Formation and Structure
| British Army arms and services |
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| Combat Arms |
| Royal Armoured Corps |
| Infantry |
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| Army Air Corps |
| Combat Support Arms |
| Royal Artillery |
| Royal Engineers |
| Royal Corps of Signals |
| Intelligence Corps |
| Combat Services |
| Royal Army Chaplains Department |
| Royal Logistic Corps |
| Army Medical Services |
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| Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
| Adjutant General's Corps |
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| Small Arms School Corps |
| Royal Army Physical Training Corps |
| General Service Corps |
| Corps of Army Music |
The structure of the British Army is complex, due to the different origins of its various constituent parts. It is broadly split into the Regular Army (full-time Officers/soldiers and units) and the Territorial Army (Spare-time Officers/soldiers and units).
In terms of its military structure, it has two parallel organisations, one administrative and one operational.
Administrative
- Regiments and Corps. These are listed below (in the template to the right), ranging from the Household Cavalry to the Army Physical Training Corps and the Royal Logistic Corps. Uniquely and somewhat confusingly, the Infantry, which is not a corps but a collection of separate regiments, is administered by 'Divisions' of infantry – Guards Division, Queen's Division, Scottish Division and so on.
Operational
- The major operational command is based at Andover and is known as "Army Headquarters". It is split into divisions and subordinate units ranging from regiments to squadrons.
- Divisions (1 Div. based in Herford in Germany and 3 Div. based in Bulford)
- Brigades, both fighting and in a non fighting regional capacity within HQ LF (for example, 43 (Wessex) Brigade based in Bulford).
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