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His Majesty's Armed Forces
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/His_Majesty's_Armed_Forces
GPTKB entity
Statements (55)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeIn
~150,000 (2023)
gptkbp:alliedWith
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Nations
gptkb:Five_Eyes
gptkb:NATO
gptkb:AUKUS
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:annualRecruitment
~10,000 (varies by year)
gptkbp:budget
£50.4 billion (2023)
gptkbp:commanderInChief
gptkb:Monarch_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:composedOf
gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:engagedIn
gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Civil_War
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Kosovo_War
gptkb:Libyan_Civil_War_(2011)
gptkbp:founded
1707
gptkbp:garrison
gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Aldershot
gptkb:RAF_Brize_Norton
gptkbp:headquarters
Whitehall, London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
His Majesty's Armed Forces
gptkbp:legalBasis
gptkb:Defence_Act_1964
gptkbp:militaryBranch
gptkb:Special_Air_Service
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkb:Royal_Marines
gptkb:Air_Force
gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Special_Boat_Service
gptkbp:motto
gptkb:Be_the_Best_(British_Army)
gptkb:Per_Ardua_ad_Astra_(Royal_Air_Force)
gptkb:Si_vis_pacem,_para_bellum_(Royal_Navy)
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkb:Admiral_Lord_Nelson
gptkb:Field_Marshal_Bernard_Montgomery
gptkbp:nuclearDeterrent
gptkb:Trident
gptkbp:nuclearWeapons
Yes
gptkbp:officialWebsite
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
gptkbp:parentOrganization
gptkb:Ministry_of_Defence_(UK)
gptkbp:president
gptkb:King_Charles_III
gptkbp:primaryMission
defend the United Kingdom and its interests
gptkbp:reservePersonnel
~82,000 (2023)
gptkbp:responsibleFor
gptkb:Secretary_of_State_for_Defence
gptkbp:symbol
gptkb:Union_Jack
gptkb:Roundel
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:British_Armed_Forces
gptkb:Tonga_Defence_Services
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5