HONG KONG FIGURES.
(Major Teeth Arm Units)
Proposed (7 2/3rds)
Page 743
Present
83)
One armd regt
464
One armd regt
Two fd regts
1044
One få regt
464.
522
One medium regt
591
One med bty
197
25
One indep fd sqn RE
249
One indep fd sqn RE
24.9
Two UK inf bns ✓
1270
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Two UK inf bns
1270
Two Gurkha inf bns ✓
1921
Three Gurkha inf bns
2885
5539
5587
In addition there are a number of adm units which might be able to produce an IS element from their British personnel.
The units concerned have a British element as follows:
8 Coy RASC
180
56 Coy RASC
43
79 Coy (Water Tpt) RASC
44
HK Signal Regt
240
Comd Wksp
194
Def and emp pl
29
REME pers with LADS
253
(reduced by 30 under FARELF proposals)
983
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