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524 relations: Accuracy International, Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, Accuracy International AW50, Accuracy International AWM, Acts of Union 1707, Aden Emergency, Adjutant General's Corps, Afghan Army, Afghanistan, Africa, AgustaWestland Apache, AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, Aide-de-camp, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Alberta, Alvis Stormer, American Revolutionary War, Americas, Andover, Hampshire, Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Armed Forces Act, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers, Army, Army 2020 Refine, Army Act, Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), Army Cadet Force, Army Foundation College, Army Headquarters (United Kingdom), Army List, Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command, Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Army Sergeant Major, Army Special Operations Brigade, Army Training Centre Pirbright, Army training regiment (United Kingdom), ARTHUR, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Artillery battery, Artillery sound ranging, Artists Rifles, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Australasia, Australia, Australian Army, Australian frontier wars, Austria-Hungary, Ayios Nikolaos Station, ... Expand index (474 more) »
- 1707 establishments in Great Britain
- British Armed Forces
- Organizations established in 1707
Accuracy International
Accuracy International Limited is a British firearms manufacturer based in Portsmouth, England.
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Accuracy International Arctic Warfare
The Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed and manufactured by the British company Accuracy International.
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Accuracy International AW50
The AW50 is a.50 BMG anti-materiel rifle designed by Accuracy International.
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Accuracy International AWM
The Accuracy International AWM (Arctic Warfare Magnum or AI-Arctic Warfare Magnum) is a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Accuracy International designed for magnum rifle cartridges.
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Acts of Union 1707
The Acts of Union refer to two Acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of England in 1706, the other by the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.
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Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution or as the Radfan Uprising, was an armed rebellion by the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (FLOSY) against the Federation of South Arabia, a British Protectorate of the United Kingdom, which led to the proclamation of the People's Republic of South Yemen. British Army and Aden Emergency are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Adjutant General's Corps
The Adjutant General's Corps is a corps in the British Army responsible for many of its general administrative services, named for the Adjutant-General to the Forces (now the Commander Home Command).
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Afghan Army
The Islamic National Army, also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Army and the Afghan Army, is the land force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
AgustaWestland Apache
The AgustaWestland Apache is a licence-built version of the Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopter for the British Army Air Corps.
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AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
The AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat (previously called the Future Lynx and Lynx Wildcat) is a military helicopter, developed by the British-Italian helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland, and later marketed by the Italian aerospace company Leonardo.
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Aide-de-camp
An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally "helper in the military camp") is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state.
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus.
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Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Alvis Stormer
The Alvis Stormer is a military armoured vehicle manufactured by the British company Alvis Vickers, now BAE Systems Land & Armaments.
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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.
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Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.
Andover, Hampshire
Andover is a town in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England.
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Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it.
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Armed Forces Act
Armed Forces Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in India, Malaysia and the United Kingdom relating to armed forces.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (abbreviated as AFU) are the military forces of Ukraine.
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Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE), also known as Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers, is the title given to a series of armoured military engineering vehicles operated by the Royal Engineers (RE) for the purpose of protecting engineers during frontline battlefield operations.
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Army
An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land.
Army 2020 Refine
Army 2020 Refine was the name given to the restructuring of the British Army in the mid-to-late 2010s, in light of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015.
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Army Act
Until 1689, mutiny was regulated in England by Articles of War instituted by the monarch and effective only in a period of war.
Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the aviation arm of the British Army, first formed in 1942 during the Second World War by grouping the various airborne units of the British Army.
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Army Cadet Force
The Army Cadet Force (ACF), generally shortened to Army Cadets, is a national youth organisation sponsored by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence and the British Army.
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Army Foundation College
The Army Foundation College (AFC) in Harrogate, England, is the sole initial military training unit for British Army recruits who enlist aged between 16 and 17.5 years.
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Army Headquarters (United Kingdom)
Army Headquarters is a British Army organisation based at Marlborough Lines, Hampshire.
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Army List
The Army List is a list (or more accurately seven series of lists) of serving regular, militia or territorial British Army officers, kept in one form or another, since 1702.
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Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command
The Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC) is a two-star command of the British Army and "is responsible for all recruiting, selection, and basic training of soldiers and the recruitment and selection of officers".
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Army Reserve (United Kingdom)
The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army.
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Army Sergeant Major
The Army Sergeant Major is the most senior member of the other ranks of the British Army.
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Army Special Operations Brigade
The Army Special Operations Brigade, previously called the Specialised Infantry Group, is a formation of the British Army, initially created as a result of the Army 2020 Refine reorganisation, intended to train foreign forces.
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Army Training Centre Pirbright
The Army Training Centre Pirbright is an initial training establishment of the British Army, at Pirbright Camp.
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Army training regiment (United Kingdom)
An army training regiment (ATR) provides Basic Phase 1 Training for all elements of the British Army, except the infantry.
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ARTHUR
ARTHUR (an acronym for "artillery hunting radar") is a counter-battery radar system originally developed jointly for and in close co-operation with the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces by Ericsson Microwave Systems in both Sweden and Norway.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as British prime minister.
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Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
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Artillery sound ranging
In land warfare, artillery sound ranging is a method of determining the coordinates of a hostile battery using data derived from the sound of its guns (or mortar or rockets) firing, so called target acquisition.
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Artists Rifles
The 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), historically known as The Artists Rifles is a regiment of the Army Reserve.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian Army
The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Australian frontier wars
The Australian frontier wars were the violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians (including both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders) and primarily British settlers during the colonial period of Australia.
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Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, was a multi-national constitutional monarchy in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918.
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Ayios Nikolaos Station
Ayios Nikolaos Station (also spelled Agios Nikolaos; Άγιος Νικόλαος, lit. "Saint Nicholas") is a British military station and part of the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia in Cyprus.
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Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Basra
Basra (al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq.
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.
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Battle honours of the British and Imperial Armies
The following battle honours were awarded to units of the British Army and the armies of British India and the Dominions of the British Empire.
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Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt (Azincourt) was an English victory in the Hundred Years' War.
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Battle of France
The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.
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Battle of Passchendaele
The Third Battle of Ypres (Dritte Flandernschlacht; Troisième Bataille des Flandres; Derde Slag om Ieper), also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, was a campaign of the First World War, fought by the Allies against the German Empire.
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Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme (Bataille de la Somme; Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire.
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Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Battlegroup (army)
A battlegroup (British/Commonwealth term) or task force (U.S. term) in modern military theory is the basic building block of an army's fighting force.
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BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
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Belfast
Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.
Belfast Telegraph
The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland.
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Belize
Belize (Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.
Beret
A beret (béret; txapel; boina) is a soft, round, flat-crowned cap, hand-knitted wool, crocheted cotton, wool felt, or acrylic fibre.
Bermuda
Bermuda (historically known as the Bermudas or Somers Isles) is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Bermuda Garrison
The Bermuda Garrison was the military establishment maintained on the British Overseas Territory and Imperial fortress of Bermuda by the regular British Army and its local militia and voluntary reserves from 1701 to 1957.
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Bermuda Militia Artillery
The Bermuda Militia Artillery was a unit of part-time soldiers organised in 1895 as a reserve for the Royal Garrison Artillery detachment of the Regular Army garrison in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda.
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Bermuda Militia Infantry
The Bermuda Militia Infantry was raised in 1939 as a part-time reserve of the British Army's Bermuda Garrison.
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Bermuda Volunteer Engineers
The Bermuda Volunteer Engineers was a part-time unit created between the two world wars to replace the Regular Royal Engineers detachment, which was withdrawn from the Bermuda Garrison in 1928.
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Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) was created in 1894 as a reserve for the Regular Army infantry component of the Bermuda Garrison.
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Bill of Rights 1689
The Bill of Rights 1689 (sometimes known as the Bill of Rights 1688) is an Act of the Parliament of England that set out certain basic civil rights and clarified who would be next to inherit the Crown.
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Black Sea
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia.
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Board of Ordnance
The Board of Ordnance was a British government body.
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Boeing AH-64 Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two.
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Bowman (communications system)
Bowman is the name of the tactical communications system used by the British Armed Forces.
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Boxer (armoured fighting vehicle)
The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules.
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Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising or the Boxer Insurrection, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing". British Army and Boxer Rebellion are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.
Brigade of Gurkhas
Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers.
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Brigadier (United Kingdom)
Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.
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British America
British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.
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British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. British Army and British Armed Forces are military of the United Kingdom.
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British Army during the Victorian Era
The British Army during the Victorian era served through a period of great technological and social change.
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British Army Jungle Warfare Training School
The British Army Jungle Warfare Training School (JWTS) of the Jungle Warfare Division (JWD) is an overseas military training establishment of the British Army, tasked with providing operational training in hot, tropical, and jungle warfare environments.
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British Army of the Rhine
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to two British Army formations of the same name.
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British Army order of precedence
The British Army is listed according to an order of precedence for the purposes of parading.
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British Army Training and Support Unit Belize
British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB), the successor of the former British Forces Belize, is the name given to the current British Army Garrison in Belize.
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British Army Training Unit Kenya
The British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) is a training support unit of the British Army located in Kenya.
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British Army Training Unit Suffield
The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) is a British Army unit located at the vast training area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield near Suffield, Alberta, Canada.
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British campaign medals
British campaign medals are awarded to members of the British Armed Forces, Allied forces and civilians participating in specified military campaigns.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War I)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War.
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British Forces Brunei
British Forces Brunei (BFB) is the name given to the British Armed Forces presence in Brunei Darussalam.
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British Forces Cyprus
British Forces Cyprus (BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus and at a number of related 'retained sites' in the Republic of Cyprus.
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British Forces Gibraltar
British Forces Gibraltar constitute those elements of the British Armed Forces stationed in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
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British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War.
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British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War
The United Kingdom began a military intervention in Sierra Leone on 7 May 2000 under the codename Operation Palliser.
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British North America
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards.
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British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.
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Brunei
Brunei, officially Brunei Darussalam, is a country in Southeast Asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of Borneo.
Brunei revolt
The Brunei revolt (Pemberontakan Brunei) or the Brunei rebellion of 1962 was a December 1962 insurrection in the British protectorate of Brunei by opponents of its monarchy and its proposed inclusion in the Federation of Malaysia who wanted to establish a republic.
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Buffer state
A buffer state is a country geographically lying between two rival or potentially hostile great powers.
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Burma campaign
The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma.
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CAMM (missile family)
The CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) is a family of surface-to-air missiles developed by MBDA UK for the United Kingdom.
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Camp Shorabak
Camp Shorabak (formerly Camp Bastion) is a former British Army airbase, located northwest of the city of Lashkargah in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Canadian Armed Forces
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; Forces armées canadiennes, FAC) are the unified military forces of Canada, including land, sea, and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation (Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion of Canada, on July 1, 1867.
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Cardwell Reforms
The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone.
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Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cavalier
The term "Cavalier" was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 –). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.
Cayman Islands Regiment
The Cayman Islands Regiment is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands.
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Challenger 2
The FV4034 Challenger 2 (MoD designation "CR2") is a third generation British main battle tank (MBT) in service with the armies of the United Kingdom, Oman, and Ukraine.
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Challenger 3
Challenger 3 (CR3) is a planned British main battle tank in development for the British Army.
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Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
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Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.
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Chemical weapons in World War I
The use of toxic chemicals as weapons dates back thousands of years, but the first large-scale use of chemical weapons was during World War I. They were primarily used to demoralize, injure, and kill entrenched defenders, against whom the indiscriminate and generally very slow-moving or static nature of gas clouds would be most effective.
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Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) has been the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964.
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Childers Reforms
The Childers Reforms of 1881 reorganised the infantry regiments of the British Army.
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Claim of Right 1689
The Claim of Right (c. 28) is an Act passed by the Convention of the Estates, a sister body to the Parliament of Scotland (or Three Estates), in April 1689.
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Coalition
A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Colony of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia was a British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.
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Commander-in-chief
A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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Commonwealth realm
A Commonwealth realm is a sovereign state within the Commonwealth that has Charles III as its monarch and ceremonial head of state.
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Company (military unit)
A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain.
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Congregationalism
Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government.
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Conscription in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times.
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Constantinople
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.
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Corps Warrant
The Corps Warrant is the official list of those British military units (not to be confused with naval forces) that are considered part of the British Army (as not all British military units have been, or are, considered to be).
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Cougar (MRAP)
The Cougar is a mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) and infantry mobility vehicle structured to be resistant to landmines and improvised munitions.
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Counterterrorism
Counterterrorism (alternatively spelled: counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, relates to the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism.
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County Armagh
County Armagh is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.
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COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Credenhill
Credenhill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.
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Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont. British Army and Crimean War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Crown colony
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.
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Crown Dependencies
The Crown Dependencies are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
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Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.
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David Eastman (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General David James Eastman, is a senior British Army officer.
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Decolonization
independence. Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas.
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Defence Analytical Services and Advice
Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) was a statistical and economic unit within the MoD, initially created in 1992 from various statistics branches within the Ministry of Defence (MoD), as the Defence Analytical Services Agency.
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Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCGS) is the title of the deputy to the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
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Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.
Division (military)
A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.
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Dominion
A dominion was any of several largely self-governing countries of the British Empire.
Drogheda
Drogheda (meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin city centre.
Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
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Dutch Republic
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
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East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.
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Eastern Association
The Eastern Association of counties was an administrative organisation set up by Parliament in the early years of the First English Civil War.
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Economy
An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services.
English Army
The English Army existed while England was an independent state and was at war with other states, but it was not until the Interregnum and the New Model Army (raised by Parliament to defeat the Royalists in the English Civil War) that England acquired a peacetime professional standing army.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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English overseas possessions
The English overseas possessions comprised a variety of overseas territories that were colonised, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the Kingdom of England before 1707.
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Ensign (flag)
The ensign is a maritime flag that is used for the national identification of a ship.
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Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale comprised a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic which saw a significant improvement in Anglo-French relations.
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EOKA
The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA; lit) was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought a campaign for the end of British rule in Cyprus, and for eventual union with Greece.
Episkopi, Limassol
Episkopi (Επισκοπή, Piskobu) is a village lying partly in the Limassol district of Cyprus and partly in the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin
The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS365 Dauphin (Dolphin), also formerly known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter produced by Airbus Helicopters.
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Expeditionary warfare
Expeditionary warfare is a military invasion of a foreign territory, especially away from established bases.
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Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
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Falkland Islands Defence Force
The Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) is the locally maintained volunteer defence unit in the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory.
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Falklands War
The Falklands War (Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. British Army and Falklands War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Fencibles
The Fencibles (from the word defencible) were British regiments raised in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and in the colonies for defence against the threat of invasion during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Fenian
The word Fenian served as an umbrella term for the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) and their affiliate in the United States, the Fenian Brotherhood.
Fenian raids
The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs posts and other targets in Canada (then part of British North America) in 1866, and again from 1870 to 1871.
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FGM-148 Javelin
The FGM-148 Javelin, or Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium (AAWS-M), is an American-made man-portable anti-tank system in service since 1996, and continuously upgraded.
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Field Army (United Kingdom)
The Field Army is a command of the British Army responsible for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations.
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Fireteam
A fireteam or fire team is a small modern military subordinated element of infantry designed to optimize "NCO initiative", "combined arms", "bounding overwatch" and "fire and movement" tactical doctrine in combat.
First Boer War
The First Boer War (Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, literally "First Freedom War"), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). British Army and First Boer War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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First French Empire
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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First Opium War
The First Opium War, also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842.
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FN MAG
The FN MAG (Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général, English: General Purpose Machine Gun) is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier.
Foot guards
In some militaries, foot guards are senior infantry regiments.
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Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War was a European conflict that lasted from 1672 to 1678.
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.
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FV430 series
The FV430 series covers a number of armoured fighting vehicles of the British Army, all built on the same chassis.
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Gallipoli campaign
The Gallipoli campaign, the Dardanelles campaign, the Defence of Gallipoli or the Battle of Gallipoli (Gelibolu Muharebesi, Çanakkale Muharebeleri or Çanakkale Savaşı) was a military campaign in the First World War on the Gallipoli peninsula (now Gelibolu) from 19 February 1915 to 9 January 1916.
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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (sovereign prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal).
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General (United Kingdom)
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army.
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General Service Corps
The General Service Corps (GSC) is a corps of the British Army.
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German Army (1935–1945)
The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946.
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German Empire
The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.
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Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).
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Glock
Glock (stylized as GLOCK) is a brand of polymer-framed, short-recoil-operated, striker-fired, locked-breech semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. The firearm entered Austrian military and police service by 1982 after becoming the top performer in reliability and safety tests.
God in Abrahamic religions
Monotheism—the belief that there is only one deity—is the focus of the Abrahamic religions, which like-mindedly conceive God as the all-powerful and all-knowing deity from whom Abraham received a divine revelation, according to their respective narratives.
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Good Friday Agreement
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance) is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April (Good Friday) 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s.
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Government of Canada
The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.
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Governor of Bermuda
The governor of Bermuda (officially Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Somers Isles (alias the Islands of Bermuda)) is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda.
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Great Lakes
The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.
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Great power
A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale.
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Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. British Army and Gulf War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
Haldane Reforms
The Haldane Reforms were a series of far-ranging reforms of the British Army made from 1906 to 1912, and named after the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.
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Hansard
Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
Head of the Armed Forces
Head of the Armed Forces is the position of the sovereign of the United Kingdom as commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces. British Army and Head of the Armed Forces are British Armed Forces.
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Headgear
Headgear, headwear, or headdress is any element of clothing which is worn on one's head, including hats, helmets, turbans and many other types.
Heckler & Koch AG36
The AG36 is a single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher that operates on the high-low system and was designed primarily for installation on the G36 assault rifle, designed by the German weapons manufacturing company Heckler & Koch of Oberndorf am Neckar.
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Helmand Province
Helmand (Pashto/Dari), also known as Hillmand, in ancient times, as Hermand and Hethumand, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the south of the country.
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Henry V of England
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422.
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Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England.
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His Majesty's Naval Service
His Majesty's Naval Service (or, when the reigning monarch is female, Her Majesty's Naval Service) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare and maritime service. British Army and His Majesty's Naval Service are ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).
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Home Command (British Army)
Home Command, previously Personnel and Support Command, is a personnel support and UK operations command of the British Army.
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Honourable Artillery Company
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army.
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House of Hanover
The House of Hanover (Haus Hannover) is a European, formerly royal house with roots tracing back to the 17th century.
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House of Orange-Nassau
The House of Orange-Nassau (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) is the current reigning house of the Netherlands.
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Household Cavalry
The Household Cavalry (HCAV) is a corps of the Household Division, made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army; The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
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I Corps (United Kingdom)
I Corps ("First Corps") was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in the First World War until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps.
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Imperial fortress
Lord Salisbury described Malta, Gibraltar, Bermuda, and Halifax as Imperial fortresses at the 1887 Colonial Conference, though by that point they had been so designated for decades.
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Implementation Force
The Implementation Force (IFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peace enforcement force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour.
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Independent company (British Army)
An independent company was originally a unit raised by the English Army, subsequently the British Army, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries for garrison duties in Britain and the overseas colonies.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indian independence movement
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. British Army and Indian Rebellion of 1857 are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
The Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation or Borneo confrontation (simply known as Konfrontasi in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore) was an armed conflict from 1963 to 1966 that stemmed from Indonesia's opposition to the creation of the state of Malaysia from the Federation of Malaya. British Army and Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Infantry fighting vehicle
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.
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Infantry Training Centre (British Army)
The Infantry Training Centre (ITC) is a unit of the British Army, administered by HQ School of Infantry and responsible for the basic training and advanced training of soldiers and officers joining the infantry.
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Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)
The Intelligence Corps (Int Corps) is a corps of the British Army.
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Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance
ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.
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Interregnum (England)
The Interregnum was the period between the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 and the arrival of his son Charles II in London on 29 May 1660, which marked the start of the Restoration.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
Irish Army (1661–1801)
The Irish Army or Irish establishment, in practice called the monarch's "army in Ireland" or "army of Ireland", was the standing army of the Kingdom of Ireland, a client state of England and subsequently (from 1707) of Great Britain.
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Irish Rebellion of 1798
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 (Éirí Amach 1798; Ulster-Scots: The Hurries, 1798 Rebellion) was a popular insurrection against the British Crown in what was then the separate, but subordinate, Kingdom of Ireland.
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Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Irish War of Independence
The Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC). British Army and Irish War of Independence are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Iron sights
Iron sights are a system of physical alignment markers (usually made of metallic material) used as a sighting device to assist the accurate aiming of ranged weapons (such as a firearms, airguns, crossbows, and bows (mainly found on recurve bows and compound bows), or less commonly as a primitive finder sight for optical telescopes.
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Islamic State
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadist group and an unrecognised quasi-state.
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Italian campaign (World War II)
The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.
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Iveco LMV
The Iveco LMV (Light Multirole Vehicle) is a 4WD tactical vehicle developed by Iveco, and in service with several countries.
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Jackal (vehicle)
The Jackal or MWMIK (from "Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kit") is a family of vehicles designed and developed by Supacat Ltd at their factory in Honiton, Devon, UK, for use by the British Army and Royal Air Force Regiment.
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James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685.
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John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.
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Julian Gascoigne
Major-General Sir Julian Alvery Gascoigne, (25 October 1903 – 26 February 1990) was a senior British Army officer who served in the Second World War and became Major-General commanding the Household Brigade and General Officer Commanding London District.
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Kabul
Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.
Kenneth Bloomfield
Sir Kenneth Percy Bloomfield, KCB (born 15 April 1931), is a former Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) who was later a member of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains and, for a time, Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner.
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Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
Khaki
The color khaki is a light shade of tan with a slight yellowish tinge.
King's African Rifles
The King's African Rifles (KAR) was a British Colonial Auxiliary Forces regiment raised from Britain's East African colonies in 1902.
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King's Royal Hussars
The King's Royal Hussars (KRH) is a Royal Armoured Corps regiment of the British Army formed in 1992.
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Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. British Army and Kingdom of Great Britain are 1707 establishments in Great Britain.
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Kingdom of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English.
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Kitchener's Army
The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War in late July 1914.
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KS-1 rifle
The KS (Knight's Stoner) Carbine, is a series of rifles produced by Knight's Armament Company (KAC).
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Kuwait
Kuwait, officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in West Asia.
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer.
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L16 81mm mortar
The L16 81mm mortar is a British and Canadian standard mortar used by the Canadian Army, British Army, and many other armed forces.
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L3Harris
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider that produces command and control systems and products, wireless equipment, tactical radios, avionics and electronic systems, night vision equipment, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors.
Land Rover Defender
The Land Rover Defender (initially introduced as the Land Rover 110 / One Ten, and in 1984 joined by the Land Rover 90 / Ninety, plus the new, extra-length Land Rover 127 in 1985) is a series of British off-road cars and pickup trucks.
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Land Rover Wolf
The Land Rover Wolf is a light military vehicle manufactured by Land Rover in the United Kingdom (UK), based on the Land Rover Defender, introduced in 1994.
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Land warfare
Land warfare or ground warfare is the process of military operations eventuating in combat that takes place predominantly on the battlespace land surface of the planet.
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Late Middle Ages
The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
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Leinster
Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.
Lieutenant
A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.
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Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), formerly more commonly lieutenant-general, is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.
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Light Dragoons
The Light Dragoons (LD) is a cavalry regiment in the British Army.
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List of British Army installations
This is a list of British Army installations in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and overseas.
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List of British Army regiments and corps
This is a current list of regiments and corps of the British Armed Forces & of the Royal British Legion.
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List of equipment of the British Army
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use.
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List of military weapons of the United Kingdom
This is a list of all weapons current and former of the United Kingdom.This list will consists of all lists on Wikipedia that deal with weapons of the United Kingdom at a certain period of time for example the Modern day and World War II.
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List of roles in the British Army
This is a list of career roles available within each corps in the British Army, as a soldier or officer.
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List of sultans of Brunei
The Sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of state of Brunei and head of government in his capacity as prime minister of Brunei.
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List of wars involving England
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707.
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List of wars involving Scotland
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Scotland before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707, including clan conflicts, civil wars, and rebellions.
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List of wars involving the United Kingdom
This is a list of conflicts involving the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its predecessor states (the Kingdom of Great Britain, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and generally the British Isles). British Army and list of wars involving the United Kingdom are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III
The Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III (DHIII) is a miniature UAV designed by the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in 2006 for use by modern militaries.
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London District (British Army)
London District (LONDIST) is the name given by the British Army to the area of operations encompassing the Greater London area.
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Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660.
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Long underwear
Long underwear, also called long johns or thermal underwear, is underwear with long legs and long sleeves that is normally worn during cold weather.
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Lord-lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom.
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M16 rifle
The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military.
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M270 multiple launch rocket system
The M270 multiple launch rocket system (M270 MLRS) is an American armored self-propelled multiple launch rocket system.
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Main battle tank
A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.
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Major (United Kingdom)
Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines.
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Major general (United Kingdom)
Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.
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Malayan Emergency
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti-British National Liberation War was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist pro-independence fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth. British Army and Malayan Emergency are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.
MAN Truck & Bus
MAN Truck & Bus SE (formerly MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG) is a subsidiary of Traton, and one of the leading international providers of commercial vehicles.
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Manchester Arena bombing
The Manchester Arena bombing, or Manchester Arena attack, was an Islamic terrorist suicide bombing of the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, on 22 May 2017, following a concert by American pop singer Ariana Grande.
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Maroon beret
The maroon beret in a military configuration has been an international symbol of airborne forces since the Second World War.
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Mary II
Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.
Mau Mau rebellion
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt, or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the Mau Mau, and the British authorities.
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Māori people
Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).
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Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
The Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) was the part of the British Army during World War I that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Mercian Regiment
The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, which is recruited from five of the counties that formed the ancient kingdom of Mercia.
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MILAN
Missile d'Infanterie Léger Antichar (French for "Lightweight Infantry Anti-tank Missile") or MILAN is a Franco-West German anti-tank guided missile system.
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Military bands of the United Kingdom
The military bands of the United Kingdom are musical units that serve for protocol and ceremonial duties as part of the British Armed Forces.
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Military colours, standards and guidons
In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards, flags, or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago.
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Military history of the United Kingdom
The military history of the United Kingdom covers the period from the creation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain, with the political union of England and Scotland in 1707, to the present day. British Army and military history of the United Kingdom are military of the United Kingdom.
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Military of the Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the United Kingdom for the guarantee of their security.
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Military recruit training
Military recruit training, commonly known as basic training or boot camp, refers to the initial instruction of new military personnel.
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Militia (British Empire)
The Militia of the British Dominions, Self-Governing Colonies, and Crown Colonies were the principal military forces of the Dominions, Self-governing colonies (those with elected local legislatures) and Crown Colonies (those without elected local legislatures, and ruled directly by the Imperial Government via its appointed Governors and Councils) of the British Empire.
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Militia (England)
The English Militia was the principal military reserve force of the Kingdom of England.
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Militia (Great Britain)
The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Militia (United Kingdom)
The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies
The Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies (including Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa prior to their attaining dominion status) were military reserve units made up of volunteers who served part-time during peacetime, training to take over responsibility for manning fixed artillery batteries from the regular Royal Artillery during times of war.
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. British Army and Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) are military of the United Kingdom.
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Monmouth Rebellion
The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as the Pitchfork Rebellion, the Revolt of the West or the West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II, who in February 1685 succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Multi-Terrain Pattern
The Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) is the standard camouflage pattern of the British Armed Forces.
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Mutiny Acts
The Mutiny Acts were an almost 200-year series of annual Acts passed by the Parliament of England, the Parliament of Great Britain, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom for governing, regulating, provisioning, and funding the English and later British Army.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. British Army and Napoleonic Wars are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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National service
National service is the system of compulsory or voluntary government service, usually military service.
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NATO Enhanced Forward Presence
Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) is a NATO-allied forward-deployed defense and deterrence military force in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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New France
New France (Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
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New Model Army
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660.
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New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars (Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. British Army and New Zealand Wars are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance.
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NLAW
The Saab Bofors Dynamics NLAW (pronounced), also known as the MBT LAW or RB 57, is a fire-and-forget, lightweight shoulder-fired, and disposable (single-use) line of sight (LOS) missile system, designed for infantry use.
No. 230 Squadron RAF
Number 230 Squadron Royal Air Force is a Royal Air Force (RAF) flying squadron, currently based at Medicina Lines in Brunei Darussalam, part of British Forces Brunei, operating the Westland Puma HC2.
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Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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North African campaign
The North African campaign of World War II took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943, fought between the Allies and the Axis Powers.
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North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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Northern Germany
Northern Germany (Norddeutschland) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony and the two city-states Hamburg and Bremen.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is a province of Canada, located on its east coast.
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Ocelot (vehicle)
The Force Protection Ocelot is a British armoured vehicle that replaced the United Kingdom's Snatch Land Rover with British forces.
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
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Oman
Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country in West Asia.
Omani-British Joint Training Area
The Omani-British Joint Training Area is a training area established in 2019 for joint military training between Oman and the United Kingdom.
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Omar Ali Saifuddien III
Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien (Jawi:; 23 September 1914 – 7 September 1986) was the 28th Sultan of Brunei, reigning from 1950 until his abdication in 1967 to his oldest son, Hassanal Bolkiah.
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Operation Banner
Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles.
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Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first stage (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the larger-scale Global War on Terrorism.
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Operation Granby
Operation Granby, commonly abbreviated Op Granby, was the code name given to the British military operations during the 1991 Gulf War. British Army and operation Granby are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Operation Herrick
Operation Herrick was the codename under which all British operations in the War in Afghanistan were conducted from 2002 to the end of combat operations in 2014.
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Operation Interflex
Operation Interflex is the operational code name for the British-led multinational military operation to train and support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Operation Orbital
Operation Orbital was the code-name for a British military operation to train and support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Operation Rescript
Operation Rescript was the code name for the British military operation to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and its Crown Dependencies between 2020 and 2022.
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Operation Shader
Operation Shader is the operational code name given to the contribution of the United Kingdom in the ongoing military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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Operation Temperer
Operation Temperer is a British government plan to deploy troops to support and free up police officers in key locations following a major terrorist attack or major public disorder.
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Operation Toral
Operation Toral was the codename for the British presence within Afghanistan post-2014 as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission.
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Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two conflicts waged between China and Western powers during the mid-19th century. British Army and Opium Wars are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation, formerly Oshkosh Truck, is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus, and access equipment.
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
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Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
The Parachute Regiment, colloquially known as the Paras, is the airborne and elite infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain.
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Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland (Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until the end of 1800.
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Parliament of Scotland
The Parliament of Scotland (Pairlament o Scotland; Pàrlamaid na h-Alba) was the legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland from the 13th century until 1707.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.
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Partition of India
The Partition of India in 1947 was the change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in the Indian subcontinent and the creation of two independent dominions in South Asia: India and Pakistan.
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Paul Carney (British Army officer)
Warrant Officer Class 1 Paul Christopher Carney (born November 1979) is a British soldier.
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Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. British Army and Peninsular War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Permanent Joint Headquarters
The Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) is the British tri-service headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled.
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Picatinny rail
The 1913 rail (MIL-STD-1913 rail), also known as the Picatinny rail (1913 Picatinny rail etc.) is an American rail integration system designed by Richard Swan that provides a mounting platform for firearm accessories.
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Platoon
A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four squads, sections, or patrols.
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
Police Service of Northern Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.
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Politico
Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.
Pontiac's War
Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War (1754–1763).
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Precision Strike Missile
The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) (pronounced PRI-sim) is a short-range ballistic missile developed by the United States Army to replace the MGM-140 ATACMS.
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Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.
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Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (or PWRR, also known as 'The Tigers') is the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, second in the line infantry order of precedence to the Royal Regiment of Scotland and part of the Queen's Division.
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Protectorate
A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law.
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Protestantism
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Prussian Army
The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is situated in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Python Minefield Breaching System
The Python Minefield Breaching System is used by the British Army to clear minefields.
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Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC; known as the QAs) is the nursing branch of the British Army Medical Services.
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Raincoat
A raincoat is a waterproof or water-resistant garment worn on the upper body to shield the wearer from rain.
Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)
The Ranger Regiment is a special operations-capable unit of the British Army which was formed on 1 December 2021 under the Future Soldier reform and is part of the Army Special Operations Brigade previously called the Specialised Infantry Group.
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Rapier (missile)
Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns.
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Red coat (military uniform)
Red coat, also referred to as redcoat or scarlet tunic, is a military garment formerly much used by most regiments of the British Army, so customarily that the term became a common synecdoche for the soldiers themselves.
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Regiment
A regiment is a military unit.
Regional Command (British Army)
Regional Command, formerly Support Command, is a two-star command of the British Army.
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Roland Walker
General Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker, (born 14 May 1970) is a senior British Army officer, who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) from April 2021 until June 2024.
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Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. British Army and Royal Air Force are British Armed Forces, military of the United Kingdom and ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).
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Royal Anglian Regiment
The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Royal Army of Oman
The Royal Army of Oman (Arabic: الجيش العماني, transliterated: al-Jaīsh al-'Umānī) is the ground forces component of the Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces.
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Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.
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Royal Bermuda Regiment
The Royal Bermuda Regiment (RBR) is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.
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Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.
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Royal Dragoon Guards
The Royal Dragoon Guards (RDG) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army.
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Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.
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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
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Royal Gibraltar Regiment
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is part of British Forces Gibraltar for the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which historically, along with Bermuda, Halifax, Nova Scotia (prior to the 1867 Confederation of Canada which resulted in the British Army withdrawing from those colonies of British North America which joined the new dominion, other than small garrisons protecting Royal Naval facilities, and the 1905 closure of the Royal Naval yards at Halifax and Esquimalt), and Malta, had been designated an Imperial fortress rather than a colony.
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Royal Gurkha Rifles
The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army, forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas.
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Royal Horse Artillery
The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) to provide horse artillery support to the cavalry units of the British Army.
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Royal Irish Regiment (1992)
The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (R IRISH) is a light infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Royal Logistic Corps
The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army.
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Royal Malta Artillery
The Royal Malta Artillery (RMA) was a regular artillery unit of the British Army prior to Malta's independence.
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Royal Malta Fencible Regiment
The Royal Malta Fencible Regiment was an infantry battalion of the British Army which existed from 1815 to 1861 in Malta, then a British colony.
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Royal Marines
The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG). British Army and Royal Marines are British Armed Forces, military of the United Kingdom and ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).
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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre.
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Royal Military Police
The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the corps of the British Army responsible for the policing of army service personnel, and for providing a military police presence both in the UK and while service personnel are deployed overseas on operations and exercises.
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Royal Montserrat Defence Force
The Royal Montserrat Defence Force is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat.
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Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda
HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service. British Army and Royal Navy are 1707 establishments in Great Britain, British Armed Forces, military of the United Kingdom and ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).
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Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps
The Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps was formed in 1846, following the conclusion of the Northern War phase of the New Zealand Wars against Hone Heke.
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Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as the Royal Fusiliers or, simply, the Fusiliers) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.
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Royal Scots
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), once known as the Royal Regiment of Foot, was the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line of the British Army, having been raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I. The regiment existed continuously until 2006, when it amalgamated with the King's Own Scottish Borderers to become the Royal Scots Borderers, which merged with the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch, the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
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Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and the senior Scottish regiment.
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Royal Scots Greys
The Royal Scots Greys was a cavalry regiment of the British Army from 1707 until 1971, when they amalgamated with the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) to form the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
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Royal Tank Regiment
The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War.
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Royal Ulster Constabulary
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.
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Royal Welsh
The Royal Welsh (R WELSH) (Y Cymry Brenhinol) is an armoured infantry regiment of the British Army.
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Royal Wessex Yeomanry
The Royal Wessex Yeomanry is a reserve armoured regiment of the British Army Reserve consisting of five squadrons.
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Royal Yeomanry
The Royal Yeomanry (RY) is the senior reserve cavalry regiment of the British Army.
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Royal Yorkshire Regiment
The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot) (abbreviated R YORKS) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006.
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Rule, Britannia!
"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, originating from the 1740 poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in the same year.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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SA80
The SA80 (Small Arms for the 1980s) is a British family of 5.56×45mm NATO service weapons used by the British Army. The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes were created in 1976, with production of the A1 variant starting in 1985 and ending in 1994.
Saab AB
Saab AB (originally,, acronym SAAB), with subsidiaries collectively known as the Saab Group (Saabgruppen), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company primarily operating from Sweden.
Scots Army
The Scots Army (Scots: Scots Airmy) was the army of the Kingdom of Scotland between the Restoration in 1660 and the Acts of Union of 1707.
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Second Battle of El Alamein
The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October – 11 November 1942) was a battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. The First Battle of El Alamein and the Battle of Alam el Halfa had prevented the Axis from advancing further into Egypt. In October 1942 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery commander of Eighth Army, opened his offensive against the Axis forces.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa. British Army and Second Boer War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Second Opium War
The Second Opium War, also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted United Kingdom, France, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China. British Army and Second Opium War are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Secretary of State for War
The secretary of state for war, commonly called the war secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964.
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Section (military unit)
A section is a military sub-subunit.
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Self-denying Ordinance
The Self-denying Ordinance was passed by the English Parliament on 3 April 1645.
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Self-governing colony
In the British Empire, a self-governing colony was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony.
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Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.
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Shades of green
Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities.
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Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea
Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, PC (16 September 1810 – 2 August 1861) was a British statesman and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale.
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Siraj ud-Daulah
Mirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah (1733 – 2 July 1757), commonly known as Siraj-ud-Daulah or Siraj ud-Daula, was the last independent Nawab of Bengal.
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Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.
Small Arms School Corps
The Small Arms School Corps (SASC) is a small corps of the British Army, established in 1853 by Lord Hardinge.
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.
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Society of United Irishmen
The Society of United Irishmen was a sworn association, formed in the wake of the French Revolution, to secure representative government in Ireland.
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Soldier Magazine
SOLDIER Magazine, the official monthly publication of the British Army, is produced by an in-house team and published by the Ministry of Defence. British Army and Soldier Magazine are ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).
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South-East Asian theatre of World War II
The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma, India, Malaya and Singapore between 1941 and 1945.
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Sovereign state
A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.
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Sovereign's Bodyguard
Sovereign's Bodyguard is the name given to three ceremonial units in the United Kingdom who are tasked with guarding the Sovereign.
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Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.
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Special forces
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations.
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Special Forces Support Group
The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces.
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Special operations
Special operations or special ops are military activities conducted, according to NATO, by "specially designated, organized, selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism, and are typically conducted by small groups of highly trained personnel, emphasizing sufficiency, stealth, speed, and tactical coordination, commonly known as special forces.
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Special Reconnaissance Regiment
The Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) is a tier 1 special reconnaissance unit of the British Army.
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Squadron (army)
A squadron was historically a cavalry subunit, a company- or battalion-sized military formation.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
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Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Stabilisation Force (SFOR) was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force deployed to Bosnia and Herzegovina after the Bosnian War.
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Standing army
A standing army is a permanent, often professional, army.
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Starstreak
Starstreak is a British short-range surface-to-air missile that can be used as a man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) or used in heavier systems.
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Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer
The Pinzgauer is a family of high-mobility all-terrain 4WD (4×4) and 6WD (6×6) military utility vehicles.
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Stirling Lines
Stirling Lines is a British Army garrison in Credenhill, Herefordshire; the headquarters of the 22 Special Air Service Regiment (22 SAS) and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR).
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Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
The National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 was published by the British government during the second Cameron ministry on 23 November 2015 to outline the United Kingdom's defence strategy up to 2025. British Army and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 are ministry of Defence (United Kingdom).
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Stuart Restoration
The Stuart Restoration was the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis or the Second Arab–Israeli War, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression in the Arab world and as the Sinai War in Israel, was a British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. British Army and Suez Crisis are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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SUSAT
The Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux, or SUSAT, is a 4× telescopic sight, with tritium-powered illumination utilised at dusk or dawn.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Tactical recognition flash
Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
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Taliban
The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.
Tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.
Terrier Armoured Digger
The Terrier vehicle is an air-transportable armoured combat engineer vehicle for the Royal Engineers.
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Territorial Force
The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription.
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Thales Watchkeeper WK450
The Thales Watchkeeper WK450 is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for all weather, intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) used by the British Army.
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The Canadas
The Canadas is the collective name for the provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, two historical British colonies in present-day Canada.
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The Crown
The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Maritimes
The Maritimes, also called the Maritime provinces, is a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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The Protectorate
The Protectorate, officially the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was the English form of government lasting from 16 December 1653 to 25 May 1659, under which the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with their associated territories were joined together in the Commonwealth of England, governed by a Lord Protector.
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The Rifles
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
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The Troubles
The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. British Army and the Troubles are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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The Troubles in Bessbrook
The Troubles in Bessbrook recounts incidents during and the effects of the Troubles in Bessbrook, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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Thirteen Colonies
The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron (17 January 161212 November 1671), also known as Sir Thomas Fairfax, was an English politician, general and Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War.
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Tommy Atkins
Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is slang for a common soldier in the British Army.
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Trench warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
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Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers
The Trojan Armoured Engineer Vehicle (AEV) is a combat engineering vehicle of the British Army.
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Troop
A troop is a military sub-subunit, originally a small formation of cavalry, subordinate to a squadron.
Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment
The Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
Ulster
Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.
Ulster Defence Regiment
The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army established in 1970, with a comparatively short existence ending in 1992.
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Ulster Scots people
The Ulster Scots people are an ethnic group descended largely from Scottish and English settlers who moved to the north of Ireland during the 17th century.
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Uniforms of the British Army
The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock coats listed in addition).
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Union Jack
The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom.
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Unionism in Ireland
Unionism in Ireland is a political tradition that professes loyalty to the crown of the United Kingdom and to the union it represents with England, Scotland and Wales.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
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United Kingdom Special Forces
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is a directorate comprising the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing.
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United Nations peacekeeping
Peacekeeping by the United Nations is a role of the UN's Department of Peace Operations as an "instrument developed by the organization as a way to help countries torn by conflict to create the conditions for lasting peace".
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United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) is a United Nations peacekeeping force that was established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 in 1964 to prevent a recurrence of fighting following intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, to contribute to the maintenance and restoration of law and order and to facilitate a return to normal conditions.
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United Nations Protection Force
The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: Force de Protection des Nations Unies) was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav Wars.
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Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.
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Victoria (state)
Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.
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Volunteer Force
The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859.
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War flag
A war ensign, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land.
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. British Army and war of 1812 are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714.
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War Office
The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history, all relating to the army.
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Warrior tracked armoured vehicle
The Warrior tracked vehicle family is a series of British armoured vehicles, originally developed to replace FV430 series armoured vehicles.
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Waterloo Lines
Waterloo Lines is a British Army barracks on Imber Road in Warminster, Wiltshire, England.
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West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
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Western African Ebola epidemic
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in Western Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history.
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Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
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Wexford
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland.
Whigs (British political party)
The Whigs were a political party in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
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William III of England
William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
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Wolfe Tone
Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone (Bhulbh Teón; 20 June 176319 November 1798), was a revolutionary exponent of Irish independence and is an iconic figure in Irish republicanism.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. British Army and World War I are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. British Army and World War II are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Yeomanry
Yeomanry is a designation used by a number of units and sub-units in the British Army Reserve which are descended from volunteer cavalry regiments that now serve in a variety of different roles.
Yeomen of the Guard
The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a bodyguard of the British monarch.
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Yeomen Warders
The Yeomen Warders of His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, and Members of the Sovereign's Body Guard of the Yeoman Guard Extraordinary, popularly known as the Beefeaters, are ceremonial guardians of the Tower of London.
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104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot
104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot was a regiment of the British Army.
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1st (United Kingdom) Division
The 1st (United Kingdom) Division is an active division of the British Army that has been formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and the present.
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1st Commonwealth Division
The 1st Commonwealth Division was the military unit that commanded Commonwealth land forces in the Korean War.
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1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade (1 ISR Bde) of the British Army was created as part of the Army 2020 reform, to command military intelligence, ISTAR, and electronic warfare units.
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1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army.
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2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak
The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom in 2001 caused a crisis in British agriculture and tourism.
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2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. British Army and 2003 invasion of Iraq are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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3rd (United Kingdom) Division
The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army.
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6th (United Kingdom) Division
The 6th (United Kingdom) Division is an active division of the British Army, which has been raised numerous times as needed over the last 200 years.
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See also
1707 establishments in Great Britain
- British Army
- British national identity
- Charitable Corporation
- Dashwood baronets
- First Parliament of Great Britain
- Flag of Great Britain
- Great Seal of the Realm
- House of Commons of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- List of ambassadors of Great Britain to the Holy Roman Emperor
- Lord Chancellor
- Parliament of Great Britain
- Professor of Anatomy (Cambridge)
- Royal Navy
- Williams baronets
British Armed Forces
- Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018
- Armed Forces Act 2006
- Armed Forces Act 2011
- Armed Forces Memorial
- Arthur George Peart
- Banknotes of the British Armed Forces
- British Armed Forces
- British Armed Forces Federation
- British Armed Forces communications and information systems
- British Army
- British Forces Post Office postal orders
- Defence High Frequency Communications Service
- Defence Medical Services
- Defence Reform Act 2014
- Demob suit
- Demobilisation of the British Armed Forces after the Second World War
- Exercise Joint Warrior
- Head of the Armed Forces
- List of Changes
- List of equipment of the Royal Marines
- List of marches of the British Armed Forces
- List of military veterans in British politics
- Loyal toast
- Milling (military training exercise)
- MoneyForce
- Overseas military bases of the United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- Royal Marines
- Royal Navy
- Sexual misconduct in the British military
- Structure of the British Armed Forces
- Suicide in the military
- UK Joint Logistics Support Base
- Uniforms of the British Armed Forces
Organizations established in 1707
- British Army
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