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 British Army facts

• The force was initially administered by the War Office from London, which in 1964 was subsumed into the Ministry of Defence
• The professional head of the British Army is the Chief of the General Staff
• The full-time element of the British Army is referred to as the Regular Army and has been since the creation of the reservist Territorial Force in 1908
• All members of the British Army swear (or affirm) allegiance to the monarch as commander-in-chief
• However, the Bill of Rights of 1689 requires Parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a standing army in peacetime
• The UK Parliament approves the continued existence of the Army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years
• Throughout its history, the British Army has seen action in a number of major wars involving the world's great powers, including the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the First World War and Second World War
• Repeatedly emerging victorious from these decisive wars allowed Britain to influence world events with its policies and establish itself as one of the world's leading military and economic powers
• Since the end of the Cold war, the British Army has been deployed to many conflict zones, often as part of an expeditionary force or a United Nations peacekeeping operation
• Additionally, the British Army maintains several permanent overseas postings