Field Army (United Kingdom)

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Field Army
UK Field Army Badge.png
ActiveSeptember 2003 – present
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchFlag of the British Army.svg  British Army
RoleResponsible for "generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations".
Part of Army Headquarters
Garrison/HQ Trenchard Lines, Upavon
Commanders
CommanderLt Gen Mike Elviss

The Field Army is a command of the British Army responsible for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations. Commander Field Army reports to the Chief of the General Staff.

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Background

Following the 1966 Defence White Paper, United Kingdom Land Forces was formed, and the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces was created, with the holder having the rank of Lieutenant General. In 1982, as a result of the 1981 Defence White Paper, this post was redesignated as Commander, United Kingdom Field Army, typically shortened to just 'Commander Field Army'. Commander Field Army oversaw corps directors such as Commander, Royal Corps of Signals or Commander, Transport and Movements (Royal Corps of Transport). [1]

United Kingdom Field Army was headquartered at Erskine Barracks in Wilton and responsible for organising home defence forces. The UK Field Army was described by senior officers as "roughly the home equivalent of the British Corps in West Germany", but its commander told Beevor that it was 'not a coherent organisation'. UK Field Army was responsible for all out-of-area operations, training, and home administration. [2] By 1991, the United Kingdom Field Army presided over nearly 40,000 regular soldiers, just over 70,000 members of the Territorial Army (TA), and 6,000 civilians. In addition to the UK Field Army's defence commitments, the Field Army was responsible for aid to the civil authority. [3]

The post was disestablished in 1995 following the Options for Change defence review. [4] [3]

Land Command was later divided in 2003, under the LANDmark reorganisation, into two suborganisations, Field Army and Regional Forces, that paralleled the Cold War structure of UKLF. [5] Commander Field Army had two deployable divisions (1st Armoured Division, 3rd Mechanised Division), Theatre Troops, Joint Helicopter Command, and Training Support under him. In 2007 it was announced that a new deployable divisional HQ would be established until at least 2011, as a means of meeting the UK's commitments to provide divisional HQs on a rotational basis to Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan and as the lead nation of Multi-National Division (South-East) in Iraq. This was based in York and formed around the re-established 6th Division. [4] [6]

Field Army

Marlborough Lines, Andover British Army Land Forces Headquarters (HQ Land) Marlborough Lines in Andover MOD 45160258.jpg
Marlborough Lines, Andover

Under another reorganisation effective from 1 November 2011 the Chief of the General Staff took direct command of the Army through a new structure, based at Andover, known as "Army Headquarters". [7] [8] [9] The post of Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces ceased to exist. [8] In its place a new post of Commander, Land Forces was created, to be held by a lieutenant general (three-star rank). [10]

Following the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010, the government announced significant changes to the structure of the formations under Land Forces that would be implemented from 2010 - 2020: [11]

When Personnel Support Command was established in 2015, it was decided that the role of SJC(UK) Commander was to transfer to Commander PSC in Aldershot. In due course PSC became Home Command. [12]

On 23 November 2015, it was announced that the post of Commander Land Forces would be renamed as Commander Field Army as part of the Army Command Review. [13] CFA will have four brigadiers under their command, namely: Assistant Chief of Staff Commitments, Assistant Chief of Staff Support, Assistant Chief of Staff Warfare and Assistant Chief of Staff Training. [14] [15] During the reorganisation, the post of Assistant Chief of Staff (Warfare) was to be held by the Director, Land Warfare Centre. [4]

Land Operations Command was established on 2 September 2019 as a staff branch within Headquarters Field Army in Andover. Through it, Commander Field Army conducts the planning, generation and operational control of all Field Army deployments. [16]

List of structures

End of Cold War (1989)

Future Army Structure (2008)

Army 2020 (2015)

Army 2020 Refine (2021)

Future Soldier (2030)

Commanders

Following the 1966 Defence White Paper, United Kingdom Land Forces was formed, and the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief, UK Land Forces was created, with the holder having the rank of Lieutenant General. In 1982, as a result of the 1981 Defence White Paper, this post was redesignated as Commander, United Kingdom Field Army, typically shortened to just 'Commander Field Army'. Commander Field Army oversaw several 'deputy commanders', including one each for the services such as Commander, Royal Corps of Signals or Commander, Transport and Movements (Royal Corps of Transport). The Commander Field Army worked as the official field commander for UK Land Forces during this period, though the post was disestablished in 1995 following the Options for Change. [4]

In November 2015, the post of Commander Land Forces was redesignated as Commander Field Army. [134]

Commander United Kingdom Field Army
ImageRankNameTerm beganTerm endedRef
Lieutenant General Redmond "Reddy" Watt September 2003March 2005 [135]
Lieutenant General Robin Brims March 2005October 2007 [136]
Lieutenant General Graeme Lamb October 2007July 2009 [137]
Op Honours (36) 2011 (White-Spunner cropped).jpg Lieutenant General Barney White-Spunner July 2009October 2011 [138]
Army (British Army) General Sir Nicholas Carter (US Army photo 180514-A-IW468-223).jpg Lieutenant General Nick Carter October 2011January 2012 [139]
Commander Field Army
James Everard (39521465025) (Everard cropped).jpg Lieutenant General Sir James Everard November 2015December 2016 [140]
General Patrick Sanders.png Lieutenant General Patrick Sanders December 2016March 2019 [141]
Lieutenant General Ivan Jones (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General Ivan Jones March 2019April 2021 [142]
20190110-Col of Regt Portrait (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General Ralph Wooddisse April 2021March 2024 [143]
Michael R. Elviss (cropped).jpg Lieutenant General Mike Elviss March 2024 [144]

Footnotes

Notes

  1. Sections at Colchester Garrison, Taunton, Bulford, Preston, York, and Edinburgh
  2. The Collective Training Group is a 1-star command (Brigade-sized) which provides collective training for Commander Field Army.
  3. The Field Training Unit is a 1-star command (brigade equivalent) which provides training for the Field Army's light and mechanised battlegroups

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1st Reconnaissance Brigade (United Kingdom)</span> Former British Army unit

The 1st Reconnaissance Brigade was a short-lived specialist formation of the British Army which administered the formation reconnaissance regiments not attached to a division or brigade, and was disbanded sometime between 2005 and 2006.

The 2nd Division Transport Regiment was a military support unit of the British Army, forming part of the Royal Corps of Transport. Initially formed in 1953, the regiment would serve the 2nd Infantry Division until its first disbandment in 1984 following a reorganisation of the British Army of the Rhine. Reformed one year later, it would finally be disbanded in 1993 following the End of the Cold War.

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