The 40 infantry battalions are to be reduced to 36, with a planned reduction in personnel from 103,500 to 102,000 by 2008.
The table below features some of the main changes.
| Main regimental changes |
| Regiment | Formed | HQ | Fate |
| 1st Bn Royal Scots | 1633 | Edinburgh | Merged with King's Own Scottish Borderers as part of single super-regiment |
| 1st Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers | 1689 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Merged with Royal Scots as part of single super-regiment |
| 1st Bn Royal Highland Fusiliers | 1959 | Glasgow | Merging into Scottish super-regiment |
| 1st Bn Black Watch | 1739 | Perth | Merging into Scottish super-regiment |
| 1st Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | 1881 | Stirling | Merging into Scottish super-regiment |
| 1st Bn Highlanders | 1994 | Inverness | Merging into Scottish super-regiment |
| 1st Bn King's Own Royal Border | 1959 | Carlisle | Merged with Queen's Lancashire and King's Regiments |
| 1st Bn Queen's Lancashire | 1970 | Preston | Merged with King's Own Royal Border and King's Regiments |
| 1st Bn King's Regiment | 1685 | Liverpool | Merged with King's Own Royal Border and Queen's Lancashire Regiments |
| 1st Bn Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire | 1958 | York | Merged with Green Howards and Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| 1st Bn Green Howards | 1688 | Richmond (North Yorks) | Merged with Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire and Duke of Wellington's Regiments |
| 1st Bn Duke of Wellington's Regiment | 1881 | Halifax | Merged with Prince of Wales's Own Yorkshire and Green Howards |
| 1st Bn Devonshire and Dorset | 1958 | Exeter | Merged with Royal Gloucs, Berks and Wilts and switching to Light Infantry |
| 1st Bn Royal Gloucs, Berks and Wilts | 1994 | Gloucester | Glosters merged with Devonshire and Dorset and remainder moving to Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |
| Source: The Army |
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