British Army

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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. 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. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. At its inception, being composed primarily of cavalry and infantry, the British Army was one of two Regular Forces (there...

Read on Wikipedia · Image British Army / Ministry of Defence "The official badge of the British Army. This version has been slightly improved from the last design in 1999. In January 1926 designs for an Army badge or crest we…, Public domain