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The Union Division is an administrative unit of the British Army responsible for the training and administration of regiments of line infantry.
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The Union Division is an administrative unit of the British Army responsible for the training and administration of regiments of line infantry.
As part of the Future Soldier reforms of the Army announced by the government in March 2021, the infantry was to be reorganised, with the intention of bringing all infantry regiments under the administration of a division of infantry. As part of this, the Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division, which was the administrative organisation responsible for line infantry regiments from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, was to be expanded to also assume responsibility for the Royal Yorkshire Regiment, which had previously been part of the King's Division. The new division, which was named as the Union Division, was stood up on 30 September 2022. [1]
The division as stood up incorporates a total of thirteen infantry battalions - eight of these are part of the regular army, while the other five form part of the Army Reserve. In addition, there is a single incremental company, whose primary task is public duties: [2]
As part of Future Soldier a new unit, The Rangers , was formed- as part of its formation, it was announced that each of its four battalions would be assigned to one of the divisions of infantry. [3] This saw the 2nd Battalion (formerly the 2nd Battalion, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)) assigned to the Union Division. [2]
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