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The Prince of Wales's Division is a British Army command, training and administrative apparatus designated for all land force units in the West of England and Wales. ==History== The Prince of Wales's Division was formed in 1968 with the union of the Mercian Brigade, Welsh Brigade and Wessex Brigade. The depot was established at Whittington Barracks in Staffordshire.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment )〕 Under the restructuring announced in 2004, the Prince of Wales's Division was reorganised into two large regiments: *Royal Welsh - formed on 1 March 2006 by amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) and the Royal Welsh Regiment. *Mercian Regiment - formed on 1 September 2007 by amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, 1st Battalion, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot), 1st Battalion, Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) and the West Midlands Regiment. In 2014 the Royal Irish Regiment joined the division. The Division comprised the following infantry battalions:〔Heyman, p. 89〕 *Regular Army Units * *1st and 2nd Battalions, the Mercian Regiment * *1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh * *1st Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment *Army Reserve Units * *4th Battalion, the Mercian Regiment * *3rd Battalion, the Royal Welsh * *2nd Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment The Division maintained a regular army band, The Band of The Prince of Wales Division through the amalgamation of the two former divisional bands, the Clive Band and the Lucknow Band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Band of The Prince of Wales's Division )〕 Under the Army 2020 reorganisation, the 3rd Battalion, Mercian Regiment (Staffords) and the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh (Royal Regiment of Wales) will both be disbanded, while the Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) will be transferred to the administration of the Prince of Wales' Division. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prince of Wales' Division」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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