What is British Army?
[[File:Sadler, Battle of Waterloo.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Battle of Waterloo]] one of the greatest victories in British military history, in part by the sound tactics of the commander, the [[Duke of Wellington]].]] [[File:St Sepulchre without Newgate, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1 - Royal Arms - geograph.org.uk - 1164324.jpg|thumb|[[Regiment|Regiments]]' [[Flag of the United Kingdom|flags]] in Saint Sepulchre-without-Newgate, [[London]]]] The '''British Army''' is the army of the [[British Armed Forces]], the military of the [[United Kingdom]]. The British Army came into being with unification of the [[Kingdoms]] of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] into the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] in 1707.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|last=Murdoch|first=Alexander|year=2007|title=England, Scotland, and the Acts of Union (1707)|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-96282|access-date=2021-06-17|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/96282|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606963.001.0001/acref-9780198606963|title=The Oxford Companion to Military History|last=Sheffield|first=Gary|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-19-860696-3|editor-last=Holmes|editor-first=Richard|language=en|chapter=British army|doi=10.1093/acref/9780198606963.001.0001|editor-last2=Singleton|editor-first2=Charles|editor-last3=Jones|editor-first3=Spencer|chapter-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606963.001.0001/acref-9780198606963-e-198}}</ref> The new British Army included [[regiment]]s that had already existed in England and Scotland and was administered by the War Office from [[London]]. Since 1963, it has been managed by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]. Around a quarter of soldiers in the British Army are in the [[Infantry]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dunlop|first=Tom|date=2022-01-10|title=How many soldiers are in each British Army regiment?