Royal Army (Great Nortend)

Royal Army
Royal Army
Active	1455 — present
Country	Great Nortend
Allegiance	Alexander II
Branch	Army
Size	23,388 (regular men), 10,482 (regular officers), 620,140 (national servicemen, yeomen, volunteers and militiamen), 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

The War Office is the central administration body for the Royal Army, similar to how the Admiralty administers the Navy Royal, but does not itself command troops. Rather, 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 Captain of the Forces assumes direct command of the Army, based in Army House, in Lendert-with-Cadell. To the Captain of the Forces report seven officers, being the general staff officers in charge of the six regional commands and the Adjutant-General, in charge of administration. These staff 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.

Units

Cavalry

1st Cuirassiers: The King's Own Horse Guards
2nd Cuirassiers: The Royal Life Horse Guards
3rd Cuirassiers: The Queen's Official Mounted Guards

The King's Mounted Yeoman Guard

1st Dragoons: The Royal Dragoons
2nd and 3rd Dragoons: The King's All Hambrian Dragoons
4th Dragoons: The Earl of Scode's Regiment
5th Dragoons: The Royal Cardoby Regiment of Dragoons
6th and 7th Dragoons: The Royal Dun Dragoons
8th Dragoons: Prince Richard's Dragoons

1st Light Dragoons: Queen Catherine's Own Light Dragoons
2nd Light Dragoons: The Duke of Sulhampton's Own Regiment of Horse
3rd Light Dragoons: The Royal Light Dragoons

The King's Own Regiment of Horse (Carabiniers)
The King's Marischal's Own Regiment of Horse
The Duke of Mast's Own Regiment of Horse

1st Lancers: The Prince of Rhise's Own Lancers
2nd Lancers: The Royal Hambrian Lancers

1st Hussars: The King's Own Hussars
2nd Hussars: The King's Second Hussars
3rd Hussars: The Princess Royal's Own Hussars
4th Hussars: The Lord Master of the Horse's Own Hussars
5th Hussars

Infantry

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

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

Artillery

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

2nd Artillery Regiment
3rd Artillery Regiment
4th Artillery Regiment
5th Artillery Regiment
6th Artillery Regiment
7th Artillery Regiment
8th Artillery Regiment
9th Artillery Regiment
10th Artillery Regiment
11th Artillery Regiment
12th Artillery Regiment

Engineers

1st Engineer Battalion: The Royal Artificers
2nd Engineer Battalion: The Royal Mural Engineers Battalion
3rd Engineer Battalion: Duremenshire Coast Volunteer Engineers
4th Engineer Battalion: The Royal Hambrian Artificers
5th Engineer Battalion: The King's Electrical Engineers Battalion
6th Engineer Battalion: The First Royal Signals Battalion
7th Engineer Battalion: The Queen's Signallers
8th Engineer Battalion: The Hambrian Signallers
9th Engineer Battalion: The Aceshire Voluntary Engineers
10th Engineer Battalion: The Royal Cardish Engineers
11th Engineer Battalion: The Swent and Teyshire Voluntary Engineers
12th Engineer Battalion: The Walecester and Barminstershire Voluntary Engineers
13th Engineer Battalion: The Prince of Morney's Transport Engineers
14th Engineer Battalion: The Royal Almedian Volunteer Engineers

Personnel

National Service

Militia and Yeomanry

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