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== Reconnaissance Brigade == |
== Reconnaissance Brigade == |
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The '''1st Reconnaissance Brigade''' was formed on 1 April 1997<ref>Mackinlay, p. 57.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17017371|title=Unit historical record: Headquarters, 1st Reconnaissance Brigade|date=1 April 1997|publisher=The National Archives|year=|location=The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom}}</ref> to oversee the [[Formation reconnaissance regiment|formation reconnaissance]] regiments of the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] |
The '''1st Reconnaissance Brigade''' was formed on 1 April 1997<ref>Mackinlay, p. 57.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17017371|title=Unit historical record: Headquarters, 1st Reconnaissance Brigade|date=1 April 1997|publisher=The National Archives|year=|location=The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom}}</ref> to oversee the [[Formation reconnaissance regiment|formation reconnaissance]] regiments of the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] not attached to a brigade. Until the formation of HQ Theatre Troops, the brigade sat under operational command of the [[1st (United Kingdom) Division|1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division]] during peacetime. If mobilised, the brigade would augment Reconnaissance Brigade, HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, and control the three armoured reconnaissance regiments of said division.<ref>Staff Officer's Handbook 1999, pp. Serial 7, Serial 26, Serial 173.</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|date=|title=HQ Theatre Troops Organisation|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/unitsandorgs/majorhq/hq_th_tps/organisation.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108161246/http://www.army.mod.uk/unitsandorgs/majorhq/hq_th_tps/organisation.htm|archive-date=8 January 2007|access-date=12 July 2020|website=army.mod.uk}}</ref> Following the 2003 reorganisation of the Army under 'LANDmark', HQ [[Theatre Troops]] was formed to oversee the specialist brigades of the army. 1st Recce Brigade soon followed suit and joined the command, which it would remain under until disbanding in 2005/06.<ref>Tanner 2009, p. 33.</ref><ref>Mackinlay, p. 57.</ref> |
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== Footnotes == |
== Footnotes == |
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Revision as of 14:38, 4 July 2021
| British Screening Force 1st Reconnaissance Brigade | |
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| Active | 1997–2005/6; 8 years, 9 months |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | Reconnaissance Formation |
| Role | Commanding the Formation Reconnaissance regiments attached to divisions |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Headquarters Theatre Troops[1] |
| Brigade HQ | Netheravon[2] |
| Nickname(s) | 1 Recce Brigade |
The 1st Reconnaissance Brigade was a short-lived specialist formation of the British Army which administered the formation reconnaissance regiments not attached to a division or brigade, and was disbanded sometime between 2005 and 2006.[3]
Screening Force
Sometime after the publishing of the 1981 Defence White Paper "The Way Forward", the Screening Force (Corps Border Surveillance Force) was formed as an ad hoc brigade within I (British) Corps. The new force was an administrative formation rather then an operational formation. Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps, British Army of the Rhine would become 'Commander Screening Force' on mobilisation.[4][5]
The force's objective, if mobilised, was to hold off a soviet frontal invasion for as long as possible until the 1st and 4th Armoured Divisions could be moved into position.[5] On mobilisation, the force would have consisted:[4][5]
- Brigadier, I (BR) Corps Royal Armoured Corps (Commander Screening Force)
- Queen's Dragoon Guards, at Northampton Barracks, Wolfenbüttel (under command of 1st Armoured Division during peacetime)[6]
- 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers, Harewood Barracks, Herford (under command of 4th Armoured Division during peacetime)[7]
- No. 664 Squadron, Army Air Corps, at Saint George's Barracks, Minden (under command of Commander Aviation BAOR during peacetime)[8]
In 1992 following the disbandment of the British Army of the Rhine, the force HQ was disbanded.
Reconnaissance Brigade
The 1st Reconnaissance Brigade was formed on 1 April 1997[9][10] to oversee the formation reconnaissance regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps not attached to a brigade. Until the formation of HQ Theatre Troops, the brigade sat under operational command of the 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division during peacetime. If mobilised, the brigade would augment Reconnaissance Brigade, HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps, and control the three armoured reconnaissance regiments of said division.[11][12] Following the 2003 reorganisation of the Army under 'LANDmark', HQ Theatre Troops was formed to oversee the specialist brigades of the army. 1st Recce Brigade soon followed suit and joined the command, which it would remain under until disbanding in 2005/06.[13][14]
Footnotes
- ^ "HQ Theatre Troops Organisation". army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 8 November 2008. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=/|archive-url=timestamp mismatch; 8 January 2007 suggested (help) - ^ Mackinlay, p. 57.
- ^ Mackinlay, p. 57.
- ^ a b Louis Vieuxbill. "BAOR Order of Battle July 1989" (PDF). orbat85.nl. p. 9. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Alterfritz, p. 38.
- ^ "British Army units from 1945 on - 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards". british-army-units1945on.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ "British Army units from 1945 on - 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers". british-army-units1945on.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ "British Army units from 1945 on - 664 Squadron". british-army-units1945on.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ Mackinlay, p. 57.
- ^ Unit historical record: Headquarters, 1st Reconnaissance Brigade. The National Archives, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom: The National Archives. 1 April 1997.
- ^ Staff Officer's Handbook 1999, pp. Serial 7, Serial 26, Serial 173.
- ^ "HQ Theatre Troops Organisation". army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Tanner 2009, p. 33.
- ^ Mackinlay, p. 57.
References
- Ministry of Defence, Staff Officer's Handbook Number 71038, D/DGD&D/18/35/54, 1999.
- James Tanner, The British Army since 2000, 2014 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, United Kingdom. ISBN 978 178200 593 3.
- Mackinlay, Gordon Angus (2007). "A Moment in Time": The British Army at a moment in time - 1 July 2007: A look at and from it of the Makeup of the Regular and Territorial Army. Self publish.