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By law, the Territorial Army is an integral part of the Indian Army, whose composition is defined in the Part I of the Defence Services Regulations, which states; "the army comprises regular army, regular reserves, and the Territorial Army". [8] Part-time TA personnel may fall within the definition of regular army when attached to a unit.
The TA ceased to exist on 6 September 1939, at which date it was merged with the Regular Army for the duration of the war. Early in 1940, each of the former TA Companies formed a second, duplicate, Company, normally by detaching one or more Sections to form the nucleus of the new unit, and in this way the 9 (Scottish), 12 (Eastern), 15 (Scottish), 18 (Eastern), 23 (Northumbrian), 38 (Welsh ...
100th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery is a reserve unit of the British Army that provides tactical air control parties, naval gunnery liaison officers, specialist staff officers and gunnery instructors. It was formerly part of the Territorial Army and had three gun batteries all equipped with the L118 Light Gun.
Army Reserve bands are not part of the Corps of Army Music. They are under the direct command of their parent corps or regiment. There are currently 20 Army Reserve bands located across the UK with one in Gibraltar: [3] Band of the Honourable Artillery Company; Regimental Band (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry) of the Royal Yeomanry
When the Territorial Force (TF) was created in 1908 it was a part-time volunteer force intended for home defence when the Regular British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was deployed overseas, although a small number of TF units had volunteered for 'Imperial Service'.
The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription.The new organisation consolidated the 19th-century Volunteer Force and yeomanry into a unified auxiliary, commanded by the War Office and administered by local county territorial associations.
Territorial Army may refer to: Territorial Army (India) Military Regional Command (Indonesia) Territorial Army (United Kingdom) Territorial Army (Ethiopia), part of the Ethiopian National Defense Force; Territorial Army (Germany), part of the West German Army during the Cold War; Armée territoriale, part of the French Army from 1872 to 1918
He later wrote "People began to see that the Territorial SAS were first class and enhanced the reputation of the whole Regiment in a special way of their own." [12] By early 2003 a composite squadron of 23 SAS, including members of 21 SAS, was operating in Helmand for roles against Al Qaeda forces, "with the emphasis on long range reconnaissance".