To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in the Ranger Regiment of the British Army.
Answered on
15 March 2024
As of 1 January 2024, there were 1,040 Regular Army Personnel serving in the Ranger Regiment.
Please note the following notes/caveats from Analysis (Army):
- This figure represents Trade Trained Regular and Gurkha Army only and therefore excludes Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves and all other Reserves.
- The figure includes all personnel who are serving in a battalion within the Ranger Regiment.
- As the Ranger Regiment is still an evolving organisation, the above information includes all personnel serving in a Ranger Battalion, some of which may not be Rangers. Figures therefore include attached Arms and are not comparable to figures for other Infantry Regiments.
- The figure includes Gurkhas serving in Ranger Units.
- The figure has been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
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Ministry of Defence