| March 1964 May 1964 | 2nd Light Regiment Royal Artillery |
| March 1964 May 1964 | 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment (G Bty, 7th (Para) RHA u/c) |
| March 1964 July 1964 | 26th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery |
| March 1964 October 1964 | 1st Bn The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| March 1964 October 1964 | 1st Bn The Sherwood Foresters |
| October 1964-March 1965 | 1st Bn The Cheshire Regiment |
| March 1965-October 1965 | 1st Bn Grenadier Guards |
| October 1965 Apri11966 | 1st Bn The Royal Highland Fusiliers |
| April 1966 November 1966 | 1st Bn The Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| November 1966 March 1967 | 1st Bn The Black Watch |
| March 1967 October 1967 | 1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment |
| October 1967 May 1968 | 1st Bn The Royal Green Jackets |
| May 1968 October 1968 | 1st Bn The Durham Light Infantry (became 4th Bn The Light Infantry 10/7/68) |
| October 1968 May 1969 | 1st Bn The Royal Hampshire Regiment |
| May 1969 October 1969 | 1st Bn The Worcestershire Regiment |
| October 1969 May 1970 | 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment |
| May 1970 October 1970 | 3rd Bn The Light Infantry |
| October 1970 to May 1971 | 3rd Bn The Royal Green Jackets |
| May 1971 October 1971 | 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders |
| October 1972 May 1973 | 3rd Bn The Queen’s Regiment |
| May 1973 October 1973 | 1st Bn The Parachute Regiment |
| October 1973 May 1974 | The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| May 1974 October 1974 | 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards |
| October 1974 May 1975 | 41 Commando Royal Marines |
| April 1975 October 1975 | 1st Bn The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment |
| October 1975 May 1976 | 1st Bn Welsh Guards |
| May 1976 October 1976 | 1st Bn The King’s Regiment |
| May 1977 October 1977 | 1st Bn The Royal Irish Rangers |
| May 1978 October 1978 | 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
| November 1978 May 1979 | 3rd Bn The Light Infantry |
| May 1979 November 1979 | 41 Commando Royal Marines (with 79 (Kirkee) Commando Bty RA u/c) |
| November 1979 May 1980 | 1st Bn The Light Infantry |
| March 1980 September 1980 | B Sqn 13/18H commanded by Major RA Cordy-Simpson (as force reserve) |
| May 1980 November 1980 | 3rd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment |
| May 1981 November 1981 | 1st Bn The Green Howards |
| November 1981 May 1982 | 2nd Bn The Queen’s Regiment |
| May 1982 October 1982 | 1st Bn The Gloucestershire Regiment |
| October 1982 May 1983 | 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards |
| May 1983 November 1983 | 1st Bn The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment |
| November 1983 June 1984 | 2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment |
| June 1984 December 1984 | 40 Commando Royal Marines |
| December 1984 June 1985 | 1st Bn The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment |
| June 1986 December 1986 | 2nd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
| December 1986 June 1987 | 3rd Bn The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |
| June 1987 December 1987 | 1st Bn The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment |
| December 1987 June 1988 | 1st Bn The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment |
| June 1988 December 1988 | 4th/7th The Royal Dragoon Guards (with G Sqn 15th/19th Hussars u/c) |
| December 1988 June 1989 | 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery |
| June 1989 December 1989 | 4th Royal Tank Regiment |
| December 1989 June 1990 | 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 1990 December 1990 | 22nd Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 1990 June 1991 | The Queen’s Own Hussars |
| June 1991 December 1991 | 4th Royal Tank Regiment |
| December 1991 June 1992 | 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars |
| December 1992 June 1993 | The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars |
| June 1993 December 1993 | 39th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 1993 June 1994 | 2nd Royal Tank Regiment |
| June 1994 December 1994 | 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery |
| December 1994 June 1995 | The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| June 1995 December 1995 | 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 1995 June 1996 | 12th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 1996 December 1996 | 39th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 1996 June 1997 | 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 1997 December 1997 | 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 1997 June 1998 | 1st Royal Tank Regiment |
| June 1998 December 1998 | 19th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 1998 June 1999 | 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 1999 December 1999 | 22nd Regiment (Welsh Gunners), Royal Artillery |
| December 1999 June 2000 | 1st Bn The Staffordshire Regiment |
| June 2000 December 2000 | 16th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 2000 June 2001 | The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| June 2001 December 2001 | 4th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 2001 June 2002 | 32nd Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 2002 December 2002 | 16th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 2002 June 2003 | 47th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 2003 December 2003 | 22nd Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 2003 June 2004 | 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery |
| June 2004 December 2004 | 40th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| December 2004 June 2005 | 26th Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| June 2005 December 2005 | ? (Possibly 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery) |
| Units providing Force Reserve Armoured Car Squadrons: | |
| March 1964 November 1964 | A Squadron, The Life Guards |
| April 1964 August 1964 | RHQ and C Squadron, The Life Guards |
| November 1964 May 1965 | Ajax Squadron, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment |
| May 1965 November 1965 | C Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars |
| November 1965 May 1966 | Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |
| May 1966 November 1967 | A Squadron, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| June 1968 December 1968 | Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment |
| December 1968 June 1969 | Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment |
| June 1969 December 1969 | B Squadron, The Queen’s Own Hussars |
| December 1969 June 1970 | B Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys |
| June 1970 December 1970 | C Squadron, The Royal Scots Greys |
| December 1970 June 1971 | C Squadron, The Royal Hussars |
| June 1972 December 1972 | D Squadron, The Royal Scots Dragoon |
| December 1972 June 1973 | B Squadron, The Blues and Royals |
| June 1973 January 1974 | A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| January 1974 October 1974 | Parachute Squadron, The Royal Armoured Corps |
| Additional reinforcements under UN command following the Turkish Invasion: | |
| August 1974 September 1974 | RHQ and A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| September 1974 March 1975 | RHQ, B and C Squadrons, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars |
| November 1974 May 1975 | B Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment |
| March 1975 September 1975 | RHQ and A Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment |
| September 1975 March 1976 | C Squadron, 14th/20th King’s Hussars |
| March 1976 September 1976 | A Squadron, The Life Guards |
| September 1976 March 1977 | B Squadron, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars |
| March 1977 September 1977 | A Squadron, 15th/19th The King’s Royal Hussars |
| September 1977 March 1978 | C Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment |
| March 1978 September 1978 | A Squadron, The 9th/12th Royal Lancers |
| September 1978 March 1979 | B Squadron, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment |
| March 1979 September 1979 | B Squadron, The Life Guards |
| September 1979 March 1980 | B Squadron, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars |
| September 1980 March 1981 | C Sqn The Blues and Royals |
| March 1981 September 1981 | Duke of Edinburgh’s Squadron, The Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars |
| September 1981 February 1982 | Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars |
| February 1982 July 1982 | A Squadron, The Blues and Royals |
| July 1982 - January 1983 | B Squadron, The Blues and Royals |
| January 1983 July 1983 | C Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards |
| July 1983 January 1984 | B Squadron, 4th Royal Tank Regiment |
| January 1984 July 1984 | C Squadron, The Life Guards |
| January 1985 July 1985 | A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| July 1985 January 1986 | B Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards |
| January 1986 July 1986 | D Squadron, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards |
| 09 July 1987 January 1988 | A Sqn 9th/12th Royal Lancers deployed as FSC Sqn |
| July 1988 January 1989 | C Sqn 9th/12th Royal Lancers deployed as FSC Sqn |
| January 1988 July 1988 | A Squadron, The Life Guards |
| July 1989 January 1990 | B Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars |
| January 1991 July 1991 | C Squadron, The Blues and Royals |
| July 1991 February 1992 | C Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars |
| February 1992 August 1992 | D Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers |
| August 1992 February 1993 | A Squadron, 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers (last unit to perform this duty before Force Reserve Squadron was abolished) |
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