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HMS Ark Royal (Invincible Class, aircraft carrier) returned to Portsmouth 17/5/03.
HMS Liverpool (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Edinburgh (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS York (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Marlborough (Type 23 frigate)
HMS Grimsby (mine-hunter)
HMS Ledbury (mine-hunter)
RFA Argus
RFA Sir Tristram
RFA Sir Galahad
RFA Sir Galahad Force Protection
RFA Sir Percivale
RFA Fort Victoria
RFA Fort Rosalie
RFA Fort Austin
RFA Orangeleaf
HMS Turbulent (TLAM equipped submarine) ? to 16/4/03
HMS Splendid (TLAM equipped submarine)
Commander Amphibious Task Group: Commodore Jamie Miller.
HMS Ocean (Helicopter carrier)
HMS Chatham (Type 22 frigate)
HMS Richmond (Type 23 frigate)
HMS Bangor - returned to UK 19/6/2003.
HMS Blyth (minehunter)
HMS Brocklesby (minehunter)
HMS Ramsey
HMS Sandown - returned to UK 19/6/2003.
HMS Shoreham
HMS Roebuck (Survey vessel)
HMS Scott (Survey vessel)
RFA Grey Rover
RFA Bayleaf
RFA Brambleleaf
RFA Sir Bedivere
RFA Sea Crusader
RFA Diligence
Hurst Point
Eddystone
Longstone
Beachy Head
Hartland Point
Anvil Point
Note:
Each of these are commercially owned (AWSR Shipping) ro-ro ferries on a
PFI contract with the Ministry of Defense, the order was completed twenty
months early enabling the MOD to bring this new capacity into use in the
build up to Operation Telic.
Six chartered commercial ships
814 Naval Air Squadron - Merlin (Fort Victoria)
815 Naval Air Squadron - Lynx (embarked HMS Chatham, Marlborough, Richmond, Edinburgh, Liverpool
and York).
820 Naval Air Squadron - Sea King Mk 6 (RFA Argus)
845 Naval Air Squadron - Sea King Mk 4 (HMS Ocean)
847 Naval Air Squadron - Lynx AH7 & Gazelle AH1 (HMS Ocean)
849 Naval Air Squadron - Sea King Mk 7 (HMS Ark Royal)
Royal Naval Reserve, in kuwait and iraq from the beginning of February 2003 to June 2003 with the forward logistics team others served at sea and all around the gulf states including Iraq itself during the actual war. Over 300 RNR personnel were deployed to serve in the Gulf Area, Iraq, headquarters and in the UK in support of the war effort.
HQ 3 Commando Brigade
40 Commando Royal Marines
42 Commando Royal Marines
UK Landing Force Command
Support Group
Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines
29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines
9 Assault Squadron Royal
Marines
59 Independent Commando
Squadron Royal Engineers
131 Independent Commando
Squadron Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
Elements of:
Commander UK Amphibious Forces
45 Commando
Royal Marines
20 Commando
Battery Royal Artillery
Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines
4 Assault Squadron Royal Marines
Royal Marines Band Service
Royal Marine Reserve City of London
Royal Marine Reserve Scotland
Royal Marine Reserve Bristol
Royal Marine Reserve Merseyside
Royal Marine Reserve Tyne
Special Boat Service
| During the war 57 bty was deployed as the locating asset for the British army and was equipped as follows;
One troop of SOUNDRANGING/SURVEY, 'A' troop (soundranging survey) Located 17 Active hostile artillery locations all of which were verified and destroyed by allied aircraft. And was also responsible for the capture of 175 P.O.W's (I believe this was the largest number of P.O.W's taken by a minor unit). One troop of DRONE (Unmanned air reconnaissance vehicle) One troop of MET. |
7th Armoured Brigade: As deployed for the main conflict.
Commander 7 Armoured Brigade: Brigadier
Graham Binns CBE MC
Headquarters and Signal
Squadron:
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
(Challenger 2 tanks)
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
(Challenger 2 tanks)
1st Battalion The Black
Watch (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
3rd Regiment Royal Horse
Artillery (AS90 self-propelled guns)
32 Armoured Engineer Regiment
plus elements from various
units including:
Queen's Royal
Lancers (Challenger 2 tanks)
1st Battalion
Irish Guards (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
1st Battalion
The Light Infantry (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
26 Regiment
Royal Artillery
38 Engineer
Regiment
16 Air Assault Brigade: As deployed for the main conflict.
Commander 16 Air Assault Brigade: Brigadier 'Jacko' Page OBE
Headquarters and Signal
Squadron
1st Battalion The Royal
Irish Regiment A Coy based at Shaibah airfield. B Coy Baghdad - VIP escort task (Route Irish). C Coy Baghdad - prision and base guards. D Coy Bagdad - logistic convoy protection (Route Irish).
1st Battalion The Parachute
Regiment
3rd Battalion The Parachute
Regiment
4th Battalion The Parachute
Regiment, 126 soldiers deployed from this TA battalion to bolster 1st and 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment
7 (Para) Regiment Royal
Horse (105mm Light Guns)
23 Engineer Regiment
Household Cavalry Regiment
(1 x armoured reconnaissance squadron)
3rd Regiment Army Air Corps
(Lynx & Gazelle helicopters)
7 Air Assault Battalion,
Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
13 Air Assault Support Regiment,
Royal Logistic Corps
16 Close Support Medical
Regiment
156 Provost Company RMP
102 Logistics Brigade: As deployed for the main conflict.
Commander 102 Logistic Brigade: Brigadier
Shaun Cowlam MBE
Headquarters
36 Engineer Regiment
33 Field Hospital Based at Camp Coyote. Comissioned Hospital and had to hand over to 202fld Hosp AMS(V) for political reasons. Watched war from transit camp next door. Returned to Roulemont 202 Fld Hosp for Op Tellic 2.
Highland Band Of The Scottish Division The band deployed whith 33 field hospital as a chemical decontamination team on Op Telic 1.
34 Field Hospital
202 Field Hospital (Volunteer)
205 Field Hospital was with 202 field hospital in Kuwait and iraq during hostilities March till June 2003 there were around 30 of us that made up the scottish contingent.
4 General Support Medical
Regiment
3 Battalion, Royal Electrical
& Mechanical Engineers
6 Supply Regiment, Royal
Logistic Corps
710 Squadron RLC (V) 710 Squadron RLC was mobilised for active duty at Chilwell on 18 Feb 2003,we are part of 5 trg regt,prince william of gloucester barracks grantham lincs,we arrived as a squadron in kuwait on or about 1 march 2003 and where part of 6 supply regt RLC, we where split up into different troops and served all over Iraq, I personaly in the early part of the war was an armed escort ( convoys ) and spent the remainder of my time with 10 of my fellow T.A soldiers all from 710 sqn in Iraq, at al amarah, on an airfield with 16 air assault. Thanks to Andy Pritchard for this entry.
7 Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
3 Close Support, Royal Logistic Corps attached arms of 7 tpt regt rlc with 3 cs on op telic 9.
125 Squadron Scottish Transport Regiment RLC (V) There were about 50 of us who were attached to 6 Regt RLC, and a couple attached 16 air assault on op telic 1 and 2 and 9 regt for op telic 2/3.
221 sqn, Scottish Transport Regiment RLC (V). Served on Operation Telic 1-4.
230 sqn, Scottish Transport Regiment RLC (V). Served on Operation Telic 1-4.
231 sqn, Scottish Transport Regiment RLC (V). Served on Operation Telic 1I attached to 27 Regiment RLC.
251 sqn, Scottish Transport Regiment RLC (V). Served on Operation Telic 1-4.
17 Port & Maritime Regiment,
Royal Logistic Corps
23 Pioneer Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
24 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
59 Movement Control Squadron, 29 Regiment, RLC Although served in support of 24 Regt RLC, the Sqn is a sub-unit of 29 Regt RLC. We deployed into Kuwait Jan 03 APOD and came under Command of CO 24 Regt. Significantly we were first in last out after the war period. We moved into Basra from the Apod and left in Jul 03.
236 Squadron, 27 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps Major Hunter, June 2003
5 Regiment, Royal Military
Police
Specialist Royal Engineer
teams
Airfield engineer support
units from 12 Engineer Brigade
Elements from 11 Explosive
Ordnance Disposal Regiment
Elements from additional
Royal Logistic Corps Regiments
Post War or unspecified deployments:
1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment CO Lt Col Donnelly. The regiment was deployed to Iraq in April 2004 along with soldiers of the TA Kings Cheshire Regiment who comprise of soldiers from the Cheshire regiment the Kings and Liverpool Scottish.
Tyne Tees Regiment (TA) first TA batallion to be compulsary mobilised. 3 companies served in basra palace, barsa airport, and shaiba logistics base 6 month tour, on OP TELIC 2 from around july 03 to jan 04.
12th (Air Defence) Regiment, Royal Artillery Duration of tour Feb - May 2003 Kuwait,Um Quasr. Built and ran POW camp before handing over to American Military Police.Basrah Airport (patrol and defence base of operations)
Moved on to a disused gas/oil separation plant (location unknown/basrah) as 2nd patrol base.
19th Regiment Royal Artillery deployed on Telic 5. Batteries based at Shaibah Log Base, Basra Palace, Um Qasr and Shaat Al Arab Hotel. 45 soldiers from 105th Regiment Royal Artillery (V) were mobilised for Ops with 19.
CO was Lt Col Calder. 19/5 Bty & RAP were located at Basra Palace, 28/143 were at Shaat Hotel 13 (HQ) Bty were at Shaibah and 127 Bty were at Um Qasr. Thanks to Steve Jackson for this entry.
200 Battery, Royal Artillery Shaibah Logistics Base, Southern Iraq. May 2004-Feb 2005
210 Battery, Royal Artillery (V) 210 Bty was a regiment formed of a number of different T/A Artillery Regiments. We were re-rolled to do a force protection job in Shaibah on Op Telic 4.
100 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
124 TA soldiers
from Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia).
51 TA soldiers
from 75 Engineer Regiment.
14 Geographic Squadron Royal Engineers Was attached to 102 Log Bde, I guess as a specialist Eng Team, but I was a whole squadron! Spent it time after moving from kuwait on SLB. Worked all over the theatre surveying airfields and other bits and pieces as well. Also involved in map production and distribution.
128 Company 103 Bn REME elements of 128 company were deployed alongside Royal Scots Dragoon Guards as part of 7th Armoured and 36 Engineer Regt as part of 102 Logistics and in Cyprus in support of the theatre of operations from OpTelic 1 onwards. PSAO of 128 was Captain Donahue who took over from Captain Allcock.
160 Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (Volunteers), based at Shiabya air base, on attachment to 2bn REME, from 28/02/03 to 19/08/03 .
165 Port Regiment RLC (Volunteers) 165 Port Regiment became the first TA regiment to be compulsary mobilised since 1939 when mobilsed through RTMC Chilwell on 21 Jan 03. They then deployed to Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre on 22 Jan 03 when elements departing for the Gulf with 17 P&M Regt on the 31 Jan 03. 165 Regt ran the Sea Mounting Centre until May 03 when the Regiment deployed to run the 3 ports (2 in Kuwait and Umm Qasr) in the Gulf taking over from 17 P&M Regt.
84 Medical Supply Squadron, RAMC part of the r.a.m.c. but attached to rlc. The only medical supply unit to supply to all services (army raf navy) started at Camp Fox Kuwait in January 2003 moved to Um Qusar May 2003, moved to Az Zabaya June 2003. Moved to Shebia logistic base August 2003 where it still is now. This unit was disbanded from the r.a.m.c. and control was handed over to the royal logistic corps. Now called 94 sqn 9 supply regiment.
22 Field Hospital 22 are currently serving on Telic and Afganistan under the command of Lt Col Ashliegh Boreham. in Iraq we are currently at Shaibah and in Afganistan we are in the Helmand province (camp bastion).
207 Field Hospital members of 207 attached to 33 and 34 Fd Hosp in Kuwait and Iraq and to other units and also were lead unit at Shaiba MND(SE) fd hosp Apr 04 to Aug 04
Special Air Service
Adjutants General Corps (Military Provost Staff) The Military Provost Staff or AGC(MPS) whose traditional home is at The Military Correctional Training Centre (Colchester, The Glass House) have maintained a Platoon size presence in Iraq since 2003. Its initial task was to provided Prisoner of War Advisory teams to each of the Brigades along with PW advice to the theatre PW facility at Umm Quasar. Since cessation of hostilities the MPS has provided custodial expertise throughout MND(SE) Manning first the Theatre Internment Facility (TIF) at Camp Bucca near Umm Quasar until Dec 2003 and then Divisional Temporary Detainment Facility (DTDF) near Basra from 2003. As part of the British Security Sector Reform role the MPS has played a primary role in the formation of the Iraqi Prison Service, providing training, monitor and mentoring for IZ Prison staff in Basra at Al Maqil, Al Mina Prisons and throughout the Divisional Area.
| Squadron | Aircraft | Notes |
| II (AC) Squadron | Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| IX(B) Squadron | Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 13 Squadron | Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 31 Squadron | Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 617 Squadron | Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | First units returned to UK 17/4/03 |
| Squadron | Aircraft | Notes |
| 1 (F) Squadron | Harrier GR7 attack aircraft | |
| 3 (F)a Squadron | Harrier GR7 attack aircraft | Returned 23/4/03 |
| IV (AC) Squadron | Harrier GR7 attack aircraft | |
| 6 Squadron | Jaguar GR3A attack/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 8 Squadron | Sentry AEW1 command & control aircraft | |
| 10 Squadron | VC-10 tanker aircraft | (Northern Watch)-three VC10s returned to UK on 23/4. |
| 12(B) Squadron | Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 23 Squadron | Sentry AEW1 command & control aircraft | |
| 24 Squadron | C-130K & C-130J transport aircraft | |
| 30 Squadron | C-130K & C-130J transport aircraft | |
| 32 (The Royal)Squadron | Three BAe 125 aircraft | in theatre as communication aircraft. |
| 39 (1 PRU) Squadron | Canberra PR9 reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 41 Squadron | Jaguar GR3A attack/reconnaissance aircraft | (Northern Watch) |
| 43 (F) Squadron | Tornado F3 air defence aircraft | (Southern Watch) |
| 47 Squadron | C-130K & C-130J transport aircraft | |
| 51 Squadron | 1 Nimrod R1 Reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 54 Squadron | Jaguar GR3A attack/reconnaissance aircraft | |
| 70 Squadron | C-130K & C-130J transport aircraft | |
| 99 Squadron | C-17 Globemaster IIIs | |
| 101 Squadron | VC-10 tanker/transport aircraft | Two aircraft based at Akrotiri for aeromedical evacuation. |
| 111 (F) Squadron | Tornado F3 air defence aircraft | First aircraft returned 11/4/03 |
| 120 Squadron | Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft | |
| 201 Squadron | Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft | (Southern Watch) First aircraft returned 24/4/03 |
| 206 Squadron | Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft | (Southern Watch) First aircraft returned 24/4/03 |
| 216 Squadron | Tristar transport aircraft | Two Tristars returned to UK 25/4 (confirm?) |
| 501 (County of Gloucester) RAUXAF Squadron | Deployed feb 03 returned Aug 03 Ali Al Salem formed CRFS. | |
| 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAuxAF | Squadron personnel deployed to various locations | |
| 5131 Bomb Disposal Squadron, RAF | ||
| Nimrod Line Squadron | Nimrod Line Sqn (NLS) provided the ground crew to service and fix Nimrod MR2 aircraft supplied to 120 and 201 Sqns in Basra.
Duration was from 2003 - 2006. |
| Squadron | Aircraft | Notes |
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| 7 Squadron | Chinook helicopters | |
| 18 Squadron | Chinook helicopters | |
| 27 Squadron | Chinook helicopters | |
| 33 Squadron | Puma helicopters | |
| Squadron | Equipment | Notes |
| 1 Squadron, RAF Regiment | ||
| II Squadron, RAF Regiment | ||
| 16 Squadron, RAF Regiment | Rapiers FSC | Deployed with Kuwait: Field Force Headquarters) |
| 18 Squadron, RAF Regiment | (serving with JHF) | |
| 27 Squadron, RAF Regiment | ||
| 33 Squadron, RAF Regiment | (serving with JHF) | |
| 34 Squadron, RAF Regiment | ||
| 51 Squadron, RAF Regiment | (some serving with JHF) | |
| 63 Squadron, RAF Regiment | Attached to 51 sqn at the start of the war and since February 2005 have sent troops out with 34, 2, and 51 sqn. | |
| 1 TAC Survive to Operate | ||
| 3 TAC Survive to Operate | ||
| 4 TAC Survive to Operate & Headquarters | ||
| 2620 (County of Norfolk) Sqn RAuxAF Regt | Ali Al Salem Airbase, Feb - Aug 03, including roulements to Basrah air port post warfighting phase. Duties included FP C2, NBC W&R, active ground defence & guards and sentries during warfighting phase. Formed main component of composite RAuxAF Regt Fd Sqn at AAS post warfighting phase |
Also deployed:
Mobile Meterological Unit
Mobile Air Operations Teams
Mobile Catering Support
Units
Catering support Regiment 95 chefs based with units through out the gulf I was with 39 Engineer Regt from March till may 8th then moved to 7th Armoured Brigade with 32 Armoured Enginers at Shaibah air base next day to 39 AES at Basrah Navel base till return home July 4th
Tactical Supply Wing
UK Mobile Air Movements
Squadron
2 Military Transport
2 Mechanical Transport Squadron
612 Squadron RAuxAF
4626 (Aeromedical Evacuation)
Squadron RAuxAF
7644(VR) Squadron Media Operations unit
Tactical Communications
Wing supporting 1(UK) Armoured Division, 16 Air Assault Brigade and other
units.
Tactical Provost Wing
Medical Teams from Tactical
Medical Wing at Lyneham, MOD Hospital Unit at Peterborough and Royal Centre
of Defence Medicine in Birmingham.
Tactical Imagery
Intelligence Wing
Tactical Provost Wing
5001 (Expeditionary Airfield
Facilities) Squadron
Tactical Armament Squadron
Tactical Property Management
Tactical Medical Wing
Mobile Meterological Unit
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