Conference repair::reserve_forces

    Re .0:
    
    Dave, ol' buddy, could translate some of those acronymns for us
    Yanks....I know what RSigs is but some of the others are ????
    
    Thanks.
    
    Mark
    RMC USNR

    These are the units:
    
    AAC		Army Air Corps
    RAChD       Royal Army Chaplains Department                        
    RCT         Royal Corps of Transport
    RAMC        Royal Army Medical Corps
    RAOC        Royal Army Ordnance Corps
    REME        The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 
    RMP         The Corps of Royal Military Police
    RAPC        Royal Army Pay Corps
    RAVC        Royal Army Veterinary Corps
    RADC        Royal Army Dental Corps
    IntCorps    Intelligence Corps
    ACC         Army Catering Corps
    QUARNC      Queen Alexandra's Royal Nursing Corps
    WRAC	Women Royal Army Corps
                        
    

    re:.0
    
    SAS ? Is this the same SAS that stormed a cetain embassy !!
    
    If so, are the members of the TA SAS ex regular SAS members ??
    
    Col

    There are numerous SAS units.  The 21st and 23rd are open to the
    public, in fact it is the only way by which a man can enter the
    SAS direct as it is possible, I'm told, to go from the TA to the
    regulars. The officers in the TA SAS are all regulars, the Troopers
    are reserves.
    
    - 21st is a TA unit based in the south of England
    
    - 23rd covers the north and midland region. 
                                    
    - 63rd SAS Signals regiment.                     
    
    There is a SAS Reserve consisting of ex-SAS members
    
    Then there is the famous 22nd Regiment, of embassy storming fame.
              
    If you want any more information just ask,
    
    Dave

    
    I think that the TA officers in the 63rd are possibly part time?
    
    Regards
    
    John
    

    I would be interested in the names of all the Engineer regiments as we
    have an affiliation in the land down under having descended form them.
    I am currently a reserve engineer with the 4th Field Engineer Regiment,
    2nd Australian Division.

    	 I noticed that the intelligence corps was the only unit which did
    not include the word royal in it's title; is there a reason for this or
    just coincidental.  It is my understanding that you British do not take
    any reference to the royal family lightly.
    
    

    re .7
    
    It was recently pointed out to me by one of our cousins accross
    the pond that their army is called the British Army, not the Royal
    Army.
    
    
    Dave

    I think I know the answer, probably something to do with Oliver C.
    Perhaps, someone could explain why there is the RAF, RN & RM, but
    the British Army?
    
    Bob Mc

    Bob,
    
    Well the story I was told goes like this:
    
    In days of old when there was a navy and army, the individual army
    regiments were given Royal status. The flying force started out
    as the Royal Engineers and it was decided to use the this section
    of the RE as the basis for an aerial unit. The Royal Flying Corps was
    formed( I suspect a lot of snobbery went into this name). Then it
    was decided to merge the RFC with the Navy's flying division. The
    Navy said it would not agree to the merging of it's air section
    with the RFC if it, the Navy, could not be called the Royal Navy.
    
    As you know the RFC was renamed the Royal Air Force.
    
    Plausible?
    
    Dave                                                              
    

    From -1.
    
    I should have specified that the a part of the RE was the origin
    of the RFC and not,"The flying force started out as the Royal
    Engineers"
    
    Sorry.

    
    Didn't the 'Royal' for infantry/cavalry originally denote that the
    regiment was funded by the monarch as opposed to regiments raised
    and financed by individuals who then hired them out to the crown.
    
    There are also regiments that don't have 'Royal' but are known as
    the "King's Own" "Queen's Own". These regiments are just as royal
    as others.
    
    I know that eventually, the term was conferred as a mark of honour.
    This is the most common usage now.
    
    Roger
    

As threatened in the base note, the major TA Units (in 1989)
     - if I get more recent information I'll post it

RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENTS
The Royal Yeomanry
The Wessex Yeomanry
The Queens Own Yeomanry
The Queens Own Mercian Yeomanry

FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENTS
100 Field Regiment
101 Field Regiment

AIR DEFENCE REGIMENTS
102 Air Defence Regiment
103 Air Defence Regiment
104 Air Defence Regiment
105 Air Defence Regiment 

ENGINEER REGIMENTS
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers ( Militia)
71 Engineer Regiment
72 Engineer Regiment
73 Engineer Regiment
74 Engineer Regiment
75 Engineer Regiment
101 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal ) (V)
111 Engineer Regiment (V)

INFANTRY BATTALIONS
1st Battalion, 51 Highland Volunteers
2nd Battalion, 51 Highland Volunteers
3rd Battalion, 51 Highland Volunteers
1st Battalion, 52 Lowland Volunteers
2nd Battalion, 52 Lowland Volunteers

5th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment
6th/7th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Regiment

5th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
6th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
8th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen's Fusiliers

5th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
6th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
7th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment

4th ( Volunteer) Battalion, the King's Own Border Regiment
5th/8th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Kings Regiment

4th Battalion, The Queen's Lancaster Regiment

1st Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers
3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers
4th Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers

1st Battalion, Yorkshire and Cleveland Volunteers

4th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rangers
5th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Irish Rangers

4th Battalion ( Volunteer), The Devon and Dorset Regiments

2nd Battalion, The Wessex Regiment ( Volunteers)

3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales)

3rd ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood 
	Foresters Regiment

4th (Volunteer) Battalion, the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters
	Regiment (29th/45th Foot)

3rd ( Volunteer) Battalion, The 22nd Cheshire Regiment

3rd ( Volunteer ) Battalion, The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

3rd ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales
4th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales

5th Battalion, The Light Infantry ( Volunteers)
6th Battalion, The Light Infantry ( Volunteers)
7th Battalion, The Light Infantry ( Volunteers)
8th Battalion, the Light Infantry ( Volunteers)

4th ( Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets
5th ( Volunteer) Battalion, the Royal Green Jackets

4th (Volunteer) Battalion, the Parachute Regiment
10th ( Volunteer ) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment
15th ( Scottish Volunteer) Battalion, The Parachute Regiment

SAS Regiments
21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles)
23 Special Air Service Regiment

Honourable Artillery Company

    Come on steve,stop reading and start writing about the changes that
    have taken place as you've got it written down in front of you!
    
    Tyrone
    

    
    
      As part of the latest "Options for Change" my unit has been earmarked
    for a drastic re-organisation.
      I am part of 2 Wessex and we will be merging with 1 Wessex to form
    2nd Royal Gloucester, Berkshire & Wiltshire Regt, or "Great Big
    Willies" as the nickname goes.
      BHQ, HQ Coy and the support elements will be based in Reading, with
    Coys at Swindon, Gloucester and Bristol. This to be effective from
    October 1st '95.
    
      Present 2 Wessex locations in Bracknell, Slough and Newbury will
    still be open until '97.
    
      It's pretty much as expected, and my job (Recce Pl Sgt) is pretty
    safe.
    
    Steve..

    
    Steve,
    
    What is happening with Bracknell and Slough?
    
    Loz.

    
      Lawrence,
      
        As far as I know they will remain open throughout the amalgamation
    but will be closed sometime within the following two years. The troops
    will be offered places in HQ Coy (Reading). I think the barracks will
    be taken over by other units.
    
    Steve..