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Alexander Elliot
Major-General Sir Alexander James Hardy Elliot, (23 February 1825 – 1 July 1909) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Military career Born the son of Admiral Sir George Elliot, Elloit was commissioned as a cavalry officer on 22 February 1843. He was promoted to cornet in the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers on 18 July 1848 and to lieutenant in the 5th Dragoon Guards on 14 June 1850. He served as aide-de-camp to General Sir James Scarlett, Commander of the Heavy Brigade, at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 during the Crimean War The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia. Geopolitical causes of the war included the de .... He went on to command the troops in the North British District in 1885 and retired in 1888. He was Colonel of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiners) from 1892 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major-General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a lieutenant general outranking a major general, whereas a major outranks a lieutenant. In the Commonwealth and in the United States, when appointed to a field command, a major general is typically in command of a division consisting of around 6,000 to 25,000 troops (several regiments or brigades). It is a two-star rank that is subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the rank of brigadier or brigadier general. In the Commonwealth, major general is equivalent to the navy rank of rear admiral. In air forces with a separate rank structure (Commonwealth), major general is equivalent to air vice-marshal. In some countries including much of Eastern Europe, major general is the lowest of the general officer ranks, with no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st (Empress Of India's) Lancers
The 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1858 and amalgamated with the 17th Lancers in 1922 to form the 17th/21st Lancers. Perhaps its most famous engagement was the Battle of Omdurman, where Winston Churchill (then an officer of the 4th Hussars), rode with the unit. History Formation The regiment was originally raised in Bengal by the East India Company in 1858 as the 3rd Bengal European Light Cavalry, for service in the Indian Rebellion. As with all other "European" units of the Company, it was placed under the command of the British Crown in 1858, and formally moved into the British Army in 1862, when it was designated as a hussar regiment and titled the 21st Regiment of Hussars. A detachment saw service in the 1884–5 expedition to the Sudan, with the Light Camel Regiment. In 1897 it was re-designated as a lancer regiment, becoming the 21st Lancers. The Indian origin of the regiment was commemorated in its "French grey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Dragoon Guards Officers
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Knights Commander Of The Order Of The Bath
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1909 Deaths
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1825 Births
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British Army Major Generals
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Frederick William Benson
Major-General Sir Frederick William Benson, KCB was a Canadian-born British Army officer. Born into a prominent Canadian family, Benson fought in the Fenian raids as a teen, before proceeding to England to pursue a military career. A cavalry officer, Benson spent much of his early career in India, with the exception of a stint in England to attend the Staff College. Biography Early life in Canada Born at St. Catharines, Canada West, Frederick Benson was the son of Senator James Rea Benson by his wife, the daughter of Charles Fortescue Ingersoll and a niece of Laura Secord. He was educated at the Grantham Academy, T. B. Phillips' private school at St. Catharines, and Upper Canada College. In 1866, he enlisted in the 19th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry), Canada, and took part in that year's campaign against Fenian raiders on the Niagara frontier as a private. For his service, he received the Canada General Service Medal with clasp. Benson later became honorary colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert White (British Army Officer)
General Sir Robert White (21 February 1827 – 17 September 1902) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District. Military career White was commissioned into the 17th Light Dragoons on 15 October 1847, and was promoted to lieutenant the following year. Promoted to captain in 1852, he fought and was severely wounded at the Battle of Alma in September 1854 during the Crimean War. He was also badly wounded at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854, when he had his horse shot under him. In 1857 he proceeded with his regiment to India, and served throughout the campaign in Central India 1858–1859, part of the time in command of a flying column. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1860, to colonel in 1865, and to major-general in 1870. He went on to be Commander of the 22nd Brigade, based at Norton Barracks in Worcestershire, in 1873 and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in September 1882. Promotion to lieutenant-general followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fryer (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir John Fryer, KCB, (27 June 1838 – 28 January 1917) was a British Army officer. Fryer was born at Wimborne Minster, Dorset, the eldest son of John Fryer and Mary Rogers Fryer. After studying at Exeter College, Oxford, he entered the Army in 1860 as a cornet in The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards). He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 18 February 1862, captain on 5 April 1864, major on 15 December 1869, and lieutenant-colonel on 17 March 1877.Hart′s Army list, 1903 As such he commanded the regiment from 1877 to 1882, during which he was promoted to the rank of colonel on 1 July 1881. His period of command included the regiment's operations in Afghanistan during the Second Anglo-Afghan War, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). After stepping down from his command, he was further promoted to major-general on 23 July 1890, and lieutenant-general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Dragoon Guards (The Carabiniers)
The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1685 as the Lord Lumley's Regiment of Horse. It was renamed as His Majesty's 1st Regiment of Carabiniers in 1740, the 3rd Regiment of Horse (Carabiniers) in 1756 and the 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards in 1788. After two centuries of service, including the First World War, the regiment was amalgamated with the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards in 1922. History The regiment was raised during the reign of James II, by Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, who recruited an independent troop of horse in response to the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion. It was subsequently used to create Lord Lumley's Regiment of Horse, and ranked as the 9th Regiment of Horse; the Queen Dowager then gave approval for Lumley to use the title The Queen Dowager's Horse. Lumley was removed in early 1687 for refusing to admit Catholic officers, and replaced by the loyalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley (2 September 1837 – 16 February 1926) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Military career Educated at Harrow School, Lyttelton-Annesley was commissioned into the 11th Hussars in July 1854. He took part in the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 and the Battle of the Chernaya in August 1855 during the Crimean War. He went out to India in 1866 and then returned to England to take command of his regiment in 1877 before being appointed Assistant-Adjutant-General of the Horse Guards in 1878 and then Adjutant-General of the Bombay Army in 1883. He went on to command the troops in the North British District in 1888 before retiring in 1893. In 1896 he was given the colonelcy of the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, transferring in 1902 to be colonel of the 11th Hussars until his death in 1926. He was invested Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1923 New Year Honours The New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
