Royal Army (Great Nortend)

Royal Army
Royal Army
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	Battle of Travlesea; Battle of Borlockton;
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
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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

1st Horse Guards: The King's Own Life Guards
2nd Horse Guards: The Queen's Own Horse Guards
3rd Horse Guards: The King's Own Yeoman Guards
4th Horse Guards: The Queen's Own Mounted Guards
5th Horse Guards: The King's Marischal's Own Horse Guards

Dragoons

1st Dragoons: The King's Own Dragoon Guards
4th and 5th Dragoons: The Royal All Hambrian Dragoons
6th Dragoons: The Queen's Own Dragoons
7th Dragoons: The Royal Cardoby Dragoons
8th and 9th Dragoons: The Dun and Blue Dragoons
10th Dragoons: Prince Richard's Own Dragoons

Light Dragoons

1st Light Dragoons: Queen Catherine's Own Light Dragoons
2nd Light Dragoons: The Prince of Rhise's Own Lancers
3rd Light Dragoons: The Royal Light Dragoons
4th and 5th Light Dragoons: The King's Own Hussars
6th Light Dragoons: The Royal Hambrian Lancers
7th Light Dragoons: The Princess Royal's Own Hussars
8th Light Dragoons: The Lord Master of the Horse's Own Light Horse

Infantry

Foot Guards

1st Foot Guards: The King's Own Life Guards
2nd Foot Guards: The Hambrian Guards
3rd Foot Guards: The Queen's Own Life Guards
4th Foot Guards: The City Guard

Foot

1st Foot: The Royal Narland Regiment
2nd Foot: The Royal Enley Regiment
3rd Foot: The Royal Teyshire Regiment
4th Foot: The Prince Andrew's Own Southannering Regiment
5th Foot: The Royal Cranshire Regiment
6th Foot: The Royal Bentshire Regiment
7th Foot: The Duke of Faunslaughter's Regiment
8th Foot: The Royal Barard Regiment
9th Foot: The Norsax Regiment (Fusiliers)
10th Foot: The Great Walecester Regiment
11th Foot: The Duke of Towshire's Regiment
12th Foot: The North Larkshire (Anerburn Foresters) Regiment
13th Foot: Queen Catherine's Own Loyal Swent Regiment
14th Foot: The Gardolian Regiment
15th Foot: The Prince of Rhise's Own Regiment
16th Foot: The Monmorian Regiment
17th Foot: The Lasmere Marchers Regiment
18th Foot: The South Larkshire Plumwelders Regiment
19th Foot: The Harvickshire Regiment
20th Foot: The King's Own and Old Foresters' Regiment
21st Foot: The Margrave of Bine's Borderers Regiment
22nd Foot: The Prince of Leaton's Own Corrishire Regiment
23rd Foot: The Earl of Roseham's Regiment
24th Foot: The Duke of Fivewell's Regiment
25th Foot: The Northannering Regiment
26th Foot: The Royal Murish Fusiliers
27th Foot: The Eamshire Regiment
28th Foot: The Royal Eastannering Regiment
29th Foot: The Red of Gortland Regiment
30th Foot: The Oxleyshire Regiment
31st Foot: The Chesserton Regiment (South Heymeadshire)
32nd Foot: The Duke of Morney's Regiment
33rd Foot: The Duke of Barminster's Regiment
34th Foot: The Royal East Gortland Regiment
35th Foot: The Duke of Limmes's Regiment
36th Foot: The King's Own Rhighton Regiment
37th Foot: The Royal Poltland Regiment
38th Foot: The Prince of Gervis's Wertvale Regiment
39th Foot: The Royal Elpine Regiment
40th Foot: The Seffet Regiment
41st Foot: The Queen's Own Suthrepourdeland Regiment
42nd Foot: The Igoddal Regiment
43rd Foot: The Duke of Alvington's Regiment
44th Foot: The Herstlow Regiment
45th Foot: The Prince of Dunricia's Regiment
46th Foot: The North Barminstershire Regiment
47th Foot: The Duke of Essingford's Regiment
48th Foot: The Duke of Harringow's Regiment
49th Foot: The Yeartey Regiment
50th Foot: The North Essingford and Plumey Regiment

Artillery

Horse Gunners

1st Horse Gunners: The King's Own Horse Artillery
2nd Horse Gunners: The Royal King's Rhighton Artillery
3rd Horse Gunners: The Royal Castled Artillery

Gunners

1st Gunners: The Walecester and Barminstershire Gunners
2nd Gunners: The Aceshire and Polton Gunners
3rd Gunners: The City and Enley Gunners
4th Gunners: The Swent, Herstlow and Dershire Gunners
5th Gunners: The Wennord Gunners
6th Gunners: The Gardolian Gunners
7th Gunners: The Dunrician Gunners
8th Gunners: The Elpine and Monmorian Gunners
9th Gunners: The North Meddern Gunners
10th Gunners: The North Hambrian Gunners
11th Gunners: The Heymead and Fawnshire Gunners
12th Gunners: The East Meddern Gunners

Engineers

1st Engineers: The Royal Artificers
2nd Engineers: The Royal Mural Engineers
3rd Engineers: The Enley and Duremenshire Engineers
4th Engineers: The Royal Hambrian Artificers
5th Engineers: The King's Electrical Engineers
6th Engineers: The Royal First Signallers
7th Engineers: The Queen's Signallers
8th Engineers: The Hambrian Signallers
9th Engineers: The Royal Meddern Engineers
10th Engineers: The Royal Gardolian Engineers
11th Engineers: The Lanorts Engineers
12th Engineers: The Walecester and Barminstershire Engineers
13th Engineers: The Prince of Morney's Own Transport Engineers
14th 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 Voluntary Home Service or more often, simply the Home Service. They are nowadays 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. Nearly a million men are home servicemen who are not liable to serve abroad without consent, providing a valuable community presence. The bulk of the Home Service is drawn from the middling classes such as yeoman farmers, skilled tradesmen, shopkeepers, clerks, professionals and managers. 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 Lord Lieutenant of the county or borough although every battalion is attached to a regular army regiment, adopting their cap badge and emblems. For example, the 4th, 5th and 6th Bns of the 18th Rgt of Foot, The South Larkshire (Plumwelders) Rgt, are the three militia battalions of that regiment.

Muster and Service

Muster and service 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' and 'serve' in His Majesty's Army. Male Erbonian full subjects from their seventeenth birthday are liable to be draughted to muster. Approximately 80% of the of age male population are mandatorily conscripted. Muster and service may be deferred until a man's 25th birthday, whereafter he may be liable to prosecution.

Service is in one of the mustered battalions of a local regiment. An average regiment takes in around 2,600 or so mustermen annually, spread between three to five battalions. For example, the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Bns of the 18th Rgt of Foot are the mustered battalions of that regiment.

Mustermen 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 in the Home Service or else leave by paying a fine. Those who join the Home Service are then allocated to one of the Home Service battalions of their local regiment, or another upon request.

Mustermen are paid an annual salary of £322 for their year of compulsory service. They are also entitled to uniform and travelling allowances.

Exemptions

Exemptions from liability to muster are provided by the Act and include those men who are:

Clergymen of the Church of Nortend (including university students and graduates)
Members of certain guilds and compagnies
Deaf, blind, mute or dumb.
Physically unfit (such as requiring glasses).
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)
Rank	Private	Lance Corporal	Corporal	Serjeant	Staff Serjeant	Colour Serjeant	Warranted Officer
Abbreviation	Pt.	L/Cpl	Cpl	Sjt	S/Sjt	C/Sjt	W/O

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

Insignia
Rank	Ensign Cornet	Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Commandant	Colonel	Brigadier	Major-General	Lieutenant-General	Captain-General	King's Marischal
Abbreviation	Ens Cnt	Lt	Cpt	Maj.	Cmdt	Col	Brig.	Maj. Gen.	Lt. Gen.	Cpt Gen.	None

Equipment

Name	Photo	Comment
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 service corps and militia.
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

Royal Army (Great Nortend)

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