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  2. Militia Ordinance - Wikipedia

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    The Militia Ordinance was passed by the Parliament of England on 15 March 1642. By claiming the right to appoint military commanders without the king's approval, it was a significant step in events leading to the outbreak of the First English Civil War in August.

  3. Articles of War - Wikipedia

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    The Articles of War are a set of regulations drawn up to govern the conduct of a country's military and naval forces. [1] The first known usage of the phrase is in Robert Monro's 1637 work His expedition with the worthy Scot's regiment called Mac-keyes regiment etc. (in the form "Articles of warres") and can be used to refer to military law in general.

  4. Jus ad bellum - Wikipedia

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    Jus ad bellum (/ j uː s / YOOS or / dʒ ʌ s /), literally "right to war" in Latin, refers to "the conditions under which States may resort to war or to the use of armed force in general". [1] Jus ad bellum is one pillar of just war theory. Just war theory states that war should only be condoned under 'just' conditions. [2]

  5. Army Act - Wikipedia

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    A number of regiments of the British Army, most of which are reserve units on Territorial Army lines, based and recruited in British Overseas Territories, although technically falling under the remit and control of the British Government (as national government, whereas the territorial government is strictly a local government to which most ...

  6. List of wars involving the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    An outline of British military history, 1660–1936 (1936). online; Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (1993). Fortescue, John William. History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes.

  7. Principles of war - Wikipedia

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    The UK uses 10 principles of war, as taught to all officers of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force: The British Army's principles of war were first published after the First World War and based on the work of the British general and military theorist, J. F. C. Fuller. The definition of each principle has been refined over the ...

  8. British Army - Wikipedia

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    The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.As of 1 January 2025, the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Gurkhas, 25,742 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,697 "other personnel", for a total of 108,413.

  9. British Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Local-service military reserve units were raised in some of the Imperial fortresses (notably Bermuda and Malta), which could be embodied for full time service in war time to reinforce the regular garrisons, and these were funded by the War Office as part of the British Army. After the First World War, the growing belligerence and naval power of ...