Headquarters 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland (51 Inf Bde & HQ Scotland) is a Regional Point of Command, responsible for ensuring the essential support that enables the British Army in Scotland to live and work, ensuring that how our service persons in Scotland work and live honours our contract with them and encourages them to keep serving.
UNITS UNDER OPERATIONAL COMMAND
- Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- Edinburgh Garrison
- Leuchars Station Support Unit
- Kinloss Station Support Unit
Other Regular units in Scotland
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, 3rd Battalion The Rifles, 39 Engineer Regiment, 2nd Battalion Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, 27 Army Education Centre, 110 Provost Company Royal Military Police, Army Personnel Centre, and Scottish & Northern Irish Personal Recovery Centre.
University Officers' Training Corps, Reserve Forces And Cadets In Scotland
University Officers' Training Corps In Scotland
City of Edinburgh Universities Officers’ Training Corps, Aberdeen & Tayforth Officer Training Regiment, and Glasgow & Strathclyde Universities’ Officer Training Corps.
Reserve Forces And Cadets In Scotland
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA) HQs: Highland RFCA and Lowland RFCA.
Reserve Units: Scottish & Northern Irish Yeomanry, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, A Company 4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment, 71 Engineer Regiment, 105 Regiment Royal Artillery, 153 Company 102 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers, 215 (Scottish) Multi-Role Medical Regiment, 154 Regiment Royal Logistics Corps, 157 Company 102 Battalion Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers and the Army Training Unit (Scotland).
Cadet Units: Within Scotland we have eight Army Cadet Force units and 16 Combined Cadet Force units.
51 Inf Bde & HQ Scotland is also the British Army’s connection to the Devolved Administration, the people of Scotland, and to the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Our outputs include the effective delivery of planned UK Resilience and Security Operations, State Ceremonial & Public Duties, and the British Army’s engagement in Scotland through our Regular, Reserve, and Cadet units.