Women in the British Army

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women_in_the_British_Army
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:military
gptkbp:allowed_in_combat_roles 2016
gptkbp:first_female_general Susan Ridge
gptkbp:first_female_infantry_soldiers 2019
gptkbp:first_female_major_general Sharon Nesmith
gptkbp:first_female_officer_commissioned 1917
gptkbp:first_female_to_command_a_battalion 2011
gptkbp:first_female_to_command_a_brigade 2019
gptkbp:first_female_to_join_Household_Cavalry 2018
gptkbp:first_female_to_join_Royal_Armoured_Corps 2017
gptkbp:first_female_to_join_Royal_Tank_Regiment 2018
gptkbp:first_female_to_pass_Parachute_Regiment_selection 2020
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Adjutant_General's_Corps 1992
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Army_Air_Corps 1992
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Army_Catering_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Army_Legal_Services 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_bomb_disposal 2000s
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_close_combat_role 2018
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Intelligence_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Chaplains'_Department 1996
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Dental_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Educational_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Medical_Corps 1916
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Ordnance_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Pay_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Physical_Training_Corps 1992
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Service_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Artillery 1992
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Corps_of_Signals 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Corps_of_Transport 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers 1992
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Engineers 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Logistic_Corps 1993
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Military_Police 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Pioneer_Corps 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Royal_Signals 1949
gptkbp:first_female_to_serve_in_Special_Forces_Support_Group 2019
gptkbp:first_officially_served during World War I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Women in the British Army
gptkbp:number_of_women_serving_(2023) about 10,000
gptkbp:percentage_of_total_army_(2023) about 10%
gptkbp:serves gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Auxiliary_Territorial_Service
gptkb:Women's_Royal_Army_Corps
gptkb:Queen_Mary's_Army_Auxiliary_Corps
gptkbp:subject_to_conscription never
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Women_in_the_Royal_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7