British Armed Forces

combined military forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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British Armed Forces

Summary

British Armed Forces is an armed forces[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,894 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Armed Forces is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British Armed Forces's instance of is recorded as armed forces[4].
  • British Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as His Majesty's Naval Service[5].
  • British Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as British Army[6].
  • British Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Royal Air Force[7].
  • British Armed Forces's Commons category is recorded as Military of the United Kingdom[8].
  • January 1, 1707 marks the founding of British Armed Forces[9].
  • British Armed Forces's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British Armed Forces[10].
  • British Armed Forces's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • British Armed Forces's topic has template is recorded as Template:British Armed Forces[12].
  • British Armed Forces's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'British Armed Forces'}[13].
  • British Armed Forces's commanded by is recorded as monarchy of the United Kingdom[14].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18979'}[15].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+18561'}[16].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+68500'}[17].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+19517'}[18].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20259'}[19].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+75500'}[20].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+78400'}[21].
  • British Armed Forces's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+82300'}[22].

Body

Founding

January 1, 1707 marks the founding of British Armed Forces[9].

Operations

Subsidiaries include His Majesty's Naval Service[5], a military branch[23], in United Kingdom[24], founded in 1630[25]; British Army[6], an army[26], in Kingdom of Great Britain[27], founded in 1707[28]; and Royal Air Force[7], an air force[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1918[31], headquartered in Ministry of Defence Main Building[32].

Why It Matters

British Armed Forces ranks in the top 4% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,894 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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