British Army incremental infantry companies - Revision history

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If there is a mistake please report on my <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Bot" title="User talk:Bot">talk page</a>.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:40, 15 December 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the 1960s, a policy began to be implemented intended to move the infantry away from collections of regiments made up of just single battalions, towards what came to be known as "[[large regiment]]s", made up of a number of battalions, which would be formed by the amalgamation of several existing regiments.<ref>Bigger infantry regiments planned by War Office, ''The Times'', 16 March 1962</ref> Between 1964 and 1968, a total of six of these multi-battalion regiments were formed, before a policy change saw the process halted. As part of this however, there were additional plans to reduce the size of the infantry, through the disbanding or amalgamation of individual battalions. Again however, after the first round of disbandings and amalgamations, the policy was halted, with those battalions intended for removal instead reduced in size to a single company.<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Defence |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1970-10-28/debates/ab6e1190-90e3-4dbd-b28c-1583fb883ccd/Defence |house=House of Lords |date=28 October 1970 |column=114 |speaker=[[Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington|Lord Carrington]] |position=Secretary of State for Defence}}</ref><ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Army Units (Rundown) |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1970-10-29/debates/8a791bef-47d0-47dc-9195-524c303ccd4d/ArmyUnits(Rundown)?highlight=infantry#contribution-2ce3cac2-bda4-4cee-a4c3-39d35d4766d3 |house=House of Commons |date=29 October 1970 |column=405 |speaker=[[Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar|Ian Gilmour]] |position=Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army}}</ref> A total of seven battalions had units reduced in this way:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In the 1960s, a policy began to be implemented intended to move the infantry away from collections of regiments made up of just single battalions, towards what came to be known as "[[large regiment]]s", made up of a number of battalions, which would be formed by the amalgamation of several existing regiments.<ref>Bigger infantry regiments planned by War Office, ''The Times'', 16 March 1962</ref> Between 1964 and 1968, a total of six of these multi-battalion regiments were formed, before a policy change saw the process halted. As part of this however, there were additional plans to reduce the size of the infantry, through the disbanding or amalgamation of individual battalions. Again however, after the first round of disbandings and amalgamations, the policy was halted, with those battalions intended for removal instead reduced in size to a single company.<ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Defence |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/1970-10-28/debates/ab6e1190-90e3-4dbd-b28c-1583fb883ccd/Defence |house=House of Lords |date=28 October 1970 |column=114 |speaker=[[Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington|Lord Carrington]] |position=Secretary of State for Defence}}</ref><ref>{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Army Units (Rundown) |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1970-10-29/debates/8a791bef-47d0-47dc-9195-524c303ccd4d/ArmyUnits(Rundown)?highlight=infantry#contribution-2ce3cac2-bda4-4cee-a4c3-39d35d4766d3 |house=House of Commons |date=29 October 1970 |column=405 |speaker=[[Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar|Ian Gilmour]] |position=Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Army}}</ref> A total of seven battalions had units reduced in this way:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*2nd Battalion, [[Scots Guards]] - in March 1971, the 2nd Battalion was placed in suspended animation, with 2nd Battalion Company formed to take on its traditions. Additionally, two further companies, F Company and S Company, were also used to reinforce other Foot Guards battalions. The 2nd Battalion was reformed in January 1972.<ref name="scots guards">{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsguards.co.uk/history1.htm |title=History |author= |website=Scots Guards Association |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref><ref name=scotsguards2>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/scots-guards.html |title=Scots Guards |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*2nd Battalion, [[Scots Guards]] - in March 1971, the 2nd Battalion was placed in suspended animation, with 2nd Battalion Company formed to take on its traditions. Additionally, two further companies, F Company and S Company, were also used to reinforce other Foot Guards battalions. The 2nd Battalion was reformed in January 1972.<ref name="scots guards">{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsguards.co.uk/history1.htm |title=History |author= |website=Scots Guards Association |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref><ref name=scotsguards2>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/scots-guards.html |title=Scots Guards |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*4th Battalion, [[Queen's Regiment|The Queen's Regiment]] - the 4th Battalion was disbanded in December 1970, with Albuhera Company retained until it too was disbanded in November 1973.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |title=4 Queens |url=http://queensregimentalassociation.org/media/sotq_2013.pdf |journal=Soldiers of the Queen's 1966-1992 |date=2013 |pages=14–16 |access-date=3 May <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2022</del>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/queen-s-regiment.html |title=Queen's Regiment |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*4th Battalion, [[Queen's Regiment|The Queen's Regiment]] - the 4th Battalion was disbanded in December 1970, with Albuhera Company retained until it too was disbanded in November 1973.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |title=4 Queens |url=http://queensregimentalassociation.org/media/sotq_2013.pdf |journal=Soldiers of the Queen's 1966-1992 |date=2013 |pages=14–16 |access-date=3 May <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2020</ins>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/queen-s-regiment.html |title=Queen's Regiment |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*4th Battalion, [[Royal Anglian Regiment|The Royal Anglian Regiment]] - the 4th Battalion was disbanded in October 1970, with Tiger Company retained until it was disbanded in July 1975.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |date=1975 |title=On Tiger Company |url=http://royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/RamCollection/Collection/documents/Castle%20Serial%2019%20January%201975.pdf |journal=Castle: Journal of the Royal Anglian Regiment |pages=12 |access-date=3 May <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2022</del>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment.html |title=Royal Anglian Regiment |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*4th Battalion, [[Royal Anglian Regiment|The Royal Anglian Regiment]] - the 4th Battalion was disbanded in October 1970, with Tiger Company retained until it was disbanded in July 1975.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |date=1975 |title=On Tiger Company |url=http://royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/RamCollection/Collection/documents/Castle%20Serial%2019%20January%201975.pdf |journal=Castle: Journal of the Royal Anglian Regiment |pages=12 |access-date=3 May <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2020</ins>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment.html |title=Royal Anglian Regiment |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*1st Battalion, [[Royal Hampshire Regiment|The Royal Hampshire Regiment]] - the 1st Battalion had been planned to be amalgamated with the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]], until that plan was halted, with instead the Royal Hampshire Regiment being reduced to Minden Company in August 1970. The 1st Battalion was eventually reformed in January 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |title=A Brief History |url=http://www.armytigers.com/sites/default/files/publications-files/pwrrguide2015.pdf |magazine=A Guide to the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |pages=27 |access-date=3 May <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2022</del>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/hampshire-regiment.html |title=Hampshire Regiment |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*1st Battalion, [[Royal Hampshire Regiment|The Royal Hampshire Regiment]] - the 1st Battalion had been planned to be amalgamated with the [[Gloucestershire Regiment]], until that plan was halted, with instead the Royal Hampshire Regiment being reduced to Minden Company in August 1970. The 1st Battalion was eventually reformed in January 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine |author= |title=A Brief History |url=http://www.armytigers.com/sites/default/files/publications-files/pwrrguide2015.pdf |magazine=A Guide to the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |pages=27 |access-date=3 May <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2020</ins>}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/hampshire-regiment.html |title=Hampshire Regiment |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*1st Battalion, [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)]] - the 1st Battalion was one of three single battalion regiments that elected to disband rather than amalgamate. While the other two were eventually disbanded in 1968, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were instead reduced to Balaklava Company in January 1971. Twelve months later, in January 1972, the 1st Battalion was reformed.<ref name=balaklava>{{cite web |url=http://argylls1945to1971.co.uk/AandSH_BalaklavaCoy.htm |title= 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Balaklava Company 1971|author= |date=28 January 2015 |website=The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders History from 1945 to 1971 |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders.html |title=Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*1st Battalion, [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)]] - the 1st Battalion was one of three single battalion regiments that elected to disband rather than amalgamate. While the other two were eventually disbanded in 1968, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were instead reduced to Balaklava Company in January 1971. Twelve months later, in January 1972, the 1st Battalion was reformed.<ref name=balaklava>{{cite web |url=http://argylls1945to1971.co.uk/AandSH_BalaklavaCoy.htm |title= 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Balaklava Company 1971|author= |date=28 January 2015 |website=The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders History from 1945 to 1971 |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/argyll-and-sutherland-highlanders.html |title=Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*3rd Battalion, [[Royal Green Jackets|The Royal Green Jackets]] - the 3rd Battalion was disbanded in September 1970, with R Company retained. The battalion was subsequently re-established in January 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenjackets-net.org.uk/assoc_new/publications/swiftandbold/sb2008.pdf |title=The Royal Green Jackets: The Formation and Origins of the Regiment |author= |date=February 2009 |website=greenjackets-net.org.uk |publisher=Royal Green Jackets Association |access-date=3 May 2020|page=31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401111607/http://www.greenjackets-net.org.uk/assoc_new/publications/swiftandbold/sb2008.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-green-jackets.html |title=Royal Green Jackets |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*3rd Battalion, [[Royal Green Jackets|The Royal Green Jackets]] - the 3rd Battalion was disbanded in September 1970, with R Company retained. The battalion was subsequently re-established in January 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greenjackets-net.org.uk/assoc_new/publications/swiftandbold/sb2008.pdf |title=The Royal Green Jackets: The Formation and Origins of the Regiment |author= |date=February 2009 |website=greenjackets-net.org.uk |publisher=Royal Green Jackets Association |access-date=3 May 2020|page=31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401111607/http://www.greenjackets-net.org.uk/assoc_new/publications/swiftandbold/sb2008.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-green-jackets.html |title=Royal Green Jackets |author= |date=2015 |website=British Army units from 1945 on |access-date=29 May 2020 }}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l76">Line 76:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 76:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with previous reinforcement units, the new companies were fully integrated elements of their parent battalions, deploying on a number of occasions as part of [[Operation Herrick]] to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Aucott, N |title= G (Tobruk) Company 1 MERCIAN: Op HERRICK 12 - Operations in a Multi-National Environment|url=https://www.gurkhabde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kukri_2011.pdf |magazine=Kukri: The Journal of the Brigade of Gurkhas |location=Upavon |publisher=Brigade of Gurkhas |date=2011 |access-date=30 May 2020 |page=39}}</ref><ref name=yorks /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As with previous reinforcement units, the new companies were fully integrated elements of their parent battalions, deploying on a number of occasions as part of [[Operation Herrick]] to [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Aucott, N |title= G (Tobruk) Company 1 MERCIAN: Op HERRICK 12 - Operations in a Multi-National Environment|url=https://www.gurkhabde.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kukri_2011.pdf |magazine=Kukri: The Journal of the Brigade of Gurkhas |location=Upavon |publisher=Brigade of Gurkhas |date=2011 |access-date=30 May 2020 |page=39}}</ref><ref name=yorks /></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2019, the government announced the formation of a new third battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, intended for use as part of the [[Specialised Infantry Group]], a formation intended to operate in the training and mentoring role with the armed forces of other nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/03/new-specialist-gurkha-battalion-established/|title=New specialist Gurkha battalion established|date=14 March 2019|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=31 March <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2022</del>}}</ref> On 31 January 2020, the new battalion was officially formed with the formation of its first sub-unit, A (Coriano) Company, which was initially attached to 4th Battalion, [[The Rifles]], pending the formation of the remainder of the battalion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/officialtheroyalgurkharifles/posts/on-fri-31-jan-20-a-parade-was-held-to-mark-the-reformation-of-a-company-third-ba/2707249322685520/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1002639449813191/2707249322685520 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=On Fri 31 Jan 20, a parade was held to mark the reformation of A Company, Third Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (3 RGR). |author= |date=5 February 2020 |website=Facebook |publisher=Royal Gurkha Rifles |access-date=3 December 2021 |quote=}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Jim |date=2020 |title=Commanding Officer's Foreword |url=https://online.flipbuilder.com/cwao/duve/files/basic-html/page26.html |magazine=Bugle |location= |publisher=Crest Publications |access-date=12 February 2022|page=26}}</ref> However, in 2021 a new defence review reversed the decision to form a new battalion, with instead a number of individual companies to be formed intended to support and reinforce the army where needed. A second new company, F (Falklands) Company, was formed on 18 November 2021, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.<ref name=falklands>{{cite web |url=https://www.gurkhabde.com/f-falklands-company-formation-parade-18th-november-2021/ |title=F (Falklands) Company, Formation Parade 18th November 2021 |author= |date=30 November 2021 |website=Gurkha Brigade Association |publisher=Brigade of Gurkhas |access-date=3 December 2021 |quote=}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 2019, the government announced the formation of a new third battalion of the Royal Gurkha Rifles, intended for use as part of the [[Specialised Infantry Group]], a formation intended to operate in the training and mentoring role with the armed forces of other nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/03/new-specialist-gurkha-battalion-established/|title=New specialist Gurkha battalion established|date=14 March 2019|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=31 March <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">2019</ins>}}</ref> On 31 January 2020, the new battalion was officially formed with the formation of its first sub-unit, A (Coriano) Company, which was initially attached to 4th Battalion, [[The Rifles]], pending the formation of the remainder of the battalion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/officialtheroyalgurkharifles/posts/on-fri-31-jan-20-a-parade-was-held-to-mark-the-reformation-of-a-company-third-ba/2707249322685520/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1002639449813191/2707249322685520 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=On Fri 31 Jan 20, a parade was held to mark the reformation of A Company, Third Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (3 RGR). |author= |date=5 February 2020 |website=Facebook |publisher=Royal Gurkha Rifles |access-date=3 December 2021 |quote=}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Jim |date=2020 |title=Commanding Officer's Foreword |url=https://online.flipbuilder.com/cwao/duve/files/basic-html/page26.html |magazine=Bugle |location= |publisher=Crest Publications |access-date=12 February 2022|page=26}}</ref> However, in 2021 a new defence review reversed the decision to form a new battalion, with instead a number of individual companies to be formed intended to support and reinforce the army where needed. A second new company, F (Falklands) Company, was formed on 18 November 2021, attached to 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment.<ref name=falklands>{{cite web |url=https://www.gurkhabde.com/f-falklands-company-formation-parade-18th-november-2021/ |title=F (Falklands) Company, Formation Parade 18th November 2021 |author= |date=30 November 2021 |website=Gurkha Brigade Association |publisher=Brigade of Gurkhas |access-date=3 December 2021 |quote=}}</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{reflist}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{reflist}}</div></td></tr> </table>

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