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
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, companies, 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. There are no brigades in the Royal Army.

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.

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 theoretically by a colonel but in practice by a Commandant. 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	Bes.	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

Insignia	(No insignia)
Rank	Officer Cadet	Ensign Cornet	Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Commandant	Colonel	Major-General	Lieutenant-General	Captain-General	King's Marischal
Abbreviation	O. Ct.	Ens. Cor.	Lt.	Cpt.	Maj.	Cmdt.	Col.	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 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.

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