British Army

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army land warfare branch

The British Army is the United Kingdom’s principal land warfare force, historically central to its military campaigns and global influence.

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All labels observed (49)

Label	Occurrences
British Army canonical	3,777
British Army land forces	4
British Army personnel	4
British Army soldiers	4
British Army in World War II	3
British Army infantry	3
British Army regulars	3
British forces	3
British Army (historical)	2
British Army ground forces	2
British Army in World War I	2
British government forces	2
British infantry	2
British soldiers	2
British Army (World War I)	1
British Army (attached)	1
British Army (auxiliary service)	1
British Army (before Confederation)	1
British Army (colonial forces)	1
British Army (fictional backstory)	1
British Army (fictional depiction)	1
British Army (implied background)	1
British Army (in Falklands War)	1
British Army (in War Horse)	1
British Army (trials only)	1
British Army Corps	1
British Army Field Army	1
British Army Land Forces	1
British Army No. 2 Service Dress	1
British Army Officer Training System	1
British Army auxiliary forces	1
British Army during World War I	1
British Army forces in Canada	1
British Army home forces	1
British Army in North America	1
British Army units	1
British Crown forces	1
British Empire forces	1
British army	1
British artillery	1
British forces in the American Revolutionary War	1
British regular army	1
British_Army	1
Commonwealth forces	1
Duke of Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese army	1
UK land forces	1
United Kingdom forces	1
United Kingdom land forces	1
regular British Army	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army ⓘ land warfare branch ⓘ
allegiance	British monarch ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
commanderTitle	Chief of the General Staff ⓘ Commander Field Army ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
doctrine	British Army doctrine ⓘ
engagedIn	Crimean War ⓘ Falklands War ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Malayan Emergency ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War The Troubles ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: War in Afghanistan
foundedBy	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
garrison	Army Headquarters Andover ⓘ
hasBranch	Adjutant General's Corps ⓘ Army Air Corps ⓘ Army Cadet Force ⓘ Army Reserve ⓘ Gurkha units ⓘ Household Division ⓘ Infantry ⓘ Intelligence Corps ⓘ Parachute Regiment ⓘ Regular Army ⓘ Royal Armoured Corps ⓘ Royal Army Medical Corps ⓘ Royal Corps of Signals ⓘ Royal Engineers ⓘ Royal Logistic Corps ⓘ Royal Regiment of Artillery ⓘ Special Air Service ⓘ Special Reconnaissance Regiment ⓘ
hasCeremonialUnit	Foot Guards ⓘ Household Cavalry ⓘ
hasTrainingInstitution	Army Foundation College Harrogate ⓘ Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ surface form: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
headquartersLocation	Andover ⓘ Hampshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
inception	1660 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO forces
motto	Be the Best ⓘ
notableOperation	Operation Banner ⓘ Operation Granby ⓘ Operation Herrick ⓘ Operation Telic ⓘ
partOf	British Armed Forces ⓘ
precededBy	New Model Army ⓘ
role	aid to the civil power ⓘ land warfare ⓘ overseas operations ⓘ peacekeeping ⓘ territorial defence ⓘ
serviceBranchOf	United Kingdom ⓘ
usesEquipment	Apache attack helicopter ⓘ Challenger 2 main battle tank ⓘ SA80 assault rifle ⓘ Warrior infantry fighting vehicle ⓘ
usesRankStructure	British Army officer ranks ⓘ British Army other ranks ⓘ
website	https://www.army.mod.uk/ ⓘ

Referenced by (3,848)

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

Winston Churchill → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

North African campaign → opponent → British Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth forces

White House → damagedBy → British Army ⓘ

Continental Army → opposedBy → British Army ⓘ

Burning of Washington → hasParticipant → British Army ⓘ

Royal Military College, Sandhurst → operatedBy → British Army ⓘ

Royal Military College, Sandhurst → partOf → British Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army Officer Training System

Battle of Baltimore → opposingForce → British Army ⓘ

Secretary of State for War → responsibleFor → British Army ⓘ

Paymaster of the Forces → appliesToJurisdiction → British Army ⓘ

Robert Clive → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Indian Rebellion of 1857 → opponent → British Army ⓘ

Indian Rebellion of 1857 → belligerent → British Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown forces

Invasion of Quebec (1775) → opponentOf → British Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army in North America

Bernard Montgomery → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Claude Auchinleck → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Claude Auchinleck → employer → British Army ⓘ

Spencer-Churchill family → historicallyAssociatedWith → British Army ⓘ

Army Cadet Force → sponsoredBy → British Army ⓘ

Army Cadet Force → trainingModelledOn → British Army ⓘ

Army Cadet Force → usesRankStructureSimilarTo → British Army ⓘ

Royal Armoured Corps → partOf → British Army ⓘ

Royal Armoured Corps → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Royal Armoured Corps → usesUniform → British Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army No. 2 Service Dress

Intelligence Corps → partOf → British Army ⓘ

Intelligence Corps → serviceBranch → British Army ⓘ

Household Division → partOf → British Army ⓘ

Army Headquarters Andover → operatedBy → British Army ⓘ

Army Headquarters Andover → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

British Army officer ranks → appliesTo → British Army ⓘ

British Army officer ranks → usedBy → British Army ⓘ

The Troubles → opposingForce → British Army ⓘ

Challenger 2 main battle tank → usedBy → British Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Challenger 2

Foot Guards → partOf → British Army ⓘ

James Blunt → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Sir John Moore (as namesake of Moore Barracks and associated traditions) → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

subject surface form: Sir John Moore

The Shop (historical nickname used by officers) → associatedWith → British Army ⓘ

Lord Kitchener Wants You poster → usedBy → British Army ⓘ

Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army → primaryOpponents → British Army ⓘ

Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → opponent → British Army ⓘ

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → partOf → British Army ⓘ

Thomas Gage → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Siege of Boston → involvedMilitaryUnit → British Army ⓘ

Boston campaign → involves → British Army ⓘ

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich → operatedBy → British Army ⓘ

Manchester and Salford Yeomanry → partOf → British Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Army auxiliary forces

Harold Alexander → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Roy Urquhart → militaryBranch → British Army ⓘ

Roy Urquhart → employer → British Army ⓘ

Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade → cooperatedWith → British Army ⓘ