defence review in 1992, there were eight battalions: 1st and 2nd Battalions, Grenadier Guards 1st and 2nd Battalions, Coldstream Guards 1st and 2nd Battalions, Scots Guards 1st Battalion, Irish Guards 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards The cuts made to the infantry under Options for Change included three battalions of Guards. However, rather than disbanding them, the 2nd Battalions of each of the first three regiments were placed in "suspended animation" - although they would not be active, they would still be listed on the Army Roll, and could be reactivated should they be needed. In order to maintain the traditions of each battalion, and to keep custody of the colours, three companies were kept active, one to represent each battalion: No 2 Company, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (renamed Nijmegen Company for the battle honour won by the 2nd (Armoured) Battalion in 1944) No 7 Company, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards F Company, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards These three units were based permanently at Chelsea Barracks in London on public duties until Chelsea Barracks was sold off by the army. They represent the suspended battalions at significant events, such as Trooping the Colour, and receive the battalion's new colours whenever they are presented. As such, each company is an independent unit of their regiment, separate from the operational battalions. In 2010, with the closure of Chelsea Barracks, the three companies were moved and are now permanently based at Wellington Barracks. A large majority of new guardsmen completing the Combat Infantry Course at the Infantry Training Centre and going to either the Grenadier, Coldstream or Scots Guards will be sent first to the incremental company for between six and nine months, where they will be able to receive further training before they are then posted to the regiment's operational battalion. Although neither the Grenadier or Coldstream Guards had previously had incremental companies formed from their 2nd battalions, between March 1971 and January 1972 the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards was reduced to a single company as a result of defence cuts. Additionally, F Company was also retained to serve as a reinforcement unit attached to the Irish Guards. Options for Change also saw the retention of a second company from the Grenadier Guards, when The Inkerman Company was transferred from the 2nd Battalion to the 1st Battalion to serve as the left flank company. The Inkerman Company was originally formed in 1961 as a composite