British Empire armed forces

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imperial armed forces military organization

The British Empire armed forces were the combined military organizations of the United Kingdom and its colonies, dominions, and protectorates, used to project and maintain imperial power across the globe.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
British Empire forces	11
British Empire armed forces canonical	3
British Armed Forces	1
British Empire land forces	1
British Empire military history	1
British Empire military structure	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	imperial armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ British monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrine	imperial policing ⓘ naval supremacy ⓘ small wars doctrine ⓘ two-power standard ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Aden NERFINISHED ⓘ Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine Mandate NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Australian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonial police forces ⓘ Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceylon Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominion forces ⓘ Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ King's African Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Australian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Indian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Indian Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal New Zealand Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Army NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ Straits Settlements Volunteer Force NERFINISHED ⓘ West African Frontier Force NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial forces ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableCommander	Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Bernard Montgomery NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Haig NERFINISHED ⓘ Garnet Wolseley NERFINISHED ⓘ Herbert Kitchener NERFINISHED ⓘ Horatio Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Mountbatten NERFINISHED ⓘ William Slim NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Anglo-Zulu War NERFINISHED ⓘ Arab Revolt NERFINISHED ⓘ Boxer Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ Mahdist War NERFINISHED ⓘ Malayan Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ Suez Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
recruitment	conscription in some periods ⓘ volunteer service ⓘ
successor	British Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ armed forces of Commonwealth realms ⓘ armed forces of former British colonies ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
usedFor	colonial control ⓘ defense of trade routes ⓘ expansion of territory ⓘ imperial defense ⓘ maintenance of colonial order ⓘ power projection ⓘ protection of sea lanes ⓘ suppression of rebellions ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

West African Frontier Force → partOf → British Empire armed forces ⓘ

Vickers machine gun → usedBy → British Empire armed forces ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief, Egypt → usedBy → British Empire armed forces ⓘ

Italian Army in North Africa → opposedTo → British Empire armed forces ⓘ