Additional Forces Acts 1803
Created the Army of Reserve for the defence of England
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A set of three Additional Forces Acts of July 1803 created an Army of Reserve for the defence of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against the imminent threat of sea-borne invasion by Napoleon's French Revolutionary Army. A total of 15,780 men were added to the country's armed forces by these compulsory measures, creating an "Army of Reserve".
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| Long title | An Act to enable his Majesty more effectually to raise and assemble in England an additional Military Force for the better Defence and Security of the United Kingdom and for the more vigorous Prosecution of the War. | ||||||||
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| Citation | 43 Geo. 3. c. 82 | ||||||||
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom | ||||||||
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| Royal assent | 6 July 1803 | ||||||||
| Commencement | 6 July 1803[a] | ||||||||
| Repealed | 6 August 1872 | ||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||
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| Long title | An Act to enable his Majesty more effectually to raise and assemble an additional Military Force in Scotland for the better Defence and Security of the United Kingdom and for the more vigorous Prosecution of the War. | ||||||||||
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| Citation | 43 Geo. 3. c. 83 | ||||||||||
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom | ||||||||||
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| Royal assent | 6 July 1803 | ||||||||||
| Commencement | 6 July 1803[a] | ||||||||||
| Repealed | 6 August 1872 | ||||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||||
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| Long title | An Act to enable his Majesty more effectually to raise and assemble in Ireland an additional Military Force for the better Defence and Security of the United Kingdom and for the vigorous Prosecution of the War. | ||||||||
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| Citation | 43 Geo. 3. c. 85 | ||||||||
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom | ||||||||
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| Royal assent | 11 July 1803 | ||||||||
| Commencement | 11 July 1803[a] | ||||||||
| Repealed | 6 August 1872 | ||||||||
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Status: Repealed | |||||||||
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The acts – one each for England (43 Geo. 3. c. 82), Scotland (c. 83) and Ireland (c. 85) – were passed by William Pitt the Younger despite strong political opposition.[1][2]
Subsequent developments
The whole of the three acts were repealed by section 1 of, and the schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 63), which came into force on 6 August 1872.[3]
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