Royal Army (Great Nortend)
Royal Army | |
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Active | 1455 — present |
Country | Great Nortend |
Allegiance | Alexander II |
Branch | Army |
Size | 80,388 (regular men) 10,482 (regular officers) 620,140 (mustermen) 130,220 (home servicemen) 2,760 (half-pay officers) |
Engagements |
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Commanders | |
Commander in Chief | Alexander II |
The King's Marischal | The Most Honourable Margrave of Lasmere |
Captain of the Forces | Captain-General Sir John Haughton KSA KCMM |
Insignia | |
National flag | |
Red ensign |
The Royal Army of Great Nortend is the major land and terrestrial warfare and defence fore for Great Nortend. It is known fully as His Majesty's Officers and Men at Arms, and consists of a number of separate semi-independent corps, compagnies, troops, and regiments.
History
The present Royal Army was first established in 1455 with the raising of the Duke of Aldesey's Regiment, which is now known as the 1st Regiment of Foot, the Royal Narland Regiment, by the then Duke of Aldesey in the Succession Wars after the death of Charles II in a hunting accident in January of 1455.
Structure
H.M. War Office is the central administration body for both the Royal Army and the Navy Royal, but does not itself command troops. The King's Marischal, a hereditary position held by the Margrave of Lasmere, has full theoretical command of the troops, subject to the King. In practice, the Lords and Staff Board and the War Office direct the national military policy, which is implemented by the Captain of the Forces who assumes direct command of the Army. General Head-Quarters (GHQ) of the Royal Army is based in Army House, in Lendert-with-Cadell.
To the Captain of the Forces report five officers, being the general command officers in charge of the four regional commands and the Adjutant-General, the senior-most staff officer in charge of the administration of the Army. These five officers hold the rank of captain-general or lieutenant-general. Subordinate to these are divisions, commanded by major-generals, and brigades, commanded by brigadier-generals.
The five major divisions of the forces are the infantry, the cavalry, the artillery, the engineers, and the services. Each has its own formation structure and to an extent, rank structure. Infantry, artillery and cavalry regiments and engineering battallions are all separate legal entities, as are each of the service corps, albeit established in accordance with the chain of command.
Most regiments (and battalions for engineers) are established on a regional basis, drawing in men and officers from amongst the subjects of a particular region. They are commanded by a colonel. There are presently 54 infantry regiments, 23 cavalry regiments, 15 artillery regiments and 14 engineer battalions. Most infantry and cavalry regiments have one regular army battalion, one national service battalion, and one militia (foot infantry), volunteer (rifles, artillery and engineers) or yeomanry (cavalry) battalion. There are talks to reduce the number of infantry regiments by around half, to 26, by amalgamating regiments; however, this has attracted criticism from both within and without the Army.
Feudal barons
Of the 234 barons who are obliged to render military service owing to their holding tenure per baroniam, a species of tenure per servitium militare, most render their obligations by raising militia or yeomanry battalions. Though the actual servitium debitum became obsolete in practice, it was revived by George I in the 16th century in altered form, better suited to the contemporaneous nature of warfare.
Units
Cavalry
Horse Guards
Guards, counter-sabotage, ceremonial, armoured reconnaissance.
- 1 Horse Guards, The King's Own Life Guards
- 2 Horse Guards, The Queen's Own Horse Guards (Mounted infantry)
- 3 Horse Guards, The King's Own Yeoman Guards (Ceremonial)
- 4 Horse Guards, The Queen's Own Mounted Guards (Administration)
- 5 Horse Guards, The King's Marischal's Own Horse Guards
Dragoons
Heavy cavalry; heavy tanks.
- 1 Dragoons, The King's Own Dragoon Guards
- 4 and 5 Dragoons, The Royal All Hambrian Dragoon Guards
- 6 Dragoons, The Queen's Own Dragoons
- 7 Dragoons, The Royal Cardoby Dragoons
- 8 and 9 Dragoons, The Dun and Blue Dragoons
- 10 Dragoons, Prince Richard's Own Dragoons
Light Dragoons
Light cavalry; AFV
- 1 Light Dragoons, Queen Catherine's Own Light Dragoons
- 2 Light Dragoons, The Prince of Rhise's Own Lancers
- 3 Light Dragoons, The Royal Light Dragoons
- 4 and 5 Light Dragoons, The King's Own Hussars
- 6 Light Dragoons, The Royal Hambrian Lancers
- 7 Light Dragoons, The Princess Royal's Own Hussars
Infantry
Foot Guards
- 1 Foot Guards, The King's Own Life Guards
- 2 Foot Guards, The Hambrian Guards
- 3 Foot Guards, The Queen's Own Life Guards
- 4 Foot Guards, The City Guard
Foot
- 1 Foot, The Royal Narland Regiment
- 2 Foot, The Royal Enley Regiment
- 3 Foot, The Royal Teyshire Regiment
- 4 Foot, The Prince Andrew's Own Southannering Regiment
- 5 Foot, The Royal Cranshire Regiment
- 6 Foot, The Royal Bentshire Regiment
- 7 Foot, The Duke of Faunslaughter's Regiment
- 8 Foot, The Royal Bara Regiment
- 9 Foot, The Norsax Regiment (Fusiliers)
- 10 Foot, The Great Walecester Regiment
- 11 Foot, The Duke of Towshire's Regiment
- 12 Foot, The North Larkshire (Anerburn Foresters) Regiment
- 13 Foot, Queen Catherine's Own Loyal Swent Regiment
- 14 Foot, The Gardolian Regiment
- 15 Foot, The Prince of Rhise's Own Regiment
- 16 Foot, The Monmorian Regiment
- 17 Foot, The Lasmere Marchers Regiment
- 18 Foot, The South Larkshire Plumwelders Regiment
- 19 Foot, The Harvickshire Regiment
- 20 Foot, The King's Own and Old Foresters' Regiment
- 21 Foot, The Margrave of Bine's Borderers Regiment
- 22 Foot, The Prince of Leaton's Own Corrishire Regiment
- 23 Foot, The Earl of Roseham's Regiment
- 24 Foot, The Duke of Fivewell's Regiment
- 25 Foot, The Northannering Regiment
- 26 Foot, The Royal Murish Fusiliers
- 27 Foot, The Eamshire Regiment
- 28 Foot, The Royal Eastannering Regiment
- 29 Foot, The Red of Gortland Regiment
- 30 Foot, The Oxleyshire Regiment
- 31 Foot, The Chesserton Regiment (South Heymeadshire)
- 32 Foot, The Duke of Morney's Regiment
- 33 Foot, The Duke of Barminster's Regiment
- 34 Foot, The Royal East Gortland Regiment
- 35 Foot, The Duke of Limmes's Regiment
- 36 Foot, The King's Own Rhighton Regiment
- 37 Foot, The Royal Poltland Regiment
- 38 Foot, The Prince of Gervis's Wertvale Regiment
- 39 Foot, The Royal Elpine Regiment
- 40 Foot, The Seffet Regiment
- 41 Foot, The Queen's Own Suthrepourdeland Regiment
- 42 Foot, The Igoddal Regiment
- 43 Foot, The Duke of Alvington's Regiment
- 44 Foot, The Herstlow Regiment
- 45 Foot, The Prince of Dunricia's Regiment
- 46 Foot, The North Barminstershire Regiment
- 47 Foot, The Duke of Essingford's Regiment
- 48 Foot, The Duke of Harringow's Regiment
- 49 Foot, The Yeartey Regiment
- 50 Foot, The North Essingford and Plumey Regiment
Artillery
Horse Gunners
- 1 Horse Gunners, The King's Own Horse Artillery
- 2 Horse Gunners, The Royal King's Rhighton Artillery
- 3 Horse Gunners, The Royal Castled Artillery
Gunners
- 1 Gunners, The Walecester and Barminstershire Gunners
- 2 Gunners, The Aceshire and Polton Gunners
- 3 Gunners, The City and Enley Gunners
- 4 Gunners, The Swent, Herstlow and Dershire Gunners
- 5 Gunners, The Wenno Gunners
- 6 Gunners, The Gardolian Gunners
- 7 Gunners, The Dunrician Gunners
- 8 Gunners, The Elpine and Monmorian Gunners
- 9 Gunners, The North Meddern Gunners
- 10 Gunners, The North Hambrian Gunners
- 11 Gunners, The Heymead and Fawnshire Gunners
- 12 Gunners, The East Meddern Gunners
Engineers
- 1 Engineers, The Royal Artificers
- 2 Engineers, The Royal Mural Engineers
- 3 Engineers, The Enley and Duremenshire Engineers
- 4 Engineers, The Royal Hambrian Artificers
- 5 Engineers, The King's Electrical Engineers
- 6 Engineers, The Royal First Signallers
- 7 Engineers, The Queen's Signallers
- 8 Engineers, The Hambrian Signallers
- 9 Engineers, The Royal Meddern Engineers
- 10 Engineers, The Royal Gardolian Engineers
- 11 Engineers, The Lanorts Engineers
- 12 Engineers, The Walecester and Barminstershire Engineers
- 13 Engineers, The Prince of Morney's Own Engineers
- 14 Engineers, The Royal Almedian Engineers
Services
- Royal Armoury Corps : Ordnance, weapons, ammunition, uniforms, general stores, rations, fuel, water, field supply and materiel.
- Royal Transport Corps : Land transport, railway transport, inland river and port control.
- Royal Staff Corps : Doctors, surgeons, librarians, projectionists, schoolmasters, laundresses, stewards, chaplains, administrators, clerks, pay clerks, accountants, &c.
- Royal Nursing Corps : Nursing
- Royal Provosts Corps : Military police and detention
Home Service
The milita and yeomanry are collectively known as the His Majesty's Special Home Service or more often, simply the Home Service. The Home Service is established under the Defence of the Realm Act 50 Edm. IX 34 and are tasked with defence from the enemy, as well as civil defence from natural disasters and other emergencies. They are not liable to serve abroad in front-line positions. More than a quarter of a million men are home servicemen.
The bulk of the Home Service is drawn from the middling and labouring classes. In the country, many farm labourers are also home servicemen. Retired or former regular servicemen are also eligible to join, provided that minimum physical standards are met.
The Home Service is organised on a battalion basis, each raised by the King's Lieutenant of the respectively county or borough.
Muster
Muster is the name given to the form of military conscription in force in Great Nortend. It derives from the words of the Defence of the Realm Act 44 Edm. IX p. 46 which compels certain able men to be 'mustered' to serve in His Majesty's Army. Male Erbonian full subjects from their seventeenth birthday are liable to be draughted to muster.
Approximately 55% of all mustered men are accepted. The annual conscription amounts to around 99,000 men, although only 70% thereof serve in the Army. Muster may be deferred until a man's 25th birthday, whereafter he may be liable to prosecution. An average regiment takes in around 630 muster servicemen annually, usually allocated to a single muster battalion.
Muster servicemen undergo three months of initial military training, followed by nine months of active service posted somewhere in Great Nortend or abroad. Thereafter, they may choose to join the Home Service or else become inactive by paying a fine known as scutage.
Muster servicemen are paid an annual salary of £122 for their year of compulsory service. They are also entitled to uniform and travelling allowances.
Exemptions
Exemptions from the requirement of muster are provided by the Act and include those men who are:
- Clerks in holy orders
- University students and graduates
- Members of certain guilds and compagnies
- In protected occupations.
- Deaf, blind, mute or dumb.
- Physically unfit (such as requiring glasses).
- Mentally deficient.
- Convicted felons or outlaws.
- Heirs to certain titles of nobility.
- Holders of certain Crown offices.
- Unable by operation of law to take oaths.
- Otherwise exempt having applied for and received special exemption.
Ranks
Other ranks
Insignia | (No insignia) | (No insignia) | ||||||
Rank | Besign | Private | Sub-Corporal | Corporal | Serjeant | Staff Serjeant | Colour Serjeant | Warranted Officer |
Abbreviation | Bsn. | Pt. | S. Cpl. | Cpl. | Sjt. | S. Sjt | C. Sjt | W. O. |
A private acting as Sub-Corporal is known as a Lance Corporal. Likewise, a Corporal acting as a Serjeant is known as a Lance Serjeant. Corporals are titled Bombardiers in the Artillery, and Privates have unique regimental titles such as Rifleman, Sapper, Gunner, Guardsman, Trooper, Signalman, Drummer and Bugler, inter alia.
A company has two colour serjeants who are appointed as company serjeant major and company quartermaster serjeant. Staff serjeant is the equivalent for regiments and corps who do not have colours, such as administrative corps.
A battalion has two warranted officers are appointed as regimental serjeant major and regimental quartermaster serjeants. Only the RSM is entitled to wear the crown surmounting four chevrons.
Officers
Equipment
Name | Photo | Comment | ||||
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Rifled Guns | ||||||
Devenson G.U. Mk V | Standard issue rifled assault gun since 1987 for troops. | |||||
Devenson G.U. Mk IV (Self-Loading-Rifle) | Semi-automatic self-loading rifled gun which replaced the older bolt-action Mark III during the 1950s. Still used in the Services corps and [[Home Service (Great Nortend)|Home Service]. | |||||
Pistol | ||||||
Browning–Royal Armoury Pistol (SLR) | Standard service pistol since the 1960s, though officers are required to purchase their pistols and are not required to use the SLR. |
Dress
Symbols
Red Ensign
The Red Ensign is the flag designated for the use of the Royal Army, along with the Navy Royal. It is primarily flown at military establishments.
This page is written in Erbonian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, realise, instal, sobre, shew, artefact), and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. |