Army Council

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British Army administrative body governmental council

The Army Council was the British Army's top administrative and policy-making body, overseeing its organization, command, and governance in the early 20th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Army Council canonical	6
Army Board	5
Army Council (United Kingdom)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army administrative body ⓘ governmental council ⓘ
abolishedBy	Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 ⓘ
activeDuring	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
appliesTo	British Army ⓘ
authorityOver	Army Reserve ⓘ Territorial Force ⓘ British Army ⓘ surface form: regular British Army
chairperson	Secretary of State for War ⓘ
controlled	British Army budget ⓘ British Army procurement policy ⓘ British Army promotions at senior level ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateDissolved	1964 ⓘ
dateFormed	1904 ⓘ
documentedIn	Army Council Instructions ⓘ
formedFrom	Army Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Army Board Office of Commander‑in‑Chief of the Forces ⓘ
function	oversight of command of the British Army ⓘ oversight of governance of the British Army ⓘ oversight of organization of the British Army ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
historicalPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
jurisdiction	War Office ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalBasis	Order in Council of 8 February 1904 ⓘ
member	Adjutant-General to the Forces ⓘ surface form: Adjutant‑General to the Forces Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Imperial General Staff Director‑General of the Territorial Force ⓘ Financial Secretary to the War Office ⓘ Master-General of the Ordnance ⓘ surface form: Master‑General of the Ordnance Under-Secretary of State for War ⓘ surface form: Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State for War Quartermaster-General to the Forces ⓘ surface form: Quartermaster‑General to the Forces Secretary of State for War ⓘ
oversaw	British Army equipment policy ⓘ British Army mobilization policy ⓘ British Army personnel policy ⓘ British Army training policy ⓘ
parentOrganization	War Office ⓘ
partOf	defence administration of the United Kingdom ⓘ
replaced	Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: Commander‑in‑Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom)
reportedTo	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor	administration of the British Army ⓘ military policy of the British Army ⓘ
role	policy‑making body for the British Army ⓘ top administrative body of the British Army ⓘ
subordinateTo	UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government
supersededBy	Army Board of the Defence Council ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) → replacedBy → Army Council ⓘ

Defence Council of the United Kingdom → replaced → Army Council ⓘ

Defence Council of the United Kingdom → formedFrom → Army Council ⓘ

Defence Council of the United Kingdom → hasSubBody → Army Council ⓘ