Army
(asked on 24th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,with reference to the Command Paper 411 entitled Defence in a competitive age, published March 2021, which infantry battalion will be be deleted as part of his Department’s defence plans.
This question was answered on 27th May 2021
As the Secretary of State said in his statement to the House on 22 March, the new structures planned for the Army will require fewer units. Therefore, 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment will be amalgamated with the 1st Battalion to form a new Boxer-mounted battalion.