A country in which the Army serves is defined in two ways:
(i) Politically
(ii) Where the General has given approval to the work, thus officially recognising it, ensuring it has legal identity and a Deed Poll is published to acknowledge this.
As far as political status is concerned, for the Army’s purposes, three categories are recognised:
(a) Independent countries, eg, USA and New Zealand;
(b) Internally independent political entities which are under the protection of another country in matters of defence and foreign affairs, eg, The Færoes, Isle of Man, Puerto Rico;
(c) Colonies and other dependent political units, eg, Bermuda, French Guiana, Guam, Guernsey, Jersey, Virgin Islands.
Administrative subdivisions of a country such as Wales and Scotland in the UK are not recognised as separate countries for this purpose. The countries fulfilling the quoted criteria, with the date on which the work was officially recognised in brackets, are as follows:
Angola…..(1985) Bahamas…..(1931) Cambodia……(2012) Denmark…..(1887) Ecuador…..(1985) Færoes, The…..(1924) Gabon…..(2018)
| Guam…..(1994) Haiti…..(1950) Iceland…..(1895) Jamaica…..(1887) Kenya…..(1921) Latvia…..(1923 and 1990) Macau (2000) Namibia…..(1932 and 2008) | Pakistan…..(1883) Romania…..(1999) St Christopher Nevis (St Kitts)…..(1904) Taiwan…..(1965) Thailand ….. (2023) Uganda…..(1931) Venezuela…..(1972) |
