This is a list of British Army regiments after the Army restructuring caused by the 1957 Defence White Paper : many regiments were amalgamated between 1958-60. Further cuts and amalgamations took place in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Cavalry

Household Cavalry

• • The Life Guards
  • Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) -- formed part of the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in 1969

Royal Armoured Corps

• • 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
    • 1st King's Dragoon Guards
    • The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
  • 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) -- formed part of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) in 1971
  • 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
  • 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
  • 1st The Royal Dragoons -- formed part of the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) in 1969
  • The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) -- formed part of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) in 1971
  • The Queen's Own Hussars
    • 3rd The King's Own Hussars
    • 7th Queen's Own Hussars
  • The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
    • 4th Queen's Own Hussars
    • 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
  • 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
    • 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
    • 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
  • 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) -- formed part of the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in 1969
  • 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) -- formed part of the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) in 1969
  • 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
  • 14th/20th King's Hussars
  • 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars
  • 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
  • 17th/21st Lancers
  • Royal Tank Regiment

Combat Arms

• • Royal Regiment of Artillery
  • Corps of Royal Engineers -- Transport and Movement Coastal Service of the RE formed part of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965
  • Royal Corps of Signals
  • Army Air Corps

Infantry

The infantry in 1962 was divided into 15 separate brigades for administrative purposes:

• Guards Brigade: Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards.
• Lowland Brigade: The Royal Scots, King's Own Scottish Borderers, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and Royal Highland Fusiliers.
• Highland Brigade: The Black Watch, Gordon Highlanders, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Queen's Own Highlanders.
• Home Counties Brigade: The Royal Sussex Regiment, Middlesex Regiment, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment and Queen's Own Buffs.
• Fusilier Brigade: Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) and Lancashire Fusiliers.
• East Anglian Brigade: 1st, 2nd and 3rd East Anglian Regiments
• Forester Brigade: Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until November 1962), Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Sherwoord Foresters.
• Mercian Brigade: Cheshire Regiment, Worcestershire Regiment, Staffordshire Regiment.
• Welsh Brigade: Royal Welch Fusiliers, South Wales Borderers, Welch Regiment.
• Wessex Brigade: Gloucestershire Regiment, Royal Hampshire Regiment, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment.
• Lancastrian Brigade: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), King's Regiment and Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers).
• Yorkshire Brigade: The Green Howards, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and York & Lancaster Regiment.
• North Irish Brigade: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Ulster Rifles.
• Light Infantry Brigade: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, Durham Light Infantry, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry.
• Green Jackets Brigade: 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd), 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps), 3rd Green Jackets (Rifle Brigade).

In 1968 the administrative brigades were merged to form 6 administrative divisions. These were:

• Guards Division -- formerly the Brigade of Guards.
• Scottish Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Highland and Lowland Brigades.
• King's Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Lancastrian, North Irish, and Yorkshire Brigades.
• Prince of Wales's Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Mercian, Welsh, and Wessex Brigades.
• Queen's Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the East Anglian, Fusilier and Home Counties Brigades.
• Light Division -- formed by the amalgamation of the Light Infantry and Green Jackets Brigades.

Foot Guards

• • Grenadier Guards
  • Coldstream Guards
  • Scots Guards
  • Irish Guards
  • Welsh Guards

Line Infantry

• • The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
  • The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment -- formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
    • The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
    • The East Surrey Regiment
  • The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment -- formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
    • The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
    • The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
    • The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
    • The Border Regiment
  • The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers -- formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
  • The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers -- formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
  • The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) -- formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
  • The King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool)
    • The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
    • The Manchester Regiment
  • 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) -- formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
    • The Royal Norfolk Regiment
    • The Suffolk Regiment
  • 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Lincoln and Northamptonshire) -- formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
    • The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
    • The Northamptonshire Regiment
  • The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
    • The Devonshire Regiment
    • The Dorset Regiment
  • The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry -- formed part of The Light Infantry in 1968
    • The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)
    • The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  • The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
    • The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wale's Own)
    • The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
  • 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) -- formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
    • The Bedforshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
    • The Essex Regiment
  • The Royal Leicestershire Regiment -- formed part of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1964
  • The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
  • The Lancashire Fusiliers -- formed part of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 1968
  • The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
    • The Royal Scots Fusiliers
    • The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
  • The Cheshire Regiment
  • The Royal Welch Fusiliers
  • The South Wales Borderers -- formed part of the Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969
  • The King's Own Scottish Borderers
  • The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) -- opted for disbandment in 1968 rather than amalgamation
  • The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers) -- formed part of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) in 1968
  • The Gloucestershire Regiment
  • The Worcestershire Regiment -- formed part of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters (29th/45th Foot) in 1970
  • The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) -- formed part of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 1970
    • The East Lancashire Regiment
    • The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
  • The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
  • The Royal Sussex Regiment -- formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
  • The Royal Hampshire Regiment
  • The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
    • The South Staffordshire Regiment
    • The North Staffaordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's)
  • The Welch Regiment -- formed part of the Royal Regiment of Wales in 1969
  • The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
  • 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) -- formed part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1966
  • The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) -- formed part of The Worcestershire and Sherwood Forresters (29th/45th Foot) in 1970
  • The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) -- formed part of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment in 1970
  • The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
    • The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
    • The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
  • The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry -- formed part of The Light Infantry in 19
  • The King's Shropshire Light Infantry -- formed part of The Light Infantry in 19
  • The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) -- formed part of The Queen's Regiment in 1966
  • 2nd Green Jackets, The King's Royal Rifle Corps formed part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1966
  • The York and Lancaster Regiment -- opted for disbandment in 1968 rather than amalgamation
  • The Durham Light Infantry -- formed part of The Light Infantry in 1968
  • The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)
    • Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
    • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
  • The Gordon Highlanders
  • The Royal Ulster Rifles -- formed part of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) in 1968
  • The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) -- formed part of The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) in 1968
  • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
  • The Parachute Regiment
  • 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
  • 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles
  • 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
  • 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
  • 3rd Green Jackets, The Rifle Brigade formed part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1966
  • Special Air Service Regiment

• Royal Malta Artillery

Services

• • Royal Army Chaplains' Department
  • Royal Army Service Corps -- formed part of the Royal Corps of Transport in 1965
  • Royal Army Medical Corps
  • Royal Army Ordnance Corps
  • Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
  • Corps of Royal Military Police
  • Royal Army Pay Corps
  • Royal Army Veterinary Corps
  • Small Arms School Corps
  • Military Provost Staff Corps
  • Royal Army Educational Corps
  • Royal Army Dental Corps
  • Royal Pioneer Corps
  • Intelligence Corps
  • Army Physical Training Corps
  • Army Catering Corps
  • General Service Corps
  • Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
  • Women's Royal Army Corps