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The '''units of the [[British Army]]''' are commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. This is broadly similar to the structures of the [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Air Force]], in that the four-star (general-equivalent) [[commanders-in-chief]] have been eliminated since 2011 and service chiefs are given direct command of their respective services and are responsible as Top Level Budget (TLB) holders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/27408/defence_reform_report_struct_mgt_mod_27june2011.pdf |title=Defence Reform: an independent report into the structure and management of the Ministry of Defence (June 2011) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 June 2011 |website=gov.uk |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=21 August 2019 }}</ref> [[Army Headquarters (United Kingdom)|Army Headquarters]] is located in Andover, Hampshire. There is a [[Commander Field Army]] and a personnel and UK operations command, [[Home Command (British Army)|Home Command]]. |
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The command structure is hierarchical with [[division (military)|divisions]] and [[brigade]]s controlling groupings of units from an administrative perspective. Major Units are [[regiment]] or [[battalion]]-sized with minor units being either [[Company (military unit)|company]] sized sub-units or [[platoon]]s. All units within the service are either Regular (full-time) or [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] (full-time or part-time), or a combination with sub-units of each type. |
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Naming conventions of units differ for traditional British historical reasons, creating a significant opportunity for confusion; an [[infantry]] battalion is equivalent to a [[cavalry]] regiment. An infantry regiment is an administrative and ceremonial organisation only, and may include several battalions. For operational tasks, a [[battlegroup (army)|battle group]] will be formed around a combat unit, supported by units or sub-units from other areas. An example would be a squadron of tanks attached to an armoured infantry battle group, together with a reconnaissance troop, artillery battery and engineering support. |
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Since the 1957 Defence Review, the size of the Army has consistently shrunk. Since 1990, reductions have been almost constant, through succeeding defence reviews: [[Options for Change]] (1990), [[Front Line First]] (1994), the [[Strategic Defence Review]] of 1998, [[Delivering Security in a Changing World]] (2003), and the [[Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010|Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2010]]. |
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==Army Headquarters== |
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Through a major army reorganisation effective 1 November 2011, the [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] took direct command of the Army through a new structure, based at [[Andover, Hampshire|Andover]]<ref>[http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/92060/response/228969/attach/3/20111121%20FOI%20Cross%20Response%20V2%20U.pdf Correspondence from Army Secretariat]</ref> and known as "[[Army Headquarters (United Kingdom)|Army Headquarters]]".<ref name=intel>[http://www.dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2506:uk-army-command-reorganization&catid=1:europe&Itemid=57 Army Command reorganization] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112055548/http://www.dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2506%3Auk-army-command-reorganization&catid=1%3Aeurope&Itemid=57 |date=2011-11-12 }} Defence Marketing Intelligence, 10 November 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/142.aspx Higher Command] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605053921/http://www.army.mod.uk/structure/142.aspx |date=2013-06-05 }}</ref> |
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Reporting to the Chief of the General Staff are four [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-general]]s: the [[Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Deputy Chief of the General Staff]]; the [[Commander Field Army]] (CFA); the Commander [[Home Command (British Army)|Home Command]] (CHC), and Commander [[Allied Rapid Reaction Corps]]. The CFA is responsible for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations; he commands [[1st (United Kingdom) Division]], [[3rd Division (United Kingdom)|3rd (United Kingdom) Division]], [[6th (United Kingdom) Division]] and [[Joint Helicopter Command]] (JHC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/media/2400/armystructure_landscape_v4-01.png|title=Army Structure|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref> |
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CHC is responsible for commanding a wide variety of organisations that both contribute to the administrative running of the Army (i.e. the Army Personnel Centre (APC) in Glasgow), and focuses on the 'home base' (i.e. [[Regional Command (British Army)|Regional Command]]). |
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==Formations== |
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===Forces=== |
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The British military (those parts of the British Armed Forces tasked with land warfare, as opposed to the naval forces)<ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1917/feb/12/naval-and-military-pensions-and-grants ''NAVAL AND MILITARY PENSIONS AND GRANTS''. House of Commons Debate 12 February 1917. Volume 90 cc248-51. British Parliament website]</ref> historically was divided into a number of ''forces'', of which the British Army (also referred to historically as the ''Regular Army'' and the ''Regular Force'') was only one.<ref>''A LIST OF THE OFFICERS of the ARMY, (WITH AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX;) OF THE OFFICERS of the ROYAL ARTILLERY, THE ENGINEERS, the MARINE FORCES, AND OF THE OFFICERS on HALF-PAY; AND A SUCCESSION of COLONELS. THE THIRTY-SECOND EDITION. War-Office. 31 March, 1784</ref><ref>''THE NEW ANNUAL ARMY LIST, MILITIA LIST, 1854: (BEING THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL VOLUME), CONTAINING THE DATES OF COMMISSIONS, AND A STATEMENT OF THE WAR SERVICES AND WOUNDS OF NEARLY EVERY OFFICER IN THE ARMY, ORDNANCE, AND MARINES. CORRECTED TO 30TH DECEMBER, 1853. WITH AN INDEX''. MAJOR H. G. HART, 49TH REGT. JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON 1854</ref> The oldest of these organisations was the [[Militia (Great Britain)|Militia Force]] (also referred to as the ''Constitutional Force''),<ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1852/apr/23/militia-bill ''MILITIA BILL. House of Commons Debate 23 April 1852. Volume 120 cc1035-109. British Parliament website]</ref><ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1855/may/04/the-militia ''THE MILITIA''. House of Commons Debate 4 May 1855. Volume 138 cc116-32. British Parliament website]</ref><ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1856/jul/11/the-militia-question ''THE MILITIA—QUESTION''. House of Lords Debate 11 July 1856. Volume 143 cc625-32. British Parliament website]</ref><ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1878/jun/13/army-auxiliary-forces-the-militia ''ARMY—AUXILIARY FORCES—THE MILITIA.—OBSERVATIONS''. House of Commons Debate 13 June 1878. Volume 240 cc1418-33. British Parliament website]</ref> which (in the [[Kingdom of England]]) was originally the main military defensive force (there otherwise were originally only Royal bodyguards, including the [[Yeomen Warders]] and the [[Yeomen of the Guard]], with armies raised only temporarily for expeditions overseas), made up of civilians embodied for annual training or emergencies, and had used various schemes of compulsory service during different periods of its long existence. The Militia was originally an all infantry force, organised at the city or county level, and members were not required to serve outside of their recruitment area, although the area within which militia units in Britain could be posted was increased to anywhere in the Britain during the Eighteenth Century, and [[Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies|Militia coastal artillery]], field artillery, and engineers units were introduced from the 1850s.<ref>''The Militia Artillery 1852-1909'', by Norman EH Litchfield. The Sherwood Press (Nottingham) Ltd. 1987</ref> The [[Yeomanry]] was a mounted force that could be mobilised in times of war or emergency.<ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1903/may/26/an-imperial-yeomanry-reserve ''AN IMPERIAL YEOMANRY RESERVE''. House of Lords Debate 26 May 1903. Vol 122 cc1767-71. British Parliament website]</ref> [[Volunteer Force]] units were also frequently raised during wartime, which did not rely on compulsory service and hence attracted recruits keen to avoid the Militia. These were seen as a useful way to add to military strength economically during wartime, but otherwise as a drain on the Militia and so were not normally maintained in peacetime, although in Bermuda prominent propertied men were appointed ''Captains of Forts'', taking charge of maintaining and commanding fortified [[Coastal artillery]] batteries and manned by volunteers, defending the colony's coast from the Seventeenth Century to the Nineteenth Century (when all of the batteries were taken over by the regular Royal Artillery).<ref>''Bermuda Forts 1612–1957'', Dr. Edward Cecil Harris, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, {{ISBN|0-921560-11-7}}</ref><ref>''Bulwark Of Empire: Bermuda's Fortified Naval Base 1860–1920'', Lt.-Col. Roger Willock, USMC, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, The Bermuda Maritime Museum. {{ISBN|978-0-921560-00-5}}</ref> The Militia system was extended to a number of English (subsequently ''British'') colonies, beginning with [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]] and [[Bermuda]]. In some colonies, ''Troops of Horse'' or other mounted units similar to the Yeomanry were also created.<ref>[http://www.bermudastamps.co.uk/1988/11/10/military-uniforms-bermuda ''1988 Military Uniforms of Bermuda'', By Neil Rigby on November 10, 1988 in First Day Covers, Queen Elizabeth II. Bermuda Stamps website]</ref> The Militia and Volunteer units of a colony were generally considered to be separate forces from the ''Home'' Militia Force and Volunteer Force in the United Kingdom, and from the Militia Forces and Volunteer Forces of other colonies. Where a colony had more than one Militia or Volunteer unit, they would be grouped as a Militia or Volunteer Force for that colony, such as the [[Jamaica Volunteer Defence Force]], which comprised the [[St. Andrew Rifle Corps]] (or [[Kingston Infantry Volunteers]]), the [[Jamaica Corps of Scouts]], and the [[Jamaica Reserve Regiment]],<ref>[https://www.jdfweb.com/third-battalion-duties/ ''Jamaica Defence Force: Third Battalion Duties''. Jamaica Defence Force website]</ref> but not the [[Jamaica Militia Artillery]].<ref>[https://livelb.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/a-global-view/the-caribbean/jamaica/ ''Jamaica in 1914: War effort'' The National Archives, Kew]</ref> In smaller colonies with a single militia or volunteer unit, that single unit would still be considered to be listed within a force, or in some case might be named a force rather than a regiment or corps, such as is the case for the [[Falkland Islands Defence Force]] and the '[[Royal Montserrat Defence Force]]. The Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Forces collectively were known as the ''Reserve Forces'', ''Auxiliary Forces'', or ''Local Forces''. Officers of these forces could not sit on Courts Martial of regular forces personnel. The [[Mutiny Act]] did not apply to members of the Reserve Forces. |
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The other ''regular'' military force that existed alongside the British Army was the [[Board of Ordnance]], which included the ''Ordnance Military Corps'' (made up of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and the Royal Sappers and Miners), as well as the originally-civilian [[Commissariat#19th century|Commissariat Stores]] and transport departments, as well as barracks departments, ordnance factories and various other functions supporting the various naval and military forces.<ref>[https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/3224/department-of-the-master-general-of-the-ordnance ''Unit History: Department of the Master-General of the Ordnance''. Forces War Records]</ref><ref>[https://www.navalhistoryarchive.org/index.php/Board_of_Ordnance ''Board of Ordnance''. Naval History Archive]</ref> The English Army, subsequently the British Army once Scottish regiments were moved onto its establishment following the Union of the Kingdoms of Scotland and England, was originally a separate force from these, but absorbed the Ordnance Military Corps and various previously civilian departments after the Board of Ordnance was abolished in 1855.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44220102?seq=1 ''THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE. 1299—1855'', by J. H. Leslie. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. 4, No. 17 (JULY–SEPTEMBER, 1925). Society for Army Historical Research]</ref><ref>[https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/corps-royal-engineers ''Corps of Royal Engineers''. National Army Museum]</ref> The ''Reserve Forces'' (which referred to the Home Yeomanry, Militia and Volunteer Forces before the creation of the regular British Army Reserve) were increasingly integrated with the British Army through a succession of reforms over the last two decades of the Nineteenth Century (by the end of the century, at the latest, any unit wholly or partly funded from Army Funds was considered part of the British Army) and the early years of the Twentieth Century,<ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1895/mar/15/the-army-estimates ''THE ARMY ESTIMATES. House of Commons Debate 15 March 1895. Vol 31 cc1157-209. British Parliament website]</ref> whereby the Reserve Forces units mostly lost their own identities and became numbered [[Territorial Force]] sub-units of regular British Army corps or regiments (the Home Militia had followed this path, with the Militia Infantry units becoming numbered battalions of British Army regiments, and the Militia Artillery integrating within Royal Artillery territorial divisions in 1882 and 1889, and becoming parts of the [[Royal Field Artillery]] or [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] in 1902 (though retaining their traditional corps names), but was not merged into the Territorial Force when it was created in 1908 (by the merger of the Yeomanry and Volunteer Force). The Militia was instead renamed the ''Special Reserve'',<ref>''HART'S ANNUAL ARMY LIST, SPECIAL RESERVE LIST, AND TERRITORIAL FORCE LIST, FOR 1911: (BEING THE SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL VOLUME,) CONTAINING DATES OF COMMISSIONS, AND A SUMMARY OF THE WAR SERVICES OF NEARLY EVERY OFFICER IN THE ARMY, SUPPLY &c. DEPARTMENTS, MARINES, AND INDIAN ARMY, AND INDIAN LOCAL FORCES. WITH AN INDEX.'' BY THE LATE LIEUTENANT GENERAL H. G. HART. JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, LONDON. 1911</ref><ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1908/feb/18/the-territorial-forces-act-the-militia ''THE TERRITORIAL FORCES ACT—THE MILITIA''. House of Lords Debate 18 February 1908. Volume 184 cc578-605. British Parliament website]</ref><ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1913/apr/09/british-army-home-and-colonial-military ''BRITISH ARMY.—HOME AND COLONIAL MILITARY FORCES''. House of Commons Debate 9 April 1913. Volume 51 cc1196-8W. British Parliament website]</ref> and was permanently suspended after the First World War (although a handful of Militia units survived in the United Kingdom, its colonies, and the Crown Dependencies). Unlike the Home, Imperial Fortress and Crown Dependency Militia and Volunteer units and forces that continued to exist after the First World War, although parts of the British military, most were not considered parts of the [[British Army]]<ref>[https://www.stabroeknews.com/2008/10/01/guyana-review/the-british-guiana-volunteer-force ''The British Guiana Volunteer Force''. Stabroek News. 1 October, 2008]</ref><ref>[https://www.colonialforces.org/batteries-companies-regiments-and-c ''Batteries, Companies, Regiments and Corps (Land): Defending the colony'', Colonial Forces Study Group (Queensland) Inc]</ref> unless they received Army Funds (as was the case for the [[Bermuda Militia Artillery]] and the [[Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps]]),<ref>''History of The Coast Artillery in the British Army'', by Colonel KW Maurice-Jones, DSO, RA. Royal Artillery Institution. 1959</ref><ref>''The Militia Artillery 1852-1909'', by Norman EH Litchfield. The Sherwood Press (Nottingham) Ltd. 1987</ref> which was generally only the case for those in the Channel Islands or the Imperial Fortress colonies (Nova Scotia, before [[Canadian confederation]], Bermuda, Gibraltar, and Malta).<ref>[https://livelb.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/a-global-view/the-caribbean/bermuda ''Bermuda in 1914'' The National Archives, Kew]</ref><ref>''The Quarterly Army List'' Part I, January 1945. Order of Precedence of the British Army. Page xiii. His Majesty's Stationery Office</ref><ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1899/mar/17/army-estimates-1899-1900/division_48 ''ARMY ESTIMATES, 1899–1900''. House of Commons Debate 17 March 1899. Vol 68 cc1161-287 British Parliament website]</ref> Today, the British Army is the only Home British military force (unless the [[Army Cadet Force]] and the [[Combined Cadet Force]] are considered), including both the regular army and the forces it absorbed, though British military units organised on Territorial lines remain in British Overseas Territories that are still not considered formally part of the British Army, with only the [[Royal Gibraltar Regiment]] and the [[Royal Bermuda Regiment]] (an amalgam of the old Bermuda Militia Artillery and Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps) appearing on the British Army order of precedence and in the Army List. |
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Confusingly, and similarly to the dual meaning of the word [[Corps#United Kingdom|Corps]] in the British Army (by example, the 1st Battalion of the [[King's Royal Rifle Corps]] was in 1914 part of the 6th Brigade that was part of the [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Division]], which was itself part of [[1st Army Corps]]), the British Army sometimes also used the term ''expeditionary force'' or ''field force'' to describe a body made up of British Army units (notably the [[British Expeditionary Force]]), or of a mixture of British Army, Indian Army, or Imperial auxiliaries, such as the [[Siege of Malakand#Malakand Field Force|Malakand Field Force]] (this is similarly to the naval use of the term [[Task force|task force]]). |
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===Commands=== |
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A [[Command (military formation)|command]] is a military formation that handles a specific task or region, and can direct forces as large as multiple corps or as little as a few battalions. Previously the Army had regional commands in the UK, including [[Aldershot Command]], [[Eastern Command (United Kingdom)|Eastern Command]], [[Northern Command (United Kingdom)|Northern Command]], [[Scottish Command]], [[Southern Command (United Kingdom)|Southern Command]] and [[Western Command (United Kingdom)|Western Command]]. In addition, there were functional commands, such as [[Anti-Aircraft Command]] (disbanded in the 1950s), and overseas commands, such as [[Middle East Command]]. Gradually, these were consolidated into a land command in the UK, Headquarters UK Land Forces, and a land command in Germany, [[British Army of the Rhine]]. Eventually, both were merged into [[Commander Land Forces|Land Command]] and later, Field Army. |
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From 1995, UK commands and later districts were replaced by regenerative divisions. [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Division]], [[4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|4th Division]], [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Division]] and [[London District (British Army)|London District]] acted as regional commands within the UK reporting to [[Commander Regional Forces (United Kingdom)|Commander Regional Forces]]. [[Scottish Command|Scotland District]] was absorbed by 2nd Division in 2000. The divisions were responsible for training subordinate formations and units under their command for operations in the UK, such as [[Military Aid to the Civil Community]], as well as training units for overseas deployments. 2nd, 4th and 5th Divisions were replaced by [[Support Command (United Kingdom)|Support Command]] on 1 November 2011.<ref>Charles Heyman, 'The British Army: A Pocket Guide 2012-2013', p.31</ref> Support command was later re-titled as [[Regional Command (British Army)|Regional Command]] in 2015. |
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[[London District]] includes many units with significant ceremonial roles. The [[Queen's Guard]] at [[Buckingham Palace]] and [[Windsor Castle]] is primarily mounted by the two [[Foot Guards]] Battalions and one Line Infantry Battalion, together with the [[British Army incremental infantry companies|Foot Guards Incremental companies]]: Nijmegen Company, [[Grenadier Guards]], No 7 Company, [[Coldstream Guards]], and F Company, [[Scots Guards]]. The guard at [[Horse Guards (building)|Horse Guards]] is normally drawn from the [[Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment]] (HCMR). The [[Honourable Artillery Company]] carries out public duties in the [[City of London]]. The HAC and the [[King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery]] provide gun salutes in London. Under the [[General Officer Commanding Scotland]], public duties in [[Edinburgh]] are the responsibility of a new incremental company, Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, the [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]] ([[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]), formed after the reduction of the Argylls from battalion status. |
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===Corps=== |
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{{British Army lists}} |
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A [[corps]], in the sense of a field fighting formation, is a formation of two or more divisions, potentially 50,000 personnel or more. While the British Army has no standing corps headquarters, forces are allocated through a number of multinational arrangements to the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]] (NATO) and European commitments, providing much of the headquarters capability and framework for the multinational [[Allied Rapid Reaction Corps]]. The last purely British corps, [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I (BR) Corps]], disbanded in Germany after the end of the Cold War. |
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The word corps is also used for administrative groupings by common function, such as the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] and [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]]. Various Combat Support Arms and Services are referred to in the wider sense as a Corps, such as the [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. |
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===Divisions=== |
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In the British Army, the three divisions are eight, nine, and four brigades strong respectively, with each commanded by a [[Major General]]. |
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The British Army has two deployable divisions, capable of deploying the headquarters and subordinate formations immediately to operations. A third division has responsibility for overseeing both offensive and defensive [[cyberwarfare]], [[Military intelligence|intelligence activities]], [[surveillance]] and [[propaganda]]. |
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* [[1st (United Kingdom) Division]] |
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* [[3rd Division (United Kingdom)|3rd (United Kingdom) Division]] |
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* [[6th (United Kingdom) Division]] |
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[[London District]] is responsible for the maintenance of capability for the defence of the capital and the provision of [[Public duties|ceremonial units]] and garrisons for the [[Crown Estate]] in London, such as the [[Tower of London]]. |
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Several [[British Army Infantry|infantry]] regiments are organised into four administrative divisions based on the type of infantry unit or traditional recruiting areas: |
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* [[Guards Division]] |
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* [[Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division]] |
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* [[King's Division]] |
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* [[Queen's Division]] |
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===Brigades=== |
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A [[brigade]] contains three or four battalion-sized units, around 5,000 personnel, and is commanded by a one star officer, a [[Brigadier]]. The brigade will contain a wide range of military disciplines allowing the conduct of a spectrum of military tasks. |
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The brigade would be required to deploy up to three separate [[Battlegroup (army)|battlegroups]], the primary tactical formation employed in British doctrine. The battlegroup is a mixed formation built around the core of one unit, an armoured regiment or infantry battalion, with sub-units providing artillery, engineers, logistics, aviation, etc., as required. |
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Combat formations include:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/|title=Formations, Divisions & Brigades|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref> |
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*[[1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Armoured Infantry Brigade]] |
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*[[4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East]] |
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*[[7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East]] |
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*[[11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East]] |
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*[[12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|12th Armoured Infantry Brigade]] |
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*[[16 Air Assault Brigade|16th Air Assault Brigade]] |
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*[[20th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Infantry Brigade]] |
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*[[51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland]] |
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There are also several combat support and combat service support units of brigade size.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* [[1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West|1st Artillery Brigade]] |
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* [[1st Aviation Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Aviation Brigade]] |
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* [[1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade]] |
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* [[1st Military Police Brigade]] |
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* [[1st Signal Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st (United Kingdom) Signal Brigade]] |
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* [[2nd Medical Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Medical Brigade]] |
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* [[8th Engineer Brigade (United Kingdom)|8th Engineer Brigade]] |
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* [[11th Signal Brigade and Headquarters West Midlands]] |
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* [[77th Brigade (United Kingdom)|77th Brigade]] |
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* [[101st Logistic Brigade]] |
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* [[102nd Logistic Brigade (United Kingdom)|102nd Logistic Brigade]] |
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* [[104th Logistic Support Brigade (United Kingdom)|104th Logistic Support Brigade]] |
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* [[Specialised Infantry Group]] |
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In addition to the brigades above, there are a number of other units of brigade-size, some which are under joint command.<ref name=":0" /> |
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* [[Joint Helicopter Command]] |
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* [[7 Air Defence Group|7th Air Defence Group]] |
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* [[London District (British Army)|London District]] |
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*[[Headquarters North West (United Kingdom)|Headquarters North West]] - Regional Point of Command |
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*[[Headquarters South West (United Kingdom)|Headquarters South West]]- Regional Point of Command |
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*[[38th (Irish) Brigade]] - Regional Point of Command |
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*[[160th (Welsh) Brigade]] - Regional Point of Command |
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==Order of precedence== |
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{{See also| British Army Order of Precedence}} |
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The [[British Army]] parades according to the order of precedence, from right to left, with the unit at the extreme right being highest on the order. The Household Cavalry has the highest precedence, unless the [[Royal Horse Artillery]] parades with its guns. |
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==Arms and services== |
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===Combat Arms=== |
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The Combat Arms are the "teeth" of the British Army, infantry, armoured and aviation units which engage in close action. |
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====Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps==== |
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{{main|Household Cavalry|Royal Armoured Corps}} |
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Regiments of line [[cavalry]] and the [[Royal Tank Regiment]] together form the Royal Armoured Corps which has units equipped with either main battle tanks, light armour for [[formation reconnaissance regiment|reconnaissance]], or lightly armoured vehicles for the [[light cavalry]] role. An additional reconnaissance regiment is provided by the Household Cavalry Regiment, of the Household Cavalry, which administratively is not considered to be part of the RAC, but is included among the RAC order of battle for operational tasking. |
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|[[King's Royal Hussars|The King's Royal Hussars]]||[[Household Cavalry Regiment]]||[[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] |
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|[[Queen's Royal Hussars|The Queen's Royal Hussars<br>(Queen's Own and Royal Irish)]]||[[Royal Dragoon Guards|The Royal Dragoon Guards]]||[[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards|The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards<br>(Carabiniers and Greys)]] |
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|[[Royal Tank Regiment|The Royal Tank Regiment]]||[[Royal Lancers|The Royal Lancers<br>(Queen Elizabeths' Own)]]||[[Light Dragoons|The Light Dragoons]] |
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====Infantry==== |
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{{main| Infantry of the British Army}} |
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The Infantry is divided for administrative purposes into four 'divisions', with battalions being trained and equipped to operate in one of six main roles: |
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* [[Air assault|Air Assault Infantry]] |
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* [[Armoured infantry|Armoured Infantry]] |
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* [[Light Infantry]] |
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* [[Mechanized infantry|Mechanised Infantry]] |
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* [[Specialised Infantry]] |
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* [[Public duties|Public Duties]] |
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Under the arms-plot system, a battalion would spend between two and six years in one role, before re-training for another. Following a review of the operation of the army, it has been demonstrated that this system is inefficient and it is being phased out, with battalions specialising in role—this will see armoured infantry, mechanised infantry and air assault battalions remaining in a single posting; however, light infantry battalions will continue to be periodically rotated between postings. Personnel will be "trickle posted" between battalions of the same regiment as required, and to further their careers. |
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!'''[[Guards Division]]'''||'''[[Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division]]'''||'''[[King's Division]]'''||'''[[Queen's Division]]''' |
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|1st Bn, [[Grenadier Guards]]||1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Bn,<br>[[Royal Regiment of Scotland|The Royal Regiment of Scotland]]||1st & 2nd Bn, [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment|The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment<br>(King's Lancashire and Border)]]||1st & 2nd Bn, [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment|The Princess of Wales's<br>Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)]] |
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|1st Bn, [[Coldstream Guards]]||1st Bn, [[Royal Welsh|The Royal Welsh]]||1st & 2nd Bn [[Yorkshire Regiment|The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th,<br>19th and 33rd/76th Foot)]]||1st Bn, [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers|The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] |
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|1st Bn, [[Scots Guards]]||1st Bn, [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|The Royal Irish Regiment<br>(27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th<br>and The Ulster Defence Regiment)]]||1st & 2nd Bn, [[Mercian Regiment|The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire,<br>Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords)]]||1st & 2nd Bn, [[Royal Anglian Regiment|The Royal Anglian Regiment]] |
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|1st Bn, [[Irish Guards]]||||||[[Royal Gibraltar Regiment|The Royal Gibraltar Regiment]] |
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Three further infantry units in the regular army are not grouped within the various infantry divisions: |
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* 1st, 2nd & 3rd Bn, [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|The Parachute Regiment]] |
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* 1st, 2nd & 3rd Bn, [[Royal Gurkha Rifles|The Royal Gurkha Rifles]] |
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* 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Bn, [[The Rifles]]. |
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The role of the [[Royal Gibraltar Regiment]] is limited to the defence of [[Gibraltar]]. |
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The three senior regiments of foot guards, plus the Royal Regiment of Scotland, each maintain an [[British Army incremental infantry companies|additional reinforced company]] that retains custody of the colours of battalions that are in suspended animation: |
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* Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards (ex 2nd Bn, Grenadier Guards) |
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* No. 7 Company, Coldstream Guards (ex 2nd Bn, Coldstream Guards) |
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* F Company, Scots Guards (ex 2nd Bn, Scots Guards) |
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* Balaklava Company, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (ex 5th Bn, The Royal Regiment of Scotland) |
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The Royal Gurkha Rifles maintains three additional company sized units that are permanently attached to various training establishments to serve in the [[Opposing force|OPFOR]] role in providing realistic battle training: |
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*Gurkha Company (Sittang) - [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] |
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*Gurkha Wing (Mandalay) - [[Infantry Battle School]] |
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*Gurkha Company (Tavoleto) - [[Waterloo Lines|Land Warfare Centre]] |
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=====Brigade of Gurkhas===== |
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{{main| Brigade of Gurkhas}} |
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The Royal Gurkha Rifles is the largest element of the Brigade of Gurkhas, which includes its own support arms. These units are affiliated to the equivalent British units, but have their own unique cap badges. |
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* Support units of the Brigade of Gurkhas |
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**[[36 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|Queen's Gurkha Engineers]] |
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** [[Queen's Gurkha Signals]] |
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** [[10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC]] |
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**[[Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company]] |
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====Special Forces==== |
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{{main| United Kingdom Special Forces}} |
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* [[Special Air Service]] – The Regular Army's [[special forces]] formation is a single, battalion sized unit, 22nd SAS Regiment. |
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* [[Special Forces Support Group]] – A tri-service unit formed around 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment and enhanced with personnel from the Royal Marines and [[RAF Regiment]]. SFSG is designed to provide support to Special Forces operations. |
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* [[Special Reconnaissance Regiment]] – A tri-service element of the United Kingdom Special Forces alongside the SAS and [[Special Boat Service]]. |
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Note: UKSF is considered a joint organisation and as such falls outside the Army chain of command. |
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===Combat Support Arms=== |
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The Combat Support Arms provide direct support to the Combat Arms and include artillery, engineer, signals and aviation. |
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====Royal Regiment of Artillery==== |
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The [[Royal Artillery]] consists of 13 Regular Regiments and 5 Reserve Regiments along with the ceremonial [[King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery|King's Troop]]. Although not part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery the [[Honourable Artillery Company]] shares some of the same capabilities. Three of the Regular Regiments and the King's Troop retain the [[cap badge]], or "cypher", and traditions of the [[Royal Horse Artillery]], although this naming convention has no link to the role that they undertake. The Royal Artillery undertakes six different roles:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/23532.aspx|title=The British Army - Regiments|last=cgsmediacomma-amc-dig-shared@mod.uk|first=The British Army|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-03-03}}</ref> |
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!Home Defence<br>(Ceremonial)||Air Defence||Close Support<br>(AS90 & MRLS)||Close Support<br>(L118 Light Gun)||Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA)||Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)||Training |
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|[[King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery|King's Troop, RHA]]||[[12th Regiment Royal Artillery|12 Regiment RA]]||[[1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery|1st Regiment RHA]]||[[7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery|7th (Para) Regiment RHA]]||[[5th Regiment Royal Artillery|5 Regiment RA]]||[[32nd Regiment Royal Artillery|32 Regiment RA]]||[[14th Regiment Royal Artillery|14 Regiment RA]] |
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| ||[[16th Regiment Royal Artillery|16 Regiment RA]]||[[19th Regiment Royal Artillery|19 Regiment RA]]||[[29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery|29 (Cdo) Regiment RA]]||||[[47th Regiment Royal Artillery|47 Regiment RA]]|| |
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====Corps of Royal Engineers==== |
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The [[Royal Engineers]] is a corps of 15 regiments in the regular army providing military engineering ([[civil engineering]], assault engineering and demolition) capabilities to the field army and facilities management expertise within garrisons. |
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Regiments are associated with Brigade level formations with a number of independent squadrons and support groups associated with specific tasks: |
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The [[Royal School of Military Engineering]] (RSME) comprises two recruit training regiments: |
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* 1 RSME Regiment – Construction Engineer School |
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* 3 RSME Regiment – Combat Engineer School |
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The remainder are field regiments attached to various deployable formations: |
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*[[21 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|21 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[22 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|22 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[23 Parachute Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[24 Commando Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[26 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|26 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[28 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|28 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[32 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|32 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[33 Engineer Regiment (EOD)]] |
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*[[35 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|35 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[36 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|36 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[39 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|39 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)]] |
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====Royal Corps of Signals==== |
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The [[Royal Corps of Signals|Royal Signals]] is a corps of 10 Regiments and 13 independent squadrons which provides communications and information systems support to formations of Brigade level and above. Below the Brigade level support is provided by ''Battalion Signallers'' drawn from the parent unit. Within the deployable brigades, the Signal Regiment also provides support to the HQ function including logistics, life support and force protection capabilities. |
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*[[1 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|1st Signal Regiment]] |
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*[[2 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|2nd Signal Regiment]] |
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*[[3 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|3rd Signal Regiment]] |
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*[[10 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|10th Signal Regiment]] |
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*[[Royal School of Signals|11th (Royal School of Signals) Signal Regiment]] |
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*[[14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)|14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)]] |
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*[[15 Signal Regiment (Information Support)|15th Signal Regiment (Information Support)]] |
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*16th Signal Regiment |
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*[[18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment|18th (UKSF) Signal Regiment]] |
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*[[21 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom)|21st Signal Regiment]] |
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*22nd Signal Regiment |
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*30th Signal Regiment |
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====Army Air Corps==== |
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The [[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] provides battlefield air support with six regiments and four independent squadrons and flights: |
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*[[1 Regiment Army Air Corps]] |
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*[[2 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps]] |
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*[[3 Regiment Army Air Corps]] |
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*[[4 Regiment Army Air Corps]] |
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*[[5 Regiment Army Air Corps]] |
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*[[7 (Training) Regiment Army Air Corps]] |
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*[[No. 657 Squadron AAC|657 Squadron]] ([[RAF Odiham]]) |
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*[[No. 658 Squadron AAC|658 Squadron]] ([[Stirling Lines]]) |
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*[[No. 7 Flight AAC|7 Flight]] ([[Brunei]]) |
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*[[No. 25 Flight AAC|25 Flight]] ([[AAC Middle Wallop]]) |
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====Intelligence Corps==== |
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The [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] provides intelligence support including collection, interpretation and counter-intelligence capabilities with three battalions and a joint service group: |
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* 1 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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* 2 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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* 4 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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* [[15 Psychological Operations Group|15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group]] |
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===Combat Service Support Arms=== |
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The Combat Service Support Arms provide sustainment and support for the Combat and Combat Support Arms. Whilst CSS personnel are not intended to close with and engage opposition forces, the fluidity of the modern battlefield means that these personnel are likely to be engaged in close combat at times, particularly when associated with Battle Groups. |
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====Royal Logistic Corps==== |
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The [[Royal Logistic Corps]] is the largest single corps in the British Army: |
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*[[1 Regiment RLC|1 Close Support Logistic Regiment RLC]] |
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*[[3 Regiment RLC|3 Close Support Logistic Regiment RLC]] |
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*[[4 Regiment RLC|4 Close Support Logistic Regiment RLC]] |
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*6 Force Logistic Regiment RLC |
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*7 Force Logistic Regiment RLC |
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*[[9 Regiment RLC|9 Theatre Logistic Regiment RLC]] |
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*[[10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC]] |
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*[[11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Search Regiment RLC]] |
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*[[13 Air Assault Regiment RLC|13 Air Assault Support Regiment RLC]] |
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*[[17 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC]] |
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*25 Training Support Regiment RLC |
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*27 Theatre Logistic Regiment RLC |
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*29 Postal Courier & Movement Regiment RLC |
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====Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers==== |
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The [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] is a corps that provides maintenance support to equipment and vehicles. Most units will have either a Light Aid Detachment (LAD) or Workshop (Wksp) attached. Seven battalions provide support to formations of brigade level and above: |
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*1 Close Support Battalion REME |
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*2 Close Support Battalion REME |
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*3 Close Support Battalion REME |
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*4 Close Support Battalion REME |
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*5 Force Support Battalion REME |
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*6 Close Support Battalion REME |
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*7 Aviation Support Battalion REME |
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====Medical services==== |
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The [[Army Medical Services]] provide primary and secondary care for the armed forces in fixed locations and whilst deployed on operations. Personnel are attached to a parent unit, one of five field regiments or the defence medical services. The AMS comprises four different Corps providing the range of medical and veterinary care, with the Royal Army Medical Corps also providing the administrative framework for the regiments. |
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* [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] |
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**[[1st Armoured Medical Regiment]] |
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**[[2nd Medical Regiment]] |
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**[[3 Medical Regiment (United Kingdom)|3 Medical Regiment]] |
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**4 Armoured Medical Regiment |
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**5 Armoured Medical Regiment |
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**16 Medical Regiment |
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**225 Medical Regiment |
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**253 Medical Regiment |
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** 22 Field Hospital |
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** 33 Field Hospital |
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** 34 Field Hospital |
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**[[254 (East of England) Medical Regiment]] |
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* [[Royal Army Dental Corps]] |
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* [[Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps]] |
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* [[Royal Army Veterinary Corps]] |
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** [[1st Military Working Dog Regiment|1 Military Working Dog Regiment]] |
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====Adjutant General's Corps==== |
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The [[Adjutant General's Corps]] provides administrative, police and disciplinary and educational support to the army. The AGC is an amalgamation with three of the constituent units retaining their previous cap badge. Personnel from the AGC administrative and educational specialisations serve in attached posts to establishments or units of other arms. The police and disciplinary activities retain their own cap badges and act as discrete bodies. The Corps as a whole is divided into four separate branches: |
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* '''Staff and Personnel Branch''': The SPS branch is the largest part of the AGC and has responsibility for providing most administrative functions, including finance, IT support, human resources. The SPS branch was formed by the amalgamation of the [[Royal Army Pay Corps]] with elements of the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] and [[Women's Royal Army Corps]]. |
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* '''Education and Training Services Branch''': The [[Educational and Training Services Branch|ETS]] branch provides for the educational needs of all serving personnel. These cover both professional development within the army, and wider personal development. The ETS branch was formed through the renaming of the [[Royal Army Educational Corps]]. |
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* '''Army Legal Services Branch''': The [[Army Legal Services Branch|ALS branch]] provides legal advice to the army and to individuals requiring representation at Courts Martial. It is one of the smallest individual units, numbering 120 professionally qualified lawyers. All of its members are officers. The ALS branch retains the cap badge and traditions of the Army Legal Corps. |
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* '''Provost Branch''': The Provost branch consists of three separate elements: |
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** '''Military Provost Staff''': The [[Military Provost Staff Corps|MPS]] is the element of the provost branch responsible for administering military correctional facilities. The MPS is one of the few elements in the army that does not recruit directly; instead, its members are volunteers from other branches of the army. The MPS retains the cap badge and traditions of the Military Provost Staff Corps. |
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** '''Royal Military Police''': The [[Royal Military Police|RMP]] provides the army's policing services, both in peacetime and in wartime. Units of the RMP are trained to deploy with the Field Army in the event of mobilisation. The RMP provides two regular regiments and supplements Army Reserve regiments with one Provost company each. A further provost company is trained in the air assault mission and is permanently attached to 16 Air Assault Brigade. The Corps also provides a number of specialist capabilities, such as the Special Investigation Branch, Close Protection Teams and special escort capabilities. |
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*** 1 Regiment, Royal Military Police |
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*** 3 Regiment, Royal Military Police |
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** '''Military Provost Guard Service''': The [[Military Provost Guard Service|MPGS]] is a unit dedicated to the guarding of military installations, allowing the army to replace civilian guards with trained soldiers. The [[MPGS]] has responsibilities at installations belonging to all three services. |
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====Other services==== |
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* [[Royal Army Physical Training Corps]] |
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* [[Corps of Army Music]] |
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* [[Royal Army Chaplains' Department]] |
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* [[Small Arms School Corps]] |
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==Training== |
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{{main|Selection and Training in the British Army}} |
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Training in the Regular Army differs for soldiers and officers but in general takes place in at least two phases: |
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Phase one training is basic military training for all new recruits. Here candidates learn the basic standards of military performance including operation in the field, weapon handling, personal administration, drill etc. |
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* Prospective officers attend the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], where they undergo basic training in soldiering, defence policy and the structure of government, administration, command and leadership. The Commissioning Course for new entry officers lasts 44 weeks. Some specialist branches, Medical and Legal, undergo a short course which provides basic military training. |
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* Infantry soldiers undergo a 26-week course at the [[Infantry Training Centre (British Army)|Infantry Training Centre]] at [[Catterick Garrison]] which combines phase one and phase two training. |
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* Soldiers in other specialisations undergo the 14-week Army Development Course at the [[Army Training Centre, Pirbright]] or the [[Army Training Regiment]] at [[Winchester]] |
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* Junior Soldiers (Under 18) at the [[Army Foundation College]] in [[Harrogate]] undergo either 23 or 46 weeks training (Junior Soldiers with trades complete 23 weeks and infantry Junior Soldiers complete 46 weeks) |
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Phase two training is specific to the trade that the soldier or officer will follow and is conducted in a branch specialised school. Phase two training enables the individual to join an operational unit prepared to contribute to operational effectiveness. These schools are under the direction of the parent corps or arm of the service, as illustrated above, with the Infantry Training Centre being formed of two training battalions. |
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==Units of the Army Reserve== |
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{{main|Army Reserve (United Kingdom)}} |
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===Combat Arms=== |
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====Royal Armoured Corps==== |
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The four armoured regiments of the Army Reserve operate in two roles - provision of crew replacements for armoured regiments, and Light Cavalry (reconnaissance): |
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* [[Royal Yeomanry]] |
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* [[Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] |
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* [[Queen's Own Yeomanry]] |
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* [[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]] |
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====Infantry==== |
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* [[52nd Lowland Volunteers|52nd Lowland]], 6th Battalion The [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]] |
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* [[51st Highland Volunteers|51st Highland]], 7th Battalion The [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]] |
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* 3rd Battalion, The [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]] |
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* 4th Battalion, The [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]] |
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* [[London Regiment (1993)|The London Regiment]] |
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* 4th Battalion, The [[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment]] |
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* 5th Battalion, The [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] |
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* 3rd Battalion, The [[Royal Anglian Regiment]] |
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* 4th Battalion, The [[Yorkshire Regiment]] |
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* 4th Battalion, The [[Mercian Regiment]] |
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* 3rd Battalion, The [[Royal Welsh]] |
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* 2nd Battalion, The [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] |
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* [[4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment|4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment]] |
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* 6th Battalion, [[The Rifles]] |
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* 7th Battalion, [[The Rifles]] |
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*8th Battalion, [[The Rifles]] |
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====Special Air Service==== |
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* [[Artists Rifles|21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists)]] |
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* [[23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve)|23rd Special Air Service Regiment]] |
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===Combat Support=== |
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==== Honourable Artillery Company ==== |
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* [[Honourable Artillery Company]] - Surveillance and Target Acquisition and Parachute Artillery. |
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==== Royal Artillery ==== |
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* [[101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery|101 (Northumbrian) Regiment RA]] - MLRS |
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* [[103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery|103 Regiment RA]] - Light Gun |
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* [[104th Regiment Royal Artillery|104 Regiment RA]] - UAV |
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* [[105th (Scottish and Ulster) Regiment Royal Artillery|105 Regiment RA]] - Light Gun |
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* [[106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery|106 (Yeomanry) Regiment RA]] - Air Defence |
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Note: The Honourable Artillery Company is a corps in its own right and is not part of the Royal Artillery. |
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====Royal Engineers==== |
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* The [[Engineer and Logistic Staff Corps]] – Specialist industry knowledge (invitation only, industry leaders) |
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* [[Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers|Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)]] – Field Regiment |
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*[[71 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|71 Engineer Regiment]] |
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*[[75 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom)|75 Engineer Regiment]] |
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====Royal Signals==== |
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* [[32 (Scottish) Signal Regiment]] |
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* [[37 Signal Regiment|37 (Wessex and Welsh) Signal Regiment]] |
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* [[39 (Skinners) Signal Regiment]] |
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* [[71 (Yeomanry) Signal Regiment]] |
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* 63 (SAS) Signal Squadron |
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==== Army Air Corps ==== |
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* 6 Regiment, Army Air Corps |
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====Intelligence Corps==== |
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* 3 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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* 5 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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* 6 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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* 7 Military Intelligence Battalion |
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===Combat Service Support=== |
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====Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers==== |
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* 101 Battalion, REME |
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* 102 Battalion, REME |
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* 103 Battalion, REME |
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====Royal Logistic Corps==== |
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*[[150 Regiment RLC|150 Regiment]] |
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*[[151 Regiment RLC|151 Regiment]] |
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*[[152 (North Irish) Regiment RLC|152 (North Irish) Regiment]] |
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*[[154 (Scottish) Regiment RLC|154 (Scottish) Regiment]] |
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*[[156 Regiment RLC|156 Regiment]] |
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*[[157 (Welsh) Regiment RLC|157 (Welsh) Regiment]] |
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*[[158 Regiment RLC|158 Regiment]] |
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*[[159 Regiment RLC|159 Regiment]] |
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*[[162 Regiment RLC|162 Regiment]] |
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*[[165 Port and Maritime Regiment RLC|165 Port and Maritime Regiment]] |
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*[[167 Catering Support Regiment RLC|167 Catering Support Regiment]] |
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*[[383 Commando Petroleum Troop RLC|383 Commando Petroleum Troop]] |
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====Army Medical Services==== |
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* [[201 (Northern) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[202 (Midlands) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[203 (Welsh) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[204 (North Irish) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[205 (Scottish) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[207 (Manchester) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[208 (Liverpool) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[212 (Yorkshire) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[243 (The Wessex) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[256 (City of London) Field Hospital]] |
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* [[306 Hospital Support Regiment]] |
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* [[335 Medical Evacuation Regiment]] |
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* Medical Operational Support Group |
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==References== |
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{{reflist|colwidth=30em}} |
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==External links and sources== |
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* [https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/ British Army Corps, Regiment Units] |
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* [http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/ArmedForces/QueenandtheArmedForces.aspx British Monarchy and the British Army] |
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* A Guide to Appointments and Invitations for Defence Staffs within High Commissions and Embassies in London, UK Ministry of Defence, June 2005 edition |
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* [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/operations-in-the-uk-a-joint-doctrine-publication#history UK operations: the defence contribution to resilience and security] |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Structure Of The British Army}} |
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[[Category:Structure of contemporary armies|British Army]] |
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