the office was replaced in 1904 with the creation of the Army Council and the appointment of Chief of the General Staff. The title reverted to the monarch, who remains (titular) "Commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces". The Forces The British military (ie., that part of the armed forces committed to land warfare, and not to be confused with the naval forces) was originally made up of several forces, including the British Army, the others being: the Ordnance Military Corps of the Board of Ordnance (including the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and Royal Sappers and Miners), being a professional, or regular force like the army); the Militia Force (or Constitutional Force), being a conscripted reserve infantry force able to be called out in times of emergency for home defence; the Yeomanry, being a similar mounted force; and the Volunteer Corps, made up of voluntary reserve units that normally only existed during wartime. The Board of Ordnance was abolished in 1855 and its military corps, commissariat stores, transport, barracks and other departments were absorbed into the British Army, which was also called Regular Force or Regular Army). The Reserve Forces were also known as the Auxiliary Forces and the Local Forces (as their personnel could not originally be compelled to serve outside their local areas), and were re-organised in the 1850s with the Militia becoming voluntary (but with recruits engaging for a period of service that they were obliged to complete), and the Volunteer Force permanently established. These forces were increasingly integrated with the British Army during the final decades of the Nineteenth Century and the first decades of the Twentieth Century (the Yeomanry and Volunteer Force became the Territorial Force in 1908, and the Militia became the Special Reserve (and ceased to exist after the First World War). Appointees The following table lists all those who have held the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces or its preceding positions. Ranks and honours are as at the completion of their tenure: † denotes people who died in office. |-style="text-align:center;" !colspan=7|Parliamentary General-in-Chief Command |-style="text-align:center;" !colspan=7|General-in-Chief Command |-style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Position vacant(3 January 1670 – 30 March 1674) |- |-style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Position vacant(1 December 1679 – 3 June 1690) |- |-style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Position vacant(1691 – 24 April 1702) |- |-style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Position vacant(1714 – 1 January 1744) |- |-style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Position vacant(1745 – 1745) |- |-style="text-align:center;" |colspan=7|Position vacant(17 January 1770 – 19 March 1778) |- |-style="text-align:center;" !colspan=7|Commander-in-Chief References Sources