British Army organizational element
C1740
concept
A British Army organizational element is a defined structural unit—such as a section, platoon, company, battalion, brigade, or division—comprising personnel, equipment, and command relationships arranged to perform specific military roles within the Army’s hierarchy.
Aliases (19)
- regiment of the British Army ×10
- British Army command ×3
- British Army division ×3
- British Army armoured division ×2
- British Army branch ×2
- British Army brigade ×2
- legal branch of the British Army ×2
- British Army commando unit ×1
- British Army organisational component ×1
- British field army ×1
- British military command ×1
- British military formation ×1
- Gurkha unit ×1
- Royal Engineers formation ×1
- component of the British Indian Army ×1
- formation of the British Indian Army ×1
- former corps of the British Army ×1
- regiment of the British Army Reserve ×1
- specialist branch of the British Army ×1
Instances (37)
- Parachute Regiment ("regiment of the British Army")
- Royal Warwickshire Regiment ("regiment of the British Army")
- Light Dragoons ("regiment of the British Army")
- Headquarters Adjutant General ("British Army command")
- Headquarters Commander Home Command ("British Army command")
- Home Command ("British Army command")
- Royal Dragoon Guards ("regiment of the British Army")
- Middle East Command ("British military command")
- Welsh Guards ("regiment of the British Army")
- 51st (Highland) Division ("British Army division")
- Middlesex Regiment ("regiment of the British Army")
- Royal Scots ("regiment of the British Army")
- British Army officer ranks
- Queen’s Gurkha Signals ("Gurkha unit")
- 4th Indian Division ("formation of the British Indian Army")
- 7th Armoured Division ("British Army armoured division")
- 21 SAS ("regiment of the British Army Reserve")
- 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group ("Royal Engineers formation")
- 8 Engineer Brigade ("British Army brigade")
- Educational and Training Services Branch ("British Army branch")
- Staff and Personnel Support Branch ("British Army branch")
- Army Legal Services Branch ("legal branch of the British Army")
- Military Provost Staff ("specialist branch of the British Army")
- AGC (Army Legal Services) ("legal branch of the British Army")
- Royal Army Pay Corps ("former corps of the British Army")
- Guards Armoured Division ("British Army armoured division")
- 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division ("British Army division")
- 1st Signal Brigade ("British Army brigade")
- The Paras ("regiment of the British Army")
- The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers ("regiment of the British Army")
- Royal Berkshire Regiment ("regiment of the British Army")
- Indian Territorial Force ("component of the British Indian Army")
- No. 4 Commando ("British Army commando unit")
- British Army under Cornwallis ("British field army")
- 1st (United Kingdom) Division ("British Army division")
- British India Command ("British military formation")
- Army Infrastructure Organisation (elements) ("British Army organisational component")