Regimental marches of the British Army Infantry; Military Provost Staff Corps - The Metropolitan; Normandy Veterans' Association - Normandy Veterans; Parachute Regiment - Ride of the Valkyries; 7th Prince of Wales' Division - God Bless the Prince of Wales; Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - Ca Ira and The Yorkshire Lass; Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - The Farmer's Boy/The Soldiers of the Queen; Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - Gray and Scarlet; Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service - QARNNS March; Queen's Royal Irish Hussars - St Patrick's Day, Berkeley's Dragoons and The Galloping 8th Hussars; Queen's Regiment - Soldiers of the
History of the British Army British Empire. The British Army has long been at the forefront of new military developments. It was the first in the world to develop and deploy the tank, and what is now the Royal Air Force (RAF) had its origins within the British Army as the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). At the same time the British Army emphasises the continuity and longevity of several of its institutions and military tradition. The English Army was first established as a standing military force in 1660. In 1707 many regiments of the English and Scottish armies were already combined under one operational command