British Army

United Kingdom military land warfare branch of the British Armed Forces
Organization army Q222595
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Summary

British Army is an army[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[2]
  • Part of: British Armed Forces[3]
  • Field of this occupation: Adventurous Training[4], ground warfare[5]
  • Inception: 1707[6]
  • Participated in conflict: World War I[7], World War II[8], Falklands War[9], War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[10]
  • Parent organization or unit: Ministry of Defence[11], Government of the United Kingdom[12], British Armed Forces[13]
  • Official website: https://www.army.mod.uk/[14]
  • Replaces: English Army[15]
  • Native label: British Army[16]
  • Owner of: Aldershot Military Stadium[17]
  • Different from: English Army[18]
  • History of topic: history of the British Army[19]
  • Order of battle: British Army Order of Battle in September 1939[20]
  • Social media followers: 310,910[21], 295,360[22], 158,000[23], 335,069[24], 382,998[25], 183,000[26], 196,000[27], 208,000[28]

Why It Matters

Works attributed to it include Piece 207/170: William Roche or Liam De Roiste (1922)[29], a document[30]; Piece 216/015: Dr Vincent J White Seditious Speech (1920)[31], a document[32]; Piece 207/181: Michael Staines (1922)[33], a document[34]; Piece 207/184: Joseph Sweeney (1922)[35], a document[36]; Piece 207/179: Austin Stack (1922)[37], a document[38]; and Piece 207/190: Dr Vincent J White (1922)[39], a document[40].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . army.mod.uk. Retrieved . army.mod.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Militum professio scriniarii · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent organization or unit → Ministry of Defence, Government of the United Kingdom, British Armed Forces
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Parent organization or unit: British Armed Forces"
  2. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Part of → British Armed Forces
    Field of this occupation → Adventurous Training, ground warfare
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