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Ian Hamilton (British Army officer) Charles Harington (British Army officer, born 1910) Arthur Henry Seton Hart-Synnot; Charles Harvey-Kelly; Richard Hilton (British Army officer) John Holden (British Army officer) Frederick Hotblack; Buster Howes
The British Defence Staff – US, which was previously known as British Joint Staff Mission and British Defence Staff (Washington), is the home of the Ministry of Defence in the United States of America and its purpose is to serve the interests of His Majesty's Government in the US. [1]
Six of the countries with a fixed UK military presence are featured on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's list of 30 "Human Rights Priority Countries": Bahrain, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. [3] A number of British military operations have relied heavily on the strategic island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands.
The term "attaché" is French and denotes an individual who is assigned ("attached") to a diplomatic mission to fulfill a particular specialized function. Generically, a military or defense attaché may come from any branch of the armed forces, although some governments designate an attaché to represent a specific service branch, such as an ...
Head of Defence Land Safety Regulator [50] Black Watch Royal Regiment of Scotland: 30 June 2018 [49] Gavin J. Thompson: Senior British Military Liaison Officer to Kuwait: Royal Tank Regiment: 31 December 2018 [51] Alastair Buchanan Veitch: UK Defence Attaché to France Head of British Defence Staff in France: Royal Engineers: 31 December 2018 ...
As part of the government's Better Defence Estate strategy, announced in November 2016, the Army plans to, over a period of 25 years, close down and dispose of numerous bases in the UK. This more efficient approach "co-locates people and capabilities in sustainable locations around centres of mass," and also releases land for up to 55,000 new ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, excluding honorary consulates. The UK has one of the largest global networks of diplomatic missions. UK diplomatic missions to capitals of other Commonwealth of Nations member countries are known as High Commissions (headed by 'High Commissioners').
Today, the islands of Great Britain and Ireland contain two sovereign states: Ireland (alternatively described as the Republic of Ireland) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom comprises four countries of the United Kingdom. [40] All but Northern Ireland have been independent states at one point.