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Originally Posted by Stonker

I didn't realise how far off I was.

An error of about 30k, according to the official figures here:

http://www.publications.parliament.u...70122w0026.htm

Look for the table halfway down the page, or word search for:
size of the Army has changed since 1982
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Stonkernote: Numbers in square brackets are serial numbers assigned to identify each of the questions being asked

Quite a few extra in this lot as well

UK regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists

It would be interesting to see if the number of Star ranked officers has gone up or down as well.

Originally Posted by western

Originally Posted by Stonker

I didn't realise how far off I was.

An error of about 30k, according to the official figures here:

http://www.publications.parliament.u...70122w0026.htm

Look for the table halfway down the page, or word search for:
size of the Army has changed since 1982
======
Stonkernote: Numbers in square brackets are serial numbers assigned to identify each of the questions being asked

Quite a few extra in this lot as well

UK regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists

It would be interesting to see if the number of Star ranked officers has gone up or down as well.

The total has prob'ly gone down - not least 'cos Inge binned the rank of FM (once he had been made into one)

The real test would be to comare the ratio of Generals : Rank and File then and now.

Back then we had then the highest no of generals per square soldier in NATO.

Stonker, I don't know about binning the rank of Field Marshall, wasn't that just a war time appointment?

Could be wrong of course, I mostly am these days.

Originally Posted by basso

Stonker, I don't know about binning the rank of Field Marshall, wasn't that just a war time appointment?

Could be wrong of course, I mostly am these days.

1. I do

2. No, it wasn't

3. You are :D

Originally Posted by mushroom

According to my book All the World’s Armies published in 1979 the British Army was then

160837 strong including 5740 women and 7400 men enlisted outside of Britain. This was 51.34% of the Regular Forces.




There was also 11 Bns of UDR.

Where did you get the 5740 women stationed outside the UK. Most of the Army was in BAOR and I cannot remember seeing any regts of WRACs out there in a regular basis. This was in the days when they were still classed as cuddly groundsheets.

Originally Posted by Tytus_Barnowl

Originally Posted by mushroom

According to my book All the World’s Armies published in 1979 the British Army was then

160837 strong including 5740 women and 7400 men enlisted outside of Britain. This was 51.34% of the Regular Forces.




There was also 11 Bns of UDR.

Where did you get the 5740 women stationed outside the UK. Most of the Army was in BAOR and I cannot remember seeing any regts of WRACs out there in a regular basis. This was in the days when they were still classed as cuddly groundsheets.

The answer may well lie in your passport - issued by the gunmint of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

NI is legally outwith Britain (making Paisleyite claims to being "British" complete bollix, I am happy to say) but within the UK.

Originally Posted by Stonker

Originally Posted by basso

Stonker, I don't know about binning the rank of Field Marshall, wasn't that just a war time appointment?

Could be wrong of course, I mostly am these days.

1. I do

2. No, it wasn't

3. You are :D

Right, that's me fecked off at the high port then.



Feckin know all. :D :D