Religion had a privileged place in the culture of the British Army. This was reflected in Queen’s Regulations and (less formally) in the treatment of religious conscientious objectors, and even prospective clergy, in the era of National Service. Religion also played a notable part in the Army’s cherished regimental system, inflecting regimental identities and traditions and helping to shape the identities of relatively new creations such as The Parachute Regiment and the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Sectarianism also had a role to play in the regimental tribalism of the British Army, especially in Scottish and Irish regiments. While the Army’s extensive network of churches and chapels advertised the continuing importance of religion in the institutional life of the Army, officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst inculcated its importance among the Army’s future leaders. In addition, the very public (but religiously inclusive) Christian faith of Elizabeth II fortified the role of religion in the Army, reinforcing its importance in an increasingly secular age and illustrating the historic (if now diluted) ascendancy of the Church of England.