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Army Personnel figures - Armed Forces - a1a3 - British Army - Statistics
- Strength and Deployment of British Army 2018 - Number of serving soldiers and
Officers in 2018
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BRITISH ARMY STRENGTH
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| PERSONNEL
SUMMARY (early 2018) |
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ARMY |
81,700 (excluding 2,900 Gurkhas) |
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The Army 2020
plan calls for 82,000 trained regular personnel and 30,000
trained reserves – an army consisting of 112,000 personnel.
Figures are for trained and untrained personnel and include
small numbers of Full Time Reserves. |
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RESERVES |
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ARMY |
30,320 |
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There are probably over 50,000
Regular Reserves throughout the Tri Services who could be
recalled in a Major Emergency. |
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Strength of the Regular Army (2015)
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| Armour |
9 x Regiments |
| Royal Artillery |
13 x Regiments |
| Royal Engineers |
10 x Regiments |
| Infantry |
31 x Battalions
(plus 1 public duties Coy) |
| Army Air Corps |
4 x Regiments
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| Signals |
11 x
Regiments |
| Equipment Support |
6 x Battalions |
| Logistics |
12 x Regiments
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| Medical
Regiments/Field Hospitals |
9 x Major Units |
| Military Police |
4 x Regiments |
| Intelligence |
3 x Battalions |
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In general
these Battalions/Regiments are commanded by Lt Colonels
and have a strength of between 500 and 800 personnel.
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| Army Reserve
Order of Battle (Mid 2015) |
| Infantry |
14 x Battalions |
| Armour |
4 x Regiments |
| Royal Artillery |
7 x Regiments |
| Royal Engineers |
4 x Regiments |
| Special Air
Service |
2 x Regiments |
| Royal Signals |
4 x Regiments |
| Equipment Support |
2 x Battalions |
| Logistics |
12 x Regiments |
| Intelligence Corps |
4 x Battalions |
| Aviation |
1 x Regiment |
| Medical |
15
Hospitals |
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Total |
70 |
Notes:
Total includes Medical Regiments and Field Hospitals |
| Trained Regular
Personnel by Arm and Service (2015) |
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Strength |
| Staff |
760 |
| The Household
Cavalry/ Royal Armoured Corps |
5,490 |
| Royal Regiment of
Artillery |
7,330 |
| Corps of Royal
Engineers |
9,840 |
| The Infantry |
25,840 |
| Army Air Corps |
2,000 |
| Royal Army Chaplains
Department |
140 |
| Royal Signals |
8,140 |
| The Royal Logistics Corps |
14,760 |
| Royal Army Medical
Corps |
3,000 |
| Royal Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers |
9,660 |
| Army Legal Service |
120 |
| Royal Army
Veterinary Corps |
370 |
| Small Arms School
Corps |
160 |
| Royal Army Dental
Corps |
340 |
| Intelligence Corps |
1,680 |
| Army Physical
Training Corps |
460 |
| Queen Alexandra's
Royal Army Nursing Corps |
880 |
| Adjutant General's
Corps |
6,120 |
| Corps of Army Music |
780 |
The following
table may be of interest to see how the Army has diminished
in strength in the past 100 years.
| 100 Years Ago
- Strength of the British Army (as at 1 Jan 1905) |
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Regular Army |
195,000 |
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Colonial Troops or Native Indian Corps |
14,000 |
| Army
Reserve |
80,000 |
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Militia |
132,000 |
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Yeomanry (Cavalry) |
28,000 |
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Totals |
449,000 |
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Note: Regular forces in India
totalled 74,500 |
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Three years previously Regular
Army Totals by Corps were: |
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Household Cavalry |
1,390 |
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Cavalry of the Line |
20,200 |
| Horse
Artillery |
3,483 |
| Field
Artillery |
15,509 |
| Mountain Artillery |
1,200 |
| Garrison Artillery |
18,400 |
| Royal Engineers |
7,130 |
| Foot Guards |
5,873 |
| Infantry of the
Line |
132,332 |
| Colonial Corps |
5,217 |
| Army Service Corps |
3,555 |
| Ordnance Staff |
920 |
| Armourers |
352 |
| Medical Services |
2,993 |
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218,554 |
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The force reduction was due to the
drawdown following the end of the war in South Africa |
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