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This is a list of career roles available within each corps in the British Army, as a soldier or officer. [ 1 ] Roles in italics are only available to serving soldiers, or re-joiners, and are not open to civilians.
The reason given is: According to army.mod.uk and BFBS the British Army soldier (other rank) training was overhauled in 2024 and replaced with the "Soldier Academy" syllabus. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Last update: 2023 (January 2025)
British Army Reserve Training Locations include four Army Training Unit (ATU) sites and two other locations where the Army Reserve Phase One Training courses are delivered. Reserve recruits are first selected at an Army Assessment Centre, before progressing onto Phase One Basic Training.
After Indian independence, some Gurkha units were transferred to the British Army. There are approximately 3,500 Gurkhas currently serving in the British Army. Joining the British Army is one of the few ways Nepalese people have of escaping poverty and earning a good salary. As a result, each year, there are thousands of applicants, as in 2007 ...
The largest of the colonial military forces the British Indian Army of the British Raj until Military of India, was a volunteer army, raised from the native population with British officers. The Indian Army served both as a security force in India itself and, particularly during the World Wars, in other theaters. About 1.3 million men served in ...
The Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC) is a two-star command of the British Army and "is responsible for all recruiting, selection, and basic training of soldiers and the recruitment and selection of officers".
Formerly, Communications Systems Operator, formerly Data Telegraphists and Radio Operators Cyber Networks Engineer form the largest trade in the Royal Signals and are trained to prepare, configure, deploy and maintain Operational and Tactical communication systems to ensure frontline troops and their Commanders can communicate on Operations worldwide.
In 1797 the Royal Artillery opened a Regimental School at Woolwich Station, and in 1812 the British Parliament first provided funding for Army schools. [1] This was the first widespread, state funded education system in the United Kingdom. [2] The Corps of Army Schoolmasters and the Queen's Army Schoolmistresses in Aldershot, 1919.