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British Territorial Army

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The Territorial Army is part of the British Army, composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate as their Regular equivalents. It forms about a quarter of the strength of the Army. Its original purpose was home defence, but it is being restructured and reroled to focus on providing support for the Regular army.

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