British Army
About British Army
The British Army is the land warfare force of the United Kingdom responsible for defending the UK, the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. The British Army, founded in 1707, has seen involvement in most of the world's major wars throughout history, including both world wars. As of 1 January 2026, the British Army comprises 73,790 regular full-time personnel, 4,190 Gurkhas, 25,770 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,870 "other personnel", for a total of 108,620.
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René, I think, was the only female parachutist in the British Army during the war. They were sent in with the 13th Lancashires. One of the articles I read said they were called Paradox — short for parachuting dogs.
from No Such Thing As The Loch Ness Monster, 2014-04-18 at 00:21:50 · read transcript
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No. Two ends of the spectrum, then. It shows your different tastes, and that's fine. They only started being issued bras in 2021. It's a booby-doo. Booby-doo. Booby-doo. The company Booby-doo supplies the bras with the British Army now. Yeah. Wow. It would have taken us a while to get that, I reckon. It would. OK, it is time for our final fact of the show, and that is Anna.
417: No Such Thing As A Guide Dog Called Neil, 2022-03-11 · listen
Why would being commando make your balls any more likely to drop off in pants than anyone else? Jungle territory is the thing. Possibly it would have started around the Korean War or the Vietnam War, perhaps. The British Army do have special antimicrobial pants. You can wear them for months on end, because if you're deployed somewhere where you're going to be for months on end, I suppose it's useful. Yeah.
417: No Such Thing As A Guide Dog Called Neil, 2022-03-11 · listen
They didn't sell. Probably because they didn't meet the reserve price, which would be higher. Next question. I've written Herman Goering, and I then didn't write down the price that they went for. You'd never have got that from Brucey. Do you know who makes British Army bras? Oh, no. Victoria's Secret. Marx and Spencer. Two ends of the spectrum. It shows your different tastes and that's fine. They only started being issued bras in 2021.
No Such Thing As A Guide Dog Called Neil, 2022-03-11 · listen
They're cancelled plate. for the day. Oh, what did they do? Did they say something mean about? It is time for fact number two, and that is Andy. My fact is that the British Army used lances until 1927. Wow, I'm surprised it was that, that early that they got rid of it. Really? I mean... If you think about it, we got what, the nuclear bomb 20 years later.
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- Montpellier · France
Coordinates: 51.5037, -0.1281