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===[[1st (United Kingdom) Division]]=== 1st (UK) Division is planned as the UK's primary land element for operations outside the European theatre, as well as operations supporting NATO's flanks. It consists of four infantry centred brigades β one is intended as a high-readiness mobile formation, one as a light infantry formation to provide surge capacity, and one as a parent formation for Army Reserve battalions. The other, 16 Air Assault Brigade, forms part of the overall "Reaction Force", and is a lead element of the UK's [[Joint Rapid Reaction Force|rapid reaction]] strategy. The other major independent element of the Reaction Force is [[United Kingdom Commando Force|UK Commando Force]]; although this does have British Army units attached in combat support roles, the infantry units are from the [[Royal Marines]], which is part of the [[Her Majesty's Naval Service|Naval Service]].{{efn|group=note|The Royal Marines has four battalion-sized units dedicated to the commando infantry role β [[40 Commando]], [[42 Commando]] and [[45 Commando]] are the warfighting elements of 3 Commando Brigade, while [[43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines|43 Commando]] is tasked with providing security for the UK's [[Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom|nuclear deterrent]], as well as supplying marines for maritime security tasks on [[Royal Navy]] ships}} *'''[[4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East|4th Light Brigade Combat Team]]''' **1st Battalion, [[Grenadier Guards]] (Light Infantry){{efn|name=Guards|group=note|Foot guards units provide personnel to London District public duties teams}}{{efn|name=Guards2|group=note|Light infantry, specialised infantry and public duties foot guards battalions will periodically rotate roles. The foot guards battalion assigned to the Security Assistance Brigade will provide two [[British Army incremental infantry companies|incremental companies]] for public duties for the duration of its time in the brigade.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.grengds.com/uploads/files/IR_Letter_final-RLC.pdf|title=Letter From: Lieutenant General C R V Walker DSO, Regimental Lieutenant Colonel regarding the Integrated Review}}</ref>}} **1st Battalion, [[Coldstream Guards]] (Light Infantry){{efn|name=Guards|group=note}}{{efn|name=Guards2|group=note}} **[[Royal Highland Fusiliers|The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion]], [[Royal Regiment of Scotland|The Royal Regiment of Scotland]] (Light Infantry) **1st Battalion, [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment|The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)]] (Light Infantry){{efn|name=Cyprus|group=note|Light infantry and mechanised infantry battalions will periodically rotate to serve as resident battalions as part of [[British Forces Cyprus]].}} **1st Battalion, [[Royal Gurkha Rifles|The Royal Gurkha Rifles]] (Light Infantry){{efn|name=RGR|group=note|Royal Gurkha Rifles battalions rotate postings to Brunei every three years. The Brunei based battalion forms the core of [[British Forces Brunei]] as jungle trained light infantry, but is subordinated to 4 Bde. The UK based battalion is attached to 16 Bde as air assault infantry.}} **2nd Battalion, [[The Rifles]] (Light Infantry) *'''[[7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East|7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team]]''' **1st Battalion, [[Scots Guards]] (Light Mechanised Infantry){{efn|name=Guards|group=note}}{{efn|name=Cyprus|group=note}} **[[Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)|The Highlanders, 4th Battalion]], The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Light Mechanised Infantry){{efn|name=Cyprus|group=note}} **2nd Battalion, [[Royal Anglian Regiment|The Royal Anglian Regiment]] (Light Mechanised Infantry) **1st Battalion, [[Royal Yorkshire Regiment|The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)]] (Light Mechanised Infantry){{efn|name=Cyprus|group=note}} **1st Battalion, The Rifles (Light Mechanised Infantry){{efn|name=Cyprus|group=note}} *'''[[19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)|19th Brigade]]''' **[[52nd Lowland Regiment|52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion]], The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Army Reserve) **[[51st Highland Regiment|51st Highland, 7th Battalion]], The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Army Reserve) **4th Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (Army Reserve) **3rd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Army Reserve) **4th Battalion, The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (Army Reserve) **2nd Battalion, [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)]] (Army Reserve) **6th Battalion, The Rifles (Army Reserve) **8th Battalion, The Rifles (Army Reserve) *'''[[16 Air Assault Brigade|16th Air Assault Brigade Combat Team]]''' **[[2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment|2nd Battalion]], [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|The Parachute Regiment]] (Parachute Infantry) **[[3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment|3rd Battalion]], The Parachute Regiment (Parachute Infantry) **1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) (Air Assault Infantry) **2nd Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (Air Assault Infantry){{efn|name=RGR|group=note}} **[[4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment|4th Battalion]], The Parachute Regiment (Army Reserve){{efn|name=Reserve|group=note}}
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