Portal:British Army

War and the military Military of  Ancient Rome  Australia Bangladesh Canada Germany  Greece Pakistan Turkey United Kingdom (British Army Royal Air Force Royal Navy) United States ( Army Marine Corps Navy Air Force Coast Guard) … Military history of  Africa France the Ottoman Empire …… American Civil War American Revolutionary War Cold War Crusades Italian Wars Napoleonic Wars War of 1812 World War I World War II …… Battleships Biological warfare Submarine Tank Weapons of mass destruction …… NATO  Terrorism The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in the Acts of Union 1707. The new British Army incorporated regiments that had already existed in England and Scotland and was controlled by the War Office from London. As of 2006, the British Army includes roughly 107,730 active members and 38,460 Territorial Army members. The professional British Army has also been referred to as the Regular Army since the creation of the Territorial Army. The British Army is deployed in many of the world's war zones as part of a fighting force and in United Nations peacekeeping forces. In contrast to the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force, the British Army does not include "Royal" in its title, because of its roots as a collection of disparate units, many of which do bear the "Royal" prefix, such as the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers. Template:/box-footer The Battle of Blenheim (referred to in some countries as the Second Battle of Höchstädt) was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession fought on 13 August 1704 King Louis XIV sought to knock Emperor Leopold out of the war by seizing Vienna, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, and gain a favourable peace settlement. The dangers to Vienna were considerable: the Elector of Bavaria and Marshal Marsin’s forces in Bavaria threatened from the west, and Marshal Vendôme’s large army in northern Italy posed a serious danger with a potential offensive through the Brenner Pass. Vienna was also under pressure from Rákóczi’s Hungarian revolt from its eastern approaches. Realising the danger, the Duke of Marlborough resolved to alleviate the peril to Vienna by marching his forces south from Bedburg and help maintain Emperor Leopold within the Grand Alliance. Blenheim has gone down in history as one of the turning points of the War of the Spanish Succession. The overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army, thus preventing the collapse of the Grand Alliance. Bavaria and Cologne were knocked out of the war, and King Louis’ hopes for a quick victory came to an end. France suffered over 30,000 casualties including the commander-in-chief, Marshal Tallard, who was taken captive to England. Before the 1704 campaign ended, the Allies had taken Landau, and the towns of Trier (Trèves) and Trarbach on the Moselle in preparation for the following year's campaign into France itself. Read More... Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763–5 January 1827) was a member of the Hanoverian and British Royal Family, the second eldest child, and second son, of King George III. From 1820 until his death in 1827, he was the heir presumptive to his elder brother, King George IV, both to the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Hanover. George III decided that his second son would pursue an army career and had him gazetted colonel in 1780. From 1781 to 1787, Prince Frederick lived in Hanover, where he drank and fornicated immoderately yet still found time to earnestly attend the manoeuvres of the Austrian and Prussian armies and studied (along with his younger brothers) at the University of Göttingen. As an inexperienced young military officer, he presided over the unsuccessful campaign against the forces of France in the Low Countries, during the conflict which followed the French Revolution. Later, as commander-in-chief of the British army, he made amends for his initial military setbacks during the late 1790s by brilliantly reorganising his nation's forces, putting in place administrative reforms which enabled the redcoats to defeat Napoleon's crack troops. He also founded the United Kingdom's renowned military college, Sandhurst, which promoted the professional, merit-based training of future commissioned officers. The Duke is best remembered today as the inspiration for the nursery rhyme, "The Grand Old Duke of York". Read More... Military history WikiProject British military history task force United Kingdom WikiProject History WikiProject Biography WikiProject A Coldstream Guards sentry outside the Jewel House in the Tower of London Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards, is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division. It is the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream on the Scottish border in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. It is one of two regiments of the Household Division that can trace its lineage to the New Model Army, the other being the Blues and Royals. The regiment is ranked second in the order of precedence, behind the Grenadier Guards. This is because the Grenadier Guards have served the Crown for a longer period of time. However, the Coldstream Guards is an older regiment, and because of this, has the motto Nulli Secundus (Second to None). The regiment has never been termed the "Second Regiment of Foot Guards" and, when parading with the other four regiments, is always on the extreme left of the line, with the Grenadier Guards on the extreme right. This ensures that the regiment is indeed "Second to None". Read More... The Westland WAH-64 Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter, for the British Army. The first eight helicopters were built by Boeing, the remaining 59 were assembled by Westland at Yeovil from kits purchased from Boeing. The WAH-64 is designated Apache AH Mk 1 or AH1 by the UK's Ministry of Defence. Read More... Royal Navy RAF United Kingdom Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. The name "War Office" is also often given to the former home of the department, the Old War Office Building on Horse Guards Avenue, London. A. E. J. Collins Arthur Ernest Percival Battle of Albuera Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of Barrosa Battle of Blenheim Battle of Greece Battle of Schellenberg British anti-invasion preparations of World War II Battle of Ramillies Frederick Russell Burnham Invasion of Normandy Crawford expedition Operation Varsity Isaac Brock Issy Smith John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough Peterloo Massacre Pontiac's Rebellion Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Siege of Malakand Victoria Cross War of the Fifth Coalition Webley Revolver Western Front (World War I) Attention needed ...to referencing and citation  • ...to coverage and accuracy  • ...to structure  • ...to grammar  • ...to supporting materials  Cleanup needed   Portal:British Army Requested articles  Battle of Tug Argan • A Force • Anglo-Norwegian Joint Committee • Army Motor Reserve • Army Regulation Bill • Thomas Best (soldier) • Francis Blanchain • Richard Bonython • Bernard Brocas (Royalist) • Cannon Kopje • Combined Operations Directorate • Donkeyman • Dublin Brigade • Humphrey Gale • General Service Enlistment Act • Infantry Junior Leaders Battalion • Charles Morgan (army officer) • John Norris (army officer) • Operation Rayon • Donat Henchy O'Brien • Operation Shark • Radfan uprising • Royal Sicilian Volunteers • Three-Two Battalion • Narendra Bir Singh • Thirty Committee • Paul Mainwaring Jones • Siege of Cartagena • County Galway Volunteers • Gurkha Security Guards Limited • Keeni-Meeni Services • Lifeguard (mercenary company) • James Patterson Steward • Saladin Security • Trident Maritime • Euan McPherson (commander in Lord Loudoun's army) • Headquarters Theatre Troops (British Army current unit) • Remote Radar Head (RAF radar station classification) • Landing at Kesang River • Landing at Pontian • Battle of Plaman Mapu Expansion needed   Battle of Germantown • Roulement • Addiscombe Military Academy • Home Defence Executive • Operation Accumulator • William Rowan • Richard James Dacres • Frederick Haines • Cádiz Expedition (1625) • Battle of Skerki Bank • Cádiz Expedition • Richard Clement Moody • Arthur Reid Lempriere • Henry Spencer Palmer • Royal Engineers, Columbia detachment • 8x57mm IS (nomenclature as "7.92mm" by Poland and GB?) • William Vavasour Images needed   Siege of Calcutta • Merging needed   Add an article here! 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