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The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the late 17th century until the mid-20th century, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and imperial power in the world, and although this dominance was principally achieved through the strength of the Royal Navy (RN ...
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve ...
1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot - 4 Battalions from 1804-1816, then 3 until 1817 then 2. 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot - 1 Battalion. 3rd (East Kent) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions from 1803-1815. 4th (The King's Own) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions from 1804-1815.
1 April – The Irish Guards is formed in honour of the Irish regiments in the Boer War. 17 May – The siege of Mafeking comes to an end. 1902. 31 May – War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging. 1905 – The 5th Battalion, The Royal Garrison Regiment is the last British battalion to leave Canada.
A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army. London: Sphere Books. Barnett, Correlli. Britain and Her Army 1509-1970: A Military, Political and Social Survey (1970) Bayly, C. A. (1990). Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire (The New Cambridge History of India). Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press.
This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms.It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.
The Infantry of the British Army comprises 49 infantry battalions, from 19 regiments. Of these, 33 battalions are part of the Regular army and the remaining 16 a part of the Army Reserve. The British Army's Infantry takes on a variety of roles, including armoured, mechanised, air assault and light .