Army Board
{{Short description|Governing body of the British Army}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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| seal = Army Board Member Flag.png
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| seal_caption = Flag of a military member of the Army Board
| formed = 1964
| preceding1 = Army Council
| jurisdiction = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| headquarters = Whitehall, Westminster, London
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| chief1_name = John Healey -
Secretary of State for Defence
Army Board Chairman
| parent_agency = Ministry of Defence
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The Army Board is the top single-service management committee of the British Army, and has always been staffed by senior politicians and soldiers. Until 1964 it was known as the Army Council.{{sfn|Holmes|2011|pp=22–23}}
Membership of the Board
The composition is as follows:{{cite web |url=http://www.armedforces.co.uk/army/listings/l0003.html |title=Army Board |year=2015 |publisher=Armed Forces |access-date=26 April 2015}}
- Civilian
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Minister of State for the Armed Forces
- Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
- Under Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans
- Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
- Second Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Secretary of the Army Board)
- British Army
- Chief of the General Staff
- Deputy Chief of the General Staff
- Assistant Chief of the General Staff
- Commander Home Command
- Commander Field Army
- Chief of Materiel (Land)
- Army Sergeant Major
The Executive Committee of the Army Board (ECAB) dictates the policy required for the Army to function efficiently and meet the aims required by the Defence Council and government. The Chief of the General Staff is the chairman of the Executive Committee of the Army Board.
In 2015, the newly created Army Sergeant Major became the first Army representative not a commissioned officer to be a member of the Executive Committee of the Army Board.{{cite web|title=New Army Sergeant Major Glenn Haughton|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/news/27179.aspx|website=Army.mod.uk|publisher=British Army|access-date=20 August 2015|date=20 August 2015}}
Former members of the board
Included: {{cite book | title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1974-75|editor-last=Paxton|editor-first1=John| publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | publication-place=Basingstoke|edition=111th| date=25 August 1974 | isbn=978-0-230-27103-6 | doi=10.1057/9780230271036|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vI3JDQAAQBAJ&q=former+members+of+the+army+board+UK&pg=PA107| page=107}}{{cite book|editor-last=Paxton|editor-first1=John | title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1985-86 | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan | publication-place=Basingstoke |edition=122nd| date=25 August 1985 | isbn=978-0-230-27114-2 | doi=10.1057/9780230271142|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtnMDQAAQBAJ&q=former+members+of+the+army+board+UK&pg=PA1301|page=1301|doi-broken-date=18 May 2025 }}
- Chief Scientist (Army), (civil)
- Deputy Under Secretary of State (Army), (civil)
- Master-General of the Ordnance, (military)
- Permanent Under Secretary of State (Administration), (civil)
- Vice-Chief of the General Staff, (military)
See also
- Air Force Board – for the RAF
- Admiralty Board – for the Royal Navy
References
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Sources
- {{citation |last=Holmes |first=Richard |year=2011 |title=Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors |location=UK |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=9780007457724 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uSt2rm5m6jAC&pg=PA22 22]–23}}
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