Regiments Introduction (Land Forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth) (original) (raw)
Authors and Contributors this page: T.F. Mills
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Regiments and Corps...
... what you will find here
[Skip to Regiments Index below]
As our domain name suggests, regiments are the raison d'�tre of this web site, our goal being to catalogue essential information about every regiment. What are regiments and corps? See our Dictionary of Unit Nomenclature for definitions. The main feature of this section is:
- Regimental pages for every regiment of the Empire and Commonwealth. Each page contains snapshot information such as title changes and lineage, battalion service histories, battle honours, badges, lists of colonels, alliances, bibliographies, etc. as well as links to "every" known regimental page on the internet (official, historical, biographical, re-enactment, etc.). Several features are cross-referenced to other sections of the site. For example, the battle honours for each regiment are linked to war pages which give more information about the context of the battles and their wars. When perusing these pages for information, it is important to follow a regiment through its various mergers in order to obtain complete contextual and bibliographic information. This site is designed to help you trace the changes in designations of regiments, and the complexities of their lineages. See, for example, The York and Lancaster Regiment of the British Army. As of 2004 there are well over 2,000 such "snapshot" pages for regiments.
To aid navigation of the regimental pages, we provide several aids:
- Introductions to the regimental system of various nations, explaining the historical context for raisings and disbandments and the impact of the evolution of warfare on regiments. See, for example, Introduction to British Regiments.
- Indexes of all the regiments of the Empire and Commonwealth. National and regional indexes include most common title variations, and these link to dedicated pages for each regiment. See, for example, Numeric Index of Canadian Regiments.
- Lists of regiments in order of precedence at different times in history. These pages help place a regiment in the context of the times, and where it fit in the overall army structure. See, for example, Regiments and Corps of the Indian Army in 1947.
- Abbreviations of Land Force Units in the Empire and Commonwealth, from AAC to Y&L.
- Dictionary of Unit Nomenclature, from airborne to yeomanry.
- Precedence of Regiments and Corps, an explanation of the rules for the placement of units on the battlefield and on parade.
The table below is the gateway to all regimental pages and indexes on this site.
| **Europe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Overview | Alphabetic | Numeric |
| Europe, and Foreign Corps in British Service | Alphabetic | ||
| **Americas & Atlantic | |||
| Canada (1783-present) | Overview  |
Alphabetic | Numeric |
| North America (1600-1783) | Alphabetic | ||
| Atlantic Islands & West Indies | Alphabetic | ||
| **Africa | |||
| Central Africa | Overview | Alphabetic | |
| East Africa | Alphabetic | ||
| West Africa | Alphabetic | ||
| Southern Africa (High Commission Territories) | Alphabetic | ||
| South Africa | Overview |
Alphabetic | Numeric |
| **Asia & Middle East | |||
| Middle East | Alphabetic | ||
| South Asia | Overview | Alphabetic | Numeric |
| Sri Lanka | Alphabetic | ||
| Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei | Alphabetic | ||
| China (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Weihaiwei, etc.) | Alphabetic | ||
| **Oceania | |||
| Australia | Overview |
Alphabetic | Numeric |
| New Zealand | Overview |
Alphabetic | Numeric |
| Pacific Islands | Alphabetic | ||
| **Special Indexes | |||
| Empire & Commonwealth | Irish Regiments | ||
| Scottish Regiments | |||
| Special Forces Units |
