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Every other imperial army has its own article, the British has none and isn't even mentioned on this page. Why? There is one on the British Indian Army, but what about all the others - AUS, NZ, etc.? At least during WWI they all worked as one, under British (English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish) top commanders. I am stunned that enWiki doesn't have anything at all about this. Anti-imperialism going wild and into ostrich mode? Arminden ( talk) 13:37, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Bilcat told me to talk about this here. Idi Amin was in Uganda, which was a British colony back then. He joined the army when it was still a part of the British Empire. 49.178.131.33 ( talk) 06:45, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
There seems to be a concerted attempt by several editors to add extensive unsourced information to the section on "colonial units" in breach of WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:RS. The new material is currently sourced to citations which were there before and do not support the additional material added. i.e. WP:HIJACK applies. Views welcome. Dormskirk ( talk) 21:37, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
The history of the last Solider be given a medal by her own hand Queen Victoria , What did this Solder do in the Bore War to win a medal . 49.3.81.66 ( talk) 07:41, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
I was suprised, when reading this article, to see that there was no dedicated section for the many regiment’s marches (both quick and slow). Would this merit a section in this article? 82.2.122.20 ( talk) 17:11, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Might I suggest we improve the following? (I leave the dates and tallies as they show currently, for context.)
"As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.[7]"
The reference [7] is to the official governmental Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics which seem to introduce a distinction between "All UK Regular personnel and all Gurkha personnel".
Gurkhas are full-time regular service personnel. The distinction is that they are Nepalese citizens rather than British citizens. I think the current wording makes it sound like they are not regulars. Would something along these lines be clearer?
"As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 regular full-time Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.[7]"
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"As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 79,228 regular full-time personnel (including 4,062 Gurkhas with Nepalese citizenship), 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.[7]"
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Every other imperial army has its own article, the British has none and isn't even mentioned on this page. Why? There is one on the British Indian Army, but what about all the others - AUS, NZ, etc.? At least during WWI they all worked as one, under British (English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish) top commanders. I am stunned that enWiki doesn't have anything at all about this. Anti-imperialism going wild and into ostrich mode? Arminden ( talk) 13:37, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Bilcat told me to talk about this here. Idi Amin was in Uganda, which was a British colony back then. He joined the army when it was still a part of the British Empire. 49.178.131.33 ( talk) 06:45, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
There seems to be a concerted attempt by several editors to add extensive unsourced information to the section on "colonial units" in breach of WP:V, WP:CITE and WP:RS. The new material is currently sourced to citations which were there before and do not support the additional material added. i.e. WP:HIJACK applies. Views welcome. Dormskirk ( talk) 21:37, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
The history of the last Solider be given a medal by her own hand Queen Victoria , What did this Solder do in the Bore War to win a medal . 49.3.81.66 ( talk) 07:41, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
I was suprised, when reading this article, to see that there was no dedicated section for the many regiment’s marches (both quick and slow). Would this merit a section in this article? 82.2.122.20 ( talk) 17:11, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
Might I suggest we improve the following? (I leave the dates and tallies as they show currently, for context.)
"As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.[7]"
The reference [7] is to the official governmental Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics which seem to introduce a distinction between "All UK Regular personnel and all Gurkha personnel".
Gurkhas are full-time regular service personnel. The distinction is that they are Nepalese citizens rather than British citizens. I think the current wording makes it sound like they are not regulars. Would something along these lines be clearer?
"As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 regular full-time Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.[7]"
or
"As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 79,228 regular full-time personnel (including 4,062 Gurkhas with Nepalese citizenship), 26,244 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,557 "other personnel", for a total of 110,029.[7]"