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The Army List is a list (or more accurately seven series of lists) of serving regular, militia or territorial British Army officers, kept in one form or another, since 1702. Manuscript lists of army officers were kept from 1702 to 1752, the first official list being published in 1740.
In February 1839, supported by his wife and with the approval of the military authorities, Hart published the first edition of his Quarterly Army List, which was well received. [ 7 ] Hart was allowed access to the official records of officers' services, and in 1840 published his first Annual Army List , containing supplementary information in ...
1839 Raised 1839 as the 2nd Madras (European) Light Infantry. Came under Crown control in 1858 as 2nd Madras Light Infantry. Integrated into the British Army as the 105th Foot in 1861. [18] [173] 1881:2nd Battalion, The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) The Rifles: 106: 106th Regiment of Foot 1761–1763 [174] 1761 Raised 1761, disbanded 1763.
In 1915 the army created the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force to invade the Ottoman Empire via Gallipoli, an unsuccessful attempt to capture Constantinople and secure a sea route to Russia. [67] The First World War was the most devastating in British military history, with nearly 800,000 men killed and over two million wounded.
A portrait of the division's first general officer commanding, Roland Hill, by George Dawe. During the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), the British Army grew in size. On 18 June 1809, Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in Spain and Portugal, ordered the creation of four divisions, including the 2nd Division. [7]
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The British Army would not formally exist, however, for another 46 years, as Scotland and England remained two independent states, each with its own Army. 1 October 1661 – The Tangier Regiment is formed, later The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, the most senior English line infantry regiment in the British Army.
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