Recruitment of Commonwealth citizens into the British Army

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Dear Ministry of Defence,
I would like to know the number of Commonwealth citizens recruited into the British Army. I am therefore soliciting the following information:
1. How many have been recruited into the British Army from 2010 to 2015?
2. The number of soldiers from each Commonwealth country and a breakdown by country of their various ranks in the army?
3. A breakdown by country of regular Soldiers, Officers and Territorial Soldiers?
4. A breakdown on how many are still in active service?
5. A breakdown by country of how many died in combat operations?
I would like this data to be supplied in spreadsheet (excel) format. If any of the requested information is not available in your data base, then please omit.

Yours faithfully,

Sulayman Bah

CIO-FOI (MULTIUSER),

Dear Mr Bah,

Your request has been logged under our reference 2016/01537 and the target date for response is 01 Mar 2016.

Yours sincerely

Information Rights team

Ministry of Defence

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Army Sec-&Group (MULTIUSER),

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Dear Mr Bah,

 

Please find attached a response to your recent request. 

 

ArmySec-&Group(Multiuser)

 

 

 

Dear Army Sec-&Group (MULTIUSER),
• Question 1. Does this relate to just Regulars or are you also interested in the Army
Reserve (formerly known as the Territorial Army)? Answer; This is for both Regulars and Territorial Army.

• Question 2. Does this relate to just Regulars or are you interested in the Army Reserve as
Well? Furthermore, are you requesting information in relation to just Soldiers, or Officers?
And Soldiers? Answer: This is related to Regulars, Army Reserves, Soldiers and Officers.

• Question 3. Please confirm whether or not you would require data for Army Regular
Officers as well as Army Reserve Soldiers? Answer: I will appreciate data Army Regular Officers and Army Reserve Soldiers.

• Question 4. Does this relate to those personnel who would be covered under Question 1
And do you require information for Regulars only or Regulars and Reserves? Answer: Regulars and Reserves.

• Question 5. Does this relate to Regulars only or Reservists who have been deployed on Operations and which Operations are you interested in? Answer: This is related to Regulars and Reservists on war operations.

Yours sincerely,

Sulayman Bah

Army Sec-&Group (MULTIUSER),

Dear Mr Bah,

Thank you for your email.

Just to confirm, we will now search our recorded information for the following data:

1. How many have been recruited into the British Army from 2010 to 2015?

This will cover Army Officers and Soldiers in both the Regulars and Reserves.

2. The number of soldiers from each Commonwealth country and a breakdown by country of their various ranks in the army?

This will also cover Army Officers and Soldiers in the Regulars and Reserves.

3. A breakdown by country of regular Soldiers, Officers and Territorial Soldiers?

This will cover Army Regular Soldiers and Officers and Army Reserve Soldiers.

4. A breakdown on how many are still in active service?

This relates to those covered by Q1.

5. A breakdown by country of how many died in combat operations?

This will cover Army Officers and Soldiers in the Regulars and Reserves. We will limit the search to Operation Telic (Iraq) and Operation Herrick (Afghanistan).

Yours sincerely,

Army Secretariat.

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Army Sec-&Group (MULTIUSER),

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Dear Mr Bah,

 

Please find attached a response to your recent FOI request. 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Army Secretariat

 

ArmySec-&Group(Multiuser)