Outline of the British Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War

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The following is a hierarchical outline for the British Armed Forces at the end of the Cold War. It is intended to convey the connections and relationships between units and formations.

In 1989 the British Armed Forces had a peacetime strength of 311,600 men, and defence expenditures were 4.09% of GDP.[1] The strength of the Royal Navy in 1989 was 65,500;[2] that of the British Army: 152,800; and that of the Royal Air Force 93,300.[2]

Ministry of Defence

Within the

MOD Main Building in London, the Ministry of Defence, through the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, supervised the Army Board, Admiralty Board, and the Air Force Board
.

The

RAE Farnborough and RAE Bedford; and the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, at Malvern
.

The Ministry of Defence building in Whitehall, Westminster, London

Other MoD organisations included:

British Army forces in Brunei

Director Special Forces

Joint establishments

Joint establishments were tri-service units providing services to all three branches of the British Armed Forces.

Defence Operations Executive

The Defence Operations Executive, led by the

2-star rank flag officers.[4]
CBF Cyprus was a rotational post between the Army and RAF, at two-star level; CBF Belize was an Army brigadier; CBF Falklands was a rotational post between all three services at two-star level; and CBF Hong Kong was an Army major general.

British Forces Belize

The Commander

British Forces Belize was a British Army Brigadier
.

British Forces Cyprus

The post of Commander

Major General and Rear admiral
).

British Forces Falkland Islands

The post of Commander

Major General, Rear admiral or Air vice-marshal
).

British Forces Hong Kong

A Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force Aerospatiale Dauphin helicopter leaving its hangar during a Search and Rescue exercise in 1982.

The Commander

Major General.[7][8][9]

The two local auxiliary defence forces were administered by the Hong Kong Government, but when mobilized for active service would have come under the command of the Commander British Forces:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Army cuts: how have UK armed forces personnel numbers changed over time?". The Guardian. September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-0-333-39153-2
    . Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "World's Air Forces 1989". Flight International: 61–62. 29 November 1989. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  4. ^ Antony Beevor, Inside the British Army, Corgi Books, 1990, 186-7.
  5. ISBN 9781317454960
    . Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b David Gledhill (2014). Fighters over the Falklands: Defending the Islanders' Way of Life. Fonthill Media.
  7. ISBN 978-0-230-27118-0
    . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  8. ISBN 978-962-201-430-5
    . Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Gurkha Infantry". British Army units from 1945 on. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
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