British Army 2007

British Army
Founded

1660[1][2] [3]

[nb 1]
Country  United Kingdom[nb 2]
Type Army
Role Land warfare
Size 102,500 Total
Part of British Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ Army Headquarters
Patron Elizabeth II
March [Army Marches]
Mascot(s) []
Website www.army.mod.uk
Commanders
Chief of the General Staff General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL
Commander Field Army Lieutenant-General Patrick Sanders CBE DSO
Army Sergeant Major WO1 Glenn Haughton OBE
Insignia
War flag[nb 3]
Non-ceremonial flag

This article describes the structure of the British Army between 2007 and 2015, following the 2006-07 reforms.

Overall structure

The Army was divided into 5 Divisions:

  • 1 (UK) Division - Deployable Division
  • 2 Division - Regional Division
  • 3 (UK) Division - Deployable Division
  • 4 Division - Regional Division
  • 5 Division - Regional Division

The Army also had a number of separate commands:

  • HQ Northern Ireland
  • HQ Theatre Troops
  • 1 Military Intelligence Brigade
  • HQ British Forces Cyprus
  • HQ London District
  • British Forces Gibraltar
  • British Forces Brunei
  • British Forces South Atlantic

1st Division (1 (UK) Armoured Division)

4th Armoured Brigade (4 Mechanized Brigade)

7th Armoured Brigade (7 Armoured Brigade)

20th Armoured Brigade (20 Armoured Brigade)

Paderborn Garrison

102nd Logistics Brigade (102 Logistic Brigade)

2nd Division

15th Infantry Brigade (15 (North East) Infantry Brigade) -

    42nd Infantry Brigade (42 (North West) Infantry Brigade) -

      51st Infantry Brigade (51 (Scottish) Infantry Brigade) -

      Structure 2007:[6]

      3rd Division

      1st Armoured Brigade (1 Mechanized Brigade)

        12th Armoured Brigade (12 Mechanized Brigade)

          19th Infantry Brigade (19 Light Brigade)

            52nd Infantry Brigade (52 Infantry Brigade)

            4th Division

            2nd Infantry Brigade (2 (South-East) Infantry Brigade)

            145th Infantry Brigade (145 (Home Counties) Infantry Brigade) -

            43rd Infantry Brigade (43 (Wessex) Infantry Brigade) -

            5th Division

            16th Infantry Brigade (16 (Air Assault) Infantry Brigade) - Colchester

              49th Infantry Brigade (49 (East) Infantry Brigade)

                * Reserve Units:

                160th Infantry Brigade (160 (Wales) Infantry Brigade)

                  Headquarters - Northern Ireland

                  38th Infantry Brigade (38 (Irish) Infantry Brigade)

                    HQ Theatre Troops

                    1st Artillery Brigade (1 Artillery Brigade)

                    1st Military Intelligence Brigade (1 MI Brigade)

                    2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigade (2 (NC) Signal Brigade)

                      2nd Medical Brigade (2 Medical Brigade)

                      11th Signal Brigade (11 Signal Brigade)

                      16th Regiment, Royal Artillery (16 Regiment RA)

                      • 11 (Sphinx) Battery - Headquarters Battery
                      • 32 (Minden) Battery - Anti-Air Battery
                      • 30 (Roger's Company) Battery - Anti-Air Battery
                      • 14 (Cole's Kop) Battery - Anti-Air Battery
                      • 20 Battery - Anti-Air Battery

                      HQ London District

                      Regular Army Units

                      Army Reserve

                      Notes

                      1. English/Scottish parliamentary control 1689, British parliamentary control 1707.[3]
                      2. 1707–1800

                      References

                      1. Clifford Walton (1894). History of the British Standing Army. A.D. 1660 to 1700. pp. 1–2.
                      2. Noel T. St. John Williams (1994). Redcoats and courtesans: the birth of the British Army (1660–1690). Brassey's. p. 16.
                      3. 1 2 Chandler, David (2003). The Oxford history of the British Army. Oxford University Press. p. xv. ISBN 978-0-19-280311-5. It is generally accepted that the regular standing army in Britain was officially created – in the sense of being fully accommodated within parliamentary control in 1689, although it is, strictly speaking, only correct to refer to the British army from the Act of Union with Scotland in 1707.
                      4. "42 (NW) Brigade". 2008-02-09. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
                      5. "1 RIFLES". 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
                      6. "51 (Scottish) Brigade". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
                      7. "7 RIFLES". 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
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