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The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.As of 1 January 2025, the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Gurkhas, 25,742 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,697 "other personnel", for a total of 108,413.
The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26% [ citation needed ] (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel).
Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command was established on 1 April 2018, [55] and oversees the Army Recruiting Group, which includes the National Recruitment Centre (NRC) and local Army Careers Centres, and is staffed by a mixture of Capita staff and Army personnel. [56] Army Training Units (ATU) are commanded and staffed by Army Reservists.
The British Army is the land force of the British Armed Forces, and is made up of the Regular Army and the part-time Army Reserve. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the General Staff, a four-star general within Army Headquarters, based at Andover. [130]
Royal Military Police (RMP) [33] Military Provost Staff (MPS) [34] Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) [35] Royal Corps of Army Music - 14 + 20 bands [36] Royal Army Chaplains' Department - approx. 150 [37] Small Arms School Corps [38] Royal Army Physical Training Corps [39] General Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Service - 9 + 15 units [40]
This category includes various military units and formations of the British Army, organized by size.
Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop, at Episkopi Cantonment [50] Sovereign Base Areas Police , HQ at Episkopi Cantonment [ 51 ] British Forces South Atlantic Islands , at RAF Mount Pleasant [ 52 ]
Military units and formations of the British Army by size (11 C) Military units and formations of the British Army by type (17 C) T. Territorial Force (4 C, 15 P) U.