Historical data to support the calculation of average tour intervals for each infantry battalion is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The current tour intervals for individual infantry battalions are shown, giving an average tour interval of 22 months for the infantry as a whole.
Unit deployed Last operational deployment (as a unit) Start date Previous operational deployment (as a unit) End date Last unit tour interval (months) Infantry 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Afghanistan May 2007 Iraq September 2006 8 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards Afghanistan October 2007 Iraq October 2005 23 1st Battalion Scots Guards Iraq December 2007 Iraq April 2005 31 1st Battalion Irish Guards Iraq June 2007 Northern Ireland March 2004 38 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Balkans October 2006 Iraq April 2005 17 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland1 Iraq December 2007 Iraq May 2006 17 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq December 2005 29 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Iraq July 2004 Iraq June 2003 12 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Iraq June 2008 Iraq May 2006 25 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland Afghanistan April 2008 Balkans October 2005 29 1st Battalion The Princess Of Wales’ Royal Regiment Iraq May 2006 Iraq October 2004 18 2nd Battalion The Princess Of Wales’ Royal Regiment Iraq January 2005 Northern Ireland December 2003 12 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Iraq June 2008 Iraq May 2006 25 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Northern Ireland April 2003 Northern Ireland June 2002 9 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment Afghanistan May 2007 Iraq October 2005 18 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment Iraq June 2008 Iraq October 2006 20 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment2 Iraq December 2007 n/a — 2nd Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment2 Iraq November 2006 n/a — 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment Iraq November 2006 Balkans September 2004 25 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment Afghanistan October 2007 Balkans September 2006 13 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment Iraq November 2004 Balkans June 2001 40 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh Cyprus (Theatre Reserve Battalion) May 2007 Northern Ireland January 2006 15 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh Iraq June 2007 Iraq October 2005 19 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment Iraq December 2007 Iraq October 2004 37 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment Afghanistan May 2007 Afghanistan April 2005 24 3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment Iraq November 2006 Iraq October 2005 12 1st Battalion The Rifles3 Iraq November 2006 Afghanistan October 2008 24 2nd Battalion The Rifles Iraq November 2006 Northern Ireland September 2004 25 3rd Battalion The Rifles Iraq September 2006 Northern Ireland March 2005 17 4th Battalion The Rifles Iraq June 2007 Balkans October 2001 67 5th Battalion The Rifles Iraq May 2006 Iraq April 2004 24 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq December 2005 29 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Afghanistan April 2008 Iraq April 2006 24 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Afghanistan April 2008 Afghanistan October 2006 18 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Regiment Afghanistan October 2007 Balkans March 2006 18 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Regiment Afghanistan October 2008 Afghanistan October 2005 37 1 1 RS and 1 KOSB amalgamated to form 1 SCOTS in August 2006. 1 SCOTS deployed for the first time as a formed unit to Iraq in December 2007. 2 1 KORBR, 1 KINGS and QLR amalgamated in July 2006 to form 1 LANCS and 2 LANCS. Because of the nature of this amalgamation it is not representative to carry forward the unit deployments of 1 KORBR, 1 KINGS and QLR to 1 LANCS and 2 LANCS. 3 1 RGBW and 1 DDLI amalgamated in March 2007 to form 1 RIFLES. 1 RIFLES has deployed for the first time as a formed unit in October 2008 on Herrick 9.