Mentions:
1: James Sunderland (Con - Bracknell) Military Academy at Sandhurst, the headquarters of 77 Brigade at Hermitage, the Household Cavalry Regiment - Speech Link
Dec. 29 2023
Source Page: New Year Honours 2024 for defence personnelFound: GILES Colonel Michael Robert SMITH As Officers Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Paul ANDREW, Royal Regiment
Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham Edgbaston) In 2023, a local man was convicted of possession of a range of home-made assault rifles manufactured - Speech Link
2: James Cleverly (Con - Braintree) headed by a senior former police officer and a senior former Royal Artillery officer—a wise choice of regiment—and - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the Army bands which existed as of 31 December 2023.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
There were 30 Bands in the British Army on 31 December 1999; 23 Bands on 31 December 2009; and 15 Bands on 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023.
The below table shows a list of Army Bands as at 31 December 2023.
The Royal Corps of Army Music |
The Band of the Household Cavalry |
Band of the Grenadier Guards |
Band of the Coldstream Guards |
Band of the Scots Guards |
Band of the Irish Guards |
Band of the Welsh Guards |
The Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra |
The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
The Band and Bugles of The Rifles |
The Band of The Prince of Wales |
The Band of The Brigade of Gurkhas |
British Army Band Catterick |
British Army Band Colchester |
British Army Band Sandhurst |
British Army Band Tidworth |
Asked by: Lord Beamish (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army bands there were on 31 December (a) 1999, (b) 2009, (c) 2019 and (d) 2023.
Answered by Andrew Murrison
There were 30 Bands in the British Army on 31 December 1999; 23 Bands on 31 December 2009; and 15 Bands on 31 December 2019 and 31 December 2023.
The below table shows a list of Army Bands as at 31 December 2023.
The Royal Corps of Army Music |
The Band of the Household Cavalry |
Band of the Grenadier Guards |
Band of the Coldstream Guards |
Band of the Scots Guards |
Band of the Irish Guards |
Band of the Welsh Guards |
The Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra |
The Band of The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
The Band and Bugles of The Rifles |
The Band of The Prince of Wales |
The Band of The Brigade of Gurkhas |
British Army Band Catterick |
British Army Band Colchester |
British Army Band Sandhurst |
British Army Band Tidworth |
Mentions:
1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Banjska attack, the arsenal of those 30 militants included 41 anti-tank rocket launchers, 66 automatic rifles - Speech Link
2: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) That was underlined by the deployment of the First Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment to train alongside - Speech Link
Dec. 08 2010
Source Page: Report of the Task Force on the Military Covenant. 45 p.Found: As an example of good practice the Rifles has appointed a Casualty Officer, funded by the Army Benevolent
Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: The RAF Regiment has begun to field anti-UAV defence systems in the form of jamming equipment and Lightweight
Mentions:
1: Tobias Ellwood (Con - Bournemouth East) dozen or so plaques marking the names, in date order, of the 455 UK personnel—including 54 from my regiment - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) spoke with great eloquence about the sacrifice made by those who served, including members of his regiment - Speech Link
Nov. 17 2023
Source Page: FOI responses published by MOD: week commencing 13 November 2023Found: 3 04/09/2007 CA175C 57 LOG SP SQN RLC VEH TP 179 14640KK 04/09/2007 28KK06 4 29/11/2007 A2238A 2 RIFLES