1996 December 1996 39th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1996 June 1997 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1997 December 1997 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1997 June 1998 1st Royal Tank Regiment
June 1998 December 1998 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1998 June 1999 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1999 December 1999 22nd Regiment (Welsh Gunners), Royal Artillery
December 1999 June 2000 1st Bn The Staffordshire Regiment
June 2000 December 2000 16th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2000 June 2001 The Queen’s Royal Lancers
June 2001 December 2001 4th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2001 June 2002 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 2002 December 2002 16th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2002 June 2003 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 2003 December 2003 22nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2003 June 2004 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
June 2004 December 2004 40th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2004 June 2005 26th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 2005 December 2005 ? (Possibly 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery)
Units providing Force Reserve Armoured Car Squadrons:
March 1964 November 1964 A Squadron, The Life Guards
April 1964 August 1964 RHQ and C Squadron, The Life Guards
November 1964 May 1965 Ajax Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
May 1965 November 1965 C Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars
November 1965 May 1966 Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
May 1966 November 1967 A Squadron, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
June 1968 December 1968 Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
December 1968 June 1969 Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
June 1969 December 1969 B Squadron, The Queen’s Own Hussars
December 1969 June 1970 B Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys
June 1970 December 1970 C Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys
December 1970 June 1971 C Squadron, The Royal Hussars
June 1972 December 1972 D Squadron, The Royal Scots Dragoon
December 1972 June 1973 B Squadron, The Blues and Royals
June 1973 January 1974 A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
January 1974 October 1974 Parachute Squadron, The Royal Armoured Corps
Additional reinforcements under UN command following the Turkish Invasion:
August 1974 September 1974 RHQ and A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
September 1974 March 1975 RHQ, B and C Squadrons, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
November 1974 May 1975 B Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment
March 1975 September 1975 RHQ and A Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment
September 1975 March 1976 C Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars
March 1976 September 1976 A Squadron, The Life Guards
September 1976 March 1977 B Squadron, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
March 1977 September 1977 A Squadron, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
September 1977 March 1978 C Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
March 1978 September 1978 A Squadron, The 9th/12th Royal Lancers
September 1978 March 1979 B Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
March 1979 September 1979 B Squadron, The Life Guards
September 1979 March 1980 B Squadron, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
September 1980 March 1981 C Sqn The Blues and Royals
March 1981 September 1981 Duke of Edinburgh’s Squadron, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
September 1981 February 1982 Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars
February 1982 July 1982 A Squadron, The Blues and Royals
July 1982 - January 1983 B Squadron, The Blues and Royals
January 1983 July 1983 C Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
July 1983 January 1984 B Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment
January 1984 July 1984 C Squadron, The Life Guards
January 1985 July 1985 A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
July 1985 January 1986 B Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
January 1986 July 1986 D Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
09 July 1987 January 1988 A Sqn 9th/12th Royal Lancers deployed as FSC Sqn
Units in Infantry role March 1964-Present:
Guards March 1964 May 1964 2nd Light Regiment Royal Artillery
March 1964 May 1964 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment (G Bty, 7th (Para) RHA u/c)
March 1964 July 1964 26th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery
March 1964 October 1964 1st Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
March 1964 October 1964 1st Bn The Sherwood Foresters
October 1964-March 1965 1st Bn The Cheshire Regiment
March 1965-October 1965 1st Bn Grenadier Guards
October 1965 Apri11966 1st Bn The Royal Highland Fusiliers
April 1966 November 1966 1st Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers
November 1966 March 1967 1st Bn The Black Watch
March 1967 October 1967 1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
October 1967 May 1968 1st Bn The Royal Green Jackets
May 1968 October 1968 1st Bn The Durham Light Infantry (became 4th Bn The Light Infantry 10/7/68)
October 1968 May 1969 1st Bn The Royal Hampshire Regiment
May 1969 October 1969 1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment
October 1969 May 1970 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment
May 1970 October 1970 3rd Bn The Light Infantry
October 1970 to May 1971 3rd Bn The Royal Green Jackets
May 1971 October 1971 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders
October 1972 May 1973 3rd Bn The Queen’s Regiment
May 1973 October 1973 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment
October 1973 May 1974 The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
May 1974 October 1974 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards
October 1974 May 1975 41 Commando Royal Marines
April 1975 October 1975 1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
October 1975 May 1976 1st Bn Welsh Guards
May 1976 October 1976 1st Bn The King’s Regiment
October 1976 May 1977 Royal Green Jackets
May 1977 October 1977 1st Bn The Royal Irish Rangers
May 1978 October 1978 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
November 1978 May 1979 3rd Bn The Light Infantry
May 1979 November 1979 41 Commando Royal Marines (with 79 (Kirkee) Commando Bty RA u/c)
November 1979 May 1980 1st Bn The Light Infantry
March 1980 September 1980 B Sqn 13/18H commanded by Major RA Cordy-Simpson (as force reserve)
May 1980 November 1980 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment
May 1981 November 1981 1st Bn The Green Howards
November 1981 May 1982 2nd Bn The Queen’s Regiment
May 1982 October 1982 1st Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment
October 1982 May 1983 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards
May 1983 November 1983 1st Bn The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment
November 1983 June 1984 2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment
June 1984 December 1984 40 Commando Royal Marines
December 1984 June 1985 1st Bn The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment
June 1986 December 1986 2nd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
December 1986 June 1987 3rd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
June 1987 December 1987 1st Bn The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
December 1987 June 1988 1st Bn The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment
June 1988 December 1988 4th/7th The Royal Dragoon Guards (with G Sqn 15th/19th Hussars u/c)
December 1988 June 1989 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
June 1989 December 1989 4th Royal Tank Regiment
December 1989 June 1990 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1990 December 1990 22nd Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1990 June 1991 The Queen’s Own Hussars
June 1991 December 1991 4th Royal Tank Regiment
December 1991 June 1992 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
December 1992 June 1993 The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
June 1993 December 1993 39th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1993 June 1994 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
June 1994 December 1994 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
December 1994 June 1995 The Queen’s Royal Lancers
June 1995 December 1995 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1995 June 1996 12th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1996 December 1996 39th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1996 June 1997 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1997 December 1997 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1997 June 1998 1st Royal Tank Regiment
June 1998 December 1998 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 1998 June 1999 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 1999 December 1999 22nd Regiment (Welsh Gunners), Royal Artillery
December 1999 June 2000 1st Bn The Staffordshire Regiment
June 2000 December 2000 16th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2000 June 2001 The Queen’s Royal Lancers
June 2001 December 2001 4th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2001 June 2002 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 2002 December 2002 16th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2002 June 2003 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 2003 December 2003 22nd Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2003 June 2004 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
June 2004 December 2004 40th Regiment, Royal Artillery
December 2004 June 2005 26th Regiment, Royal Artillery
June 2005 December 2005 ? (Possibly 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery)
Units providing Force Reserve Armoured Car Squadrons:
March 1964 November 1964 A Squadron, The Life Guards
April 1964 August 1964 RHQ and C Squadron, The Life Guards
November 1964 May 1965 Ajax Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment
May 1965 November 1965 C Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars
November 1965 May 1966 Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
May 1966 November 1967 A Squadron, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
June 1968 December 1968 Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
December 1968 June 1969 Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
June 1969 December 1969 B Squadron, The Queen’s Own Hussars
December 1969 June 1970 B Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys
June 1970 December 1970 C Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys
December 1970 June 1971 C Squadron, The Royal Hussars
June 1972 December 1972 D Squadron, The Royal Scots Dragoon
December 1972 June 1973 B Squadron, The Blues and Royals
June 1973 January 1974 A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
January 1974 October 1974 Parachute Squadron, The Royal Armoured Corps
Additional reinforcements under UN command following the Turkish Invasion:
August 1974 September 1974 RHQ and A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
September 1974 March 1975 RHQ, B and C Squadrons, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
November 1974 May 1975 B Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment
March 1975 September 1975 RHQ and A Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment
September 1975 March 1976 C Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars
March 1976 September 1976 A Squadron, The Life Guards
September 1976 March 1977 B Squadron, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
March 1977 September 1977 A Squadron, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars
September 1977 March 1978 C Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
March 1978 September 1978 A Squadron, The 9th/12th Royal Lancers
September 1978 March 1979 B Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
March 1979 September 1979 B Squadron, The Life Guards
September 1979 March 1980 B Squadron, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
September 1980 March 1981 C Sqn The Blues and Royals
March 1981 September 1981 Duke of Edinburgh’s Squadron, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars
September 1981 February 1982 Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars
February 1982 July 1982 A Squadron, The Blues and Royals
July 1982 - January 1983 B Squadron, The Blues and Royals
January 1983 July 1983 C Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
July 1983 January 1984 B Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment
January 1984 July 1984 C Squadron, The Life Guards
January 1985 July 1985 A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers
July 1985 January 1986 B Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
January 1986 July 1986 D Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards
09 July 1987 January 1988 A Sqn 9th/12th Royal Lancers deployed as FSC Sqn
