Ireland 1918 - British army

Fratton Fred wrote: »

If you want your book to be factually correct, you need to be aware that the English army hasn't existed since 1707.

Main article: History of the British Army

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, was one of the first generals in the British Army, fighting campaigns in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Shortly after the Act of Union in 1707 the English Army and Scottish and Irish regiments were amalgamated to form the British Army. The order of seniority of the most senior line regiments in the British Army is based on the order of seniority in the English army. Scottish and Irish regiments were only allowed to take a rank in the English army from the date of their arrival in England or the date when they were first placed on the English establishment. For example, in 1694 a board of general officers was convened to decide the rank of English, Irish and Scots regiments serving in the Netherlands; the regiment that became known as the Scots Greys were designated as the 4th Dragoons because there were three English regiments raised prior to 1688 when the Scots Greys were first placed on the English establishment. In 1713, when a new board of general officers was convened to decide upon the rank of several regiments, the seniority of the Scots Greys was reassessed and based on their entry into England in June 1685. At that time there was only one English regiment of dragoons, and so after some delay the Scots Greys obtained the rank of 2nd Dragoons in the British Army.[2]

If you say the British army didn't exist what was it replaced by? Above it says it was amalgamated.

Peregrinus wrote: »

He doesn't say the British Army didn't exist; he says the English Army didn't exist after 1707.

Prior to 1707, there were three armies available to the control of the British crown; the English Army, which was raised and maintained under the authority of legislation of the English Parliament and financed out of the revenues of the Kingdom of England, the Scottish Army and the Irish Army. (You can guess how the Scottish and Irish armies were raised, maintained, and financed, I imagine.) Occasionally military units would transfer from one army to another, e.g. regiments raised in Scotland would be transferred to the English military establishment, after which they were paid out of English taxes. In 1707 the separate English and Scottish armies ceased to exist, and they were replaced by the British Army. Some time shortly after 1801 the same thing happened to the separate Irish military establishment.

Thanks, my mistake. The idea for the novel is only in its infancy, I now wished I had listened more to my history in school because I am conducting a major lesson in Irish history.