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Originally Posted by Ray
Dave,
I am not too sure how the current British Army is organised.
From what I can understand from various threads of different forums, is that while the name is Royal Scot Dragoon Guards, the men recruited need not be from Scotland and could be from anywhere else i.e. the name can be anything, but the troops can be drawn from anywhere.
Now, if the Regiment's name has nothing to with the class/ community/ region composition, then there seems to be no reason to have a Sikh Regiment. If indeed the Sikh elders can muster a battalion worth, such men could be then distributed to various units already in existence. That would, in any case, make up for the declining figures and the purpose served.
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Sir,
Two very different situations. The regforce is short of people and those qualified will be tossed around to fill up deployment slots. It is not uncommon for a company of one battalion to flushed out another battalion's battle group and it may not even be in the same combat arm. Gunners have been known to be re-rolled into infantry.
The reserves/militia/territorial army, however, still recruits and trains locally. While you may still have examples of non-Scots in the TA regiments, the predominantly composition is whatever the locals are. However, when deployed, the reserves are used mainly to flush out the regforce battalions and would not be deployed as a single battalion.