British Army
| British Army | |
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 Badge of the British Army[1]  Logo since 2018[2] | |
| Founded | 1 April 1707[a][4][5] |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Type | Army |
| Role | Land warfare |
| Size | |
| Part of |  British Armed Forces |
| General Staff Offices | Whitehall, London |
| March | List of marches of the British Army |
| Equipment | List of equipment of the British Army |
| Website | www |
| Commanders | |
| Head of the Armed Forces |  King Charles III |
| Chief of the General Staff |  General Sir Roland Walker |
| Deputy Chief of the General Staff | Lieutenant General Sir Simon Hamilton |
| Assistant Chief of the General Staff | Major General Jonathan Swift |
| Insignia | |
| War flag | .svg) |
| Non-ceremonial flag |  |
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| British Army of the British Armed Forces |
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| Components |
| Administration |
| Overseas |
| Personnel |
| Equipment |
| History |
| Location |
| United Kingdom portal |
The British Army is the land warfare force of the United Kingdom responsible for defending the UK, the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The British Army, founded in 1707, has seen involvement in most of the world's major wars throughout history, including both world wars.
The British Army traces back to 1707 and the formation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain which joined the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single state and, with that, united the English Army and the Scots Army as the British Army.[7][8] The English Bill of Rights 1689 and Scottish Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army.[9] Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief.[10] The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff.[11]
At its inception, being composed primarily of cavalry and infantry, the British Army was one of two Regular Forces (there were also separate Reserve Forces) within the British military (those parts of the British Armed Forces tasked with land warfare, as opposed to the naval forces),[12] with the other having been the Ordnance Military Corps (made up of the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and the