British Army

United Kingdom military land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
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British Army

Summary

British Army is an army[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of army entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,543 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Army is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British Army's instance of is recorded as army[4].
  • British Army is part of British Armed Forces[5].
  • British Army's Commons category is recorded as British Army[6].
  • British Army's field of this occupation is recorded as Adventurous Training[7].
  • British Army's field of this occupation is recorded as ground warfare[8].
  • January 1, 1707 marks the founding of British Army[9].
  • British Army was part of the conflict World War I[10].
  • British Army was part of the conflict World War II[11].
  • British Army was part of the conflict Falklands War[12].
  • British Army was part of the conflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[13].
  • British Army's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Defence[14].
  • British Army's parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom[15].
  • British Army's official website is recorded as https://www.army.mod.uk/[16].
  • British Army's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Army[17].
  • British Army's Commons gallery is recorded as British Army[18].
  • British Army's described at URL is recorded as https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/organ/borgan.htm[19].
  • British Army's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:British Army[20].
  • British Army's replaces is recorded as English Army[21].
  • British Army's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'British Army'}[22].
  • British Army's owner of is recorded as Aldershot Military Stadium[23].
  • British Army's different from is recorded as English Army[24].
  • British Army's history of topic is recorded as history of the British Army[25].
  • British Army's order of battle is recorded as British Army Order of Battle in September 1939[26].
  • British Army's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+310910'}[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1660[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f8a1678c-ae6b-46da-be95-7417a98d2613[31]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1707 marks the founding of British Army[9].

Identity

British Army is part of British Armed Forces[5].

Operations

Parent organizations include Ministry of Defence[14], a department of the United Kingdom Government[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1964[34], headquartered in Whitehall[35] and Government of the United Kingdom[15], a government[36], in United Kingdom[37], headquartered in 10 Downing Street[38].

Industry

Field of business include Adventurous Training[7] and ground warfare[8].

Why It Matters

British Army ranks in the top 1% of army entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,543 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Works attributed to it include Piece 207/173: James Ryan (1922)[41], a document[42]; Piece 207/170: William Roche or Liam De Roiste (1922)[43], a document[44]; Piece 207/188: Peter Joseph Ward (1922)[45], a document[46]; Piece 207/184: Joseph Sweeney (1922)[47], a document[48]; Piece 207/172: Patrick J Ruttledge (1922)[49], a document[50]; and Piece 207/179: Austin Stack (1922)[51], a document[52].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . army.mod.uk. Retrieved . army.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [49] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [51] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [52] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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