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Henry Jackson (British Army Officer)
General Sir Henry Cholmondeley Jackson (12 August 1879 – 19 October 1972) was a British Army General who achieved high office in the 1930s. Military career Jackson was commissioned into the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment in 1899. He then became Adjutant at the Mounted Infantry School at Longmoor in 1908. He became General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the Western Front in April 1918 during the First World War. After the War he became Commander of 5th Infantry Brigade from 1919 and then Commandant at the Machine Gun School at Netheravon from 1924 before moving on to become Director of Military Training at Army Headquarters in India in 1926. He became General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1931 and then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Western Command in 1936 before retiring in 1939. He was Colonel of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General (United Kingdom)
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army. The rank can also be held by Royal Marines officers in tri-service posts, for example, General Sir Gordon Messenger the former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff. It ranks above Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), lieutenant-general and, in the Army, is subordinate to the rank of Field marshal (United Kingdom), field marshal, which is now only awarded as an honorary rank. The rank of general has a NATO-code of OF-9, and is a four-star rank. It is equivalent to a Admiral (Royal Navy), full admiral in the Royal Navy or an air chief marshal in the Royal Air Force. Officers holding the ranks of lieutenant-general and Major-general (United Kingdom), major-general may be generically considered to be generals. Insignia A general's insignia is a crossed sword and baton. This appeared o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War. Following the outbreak of war in August 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The German advance was halted with the Battle of the Marne. Following the Race to the Sea, both sides dug in along a meandering line of fortified trenches, stretching from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier with France, which changed little except during early 1917 and in 1918. Between 1915 and 1917 there were several offensives along this front. The attacks employed massive artillery bombardments and massed infantry advances. Entrenchments, machine gun emplacements, barbed wire and artillery repeatedly inflicted severe casualties during attacks and counter-attacks and no significant advances were made. Among the most costly of these offensives were the Battle of Verdun, in 1916, with a combined 700,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Denning
Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Francis Stewart Denning (12 June 1894 – 23 May 1990) was a British Army staff officer and administrator. Military career Reginald Denning was born in Whitchurch, Hampshire, in 1894 to Charles and Clara Denning. His siblings included Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning and Norman Denning. He joined the British Army at the beginning of World War I as a private with the Queen's Westminsters, and was sent to serve on the Western Front in 1914, where he was stationed at Ypres. He initially refused to apply for a commission until his elder brother forced him to, and in 1915 he was commissioned in the Bedfordshire Regiment. On 15 June 1915 he was severely injured. After running forward in an assault against the enemy flank he spotted some soldiers hiding in a trench. Running over to confront them he was hit with a 'pole-axe blow' to the head, which turned out to be a bullet passing through his shoulder and into the back of his head. He was left for dead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl Of Cavan
Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, (16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946), known as Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 until 1900, was a British Army officer and Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He served in the Second Boer War, led XIV Corps (United Kingdom), XIV Corps during the First World War, and later advised the Government on the implementation of the Geddes's Axe, Geddes report, which advocated a large reduction in defence expenditure; he presided over a major reduction in the size of the British Army. Early career Born into an aristocratic family of Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish descent, he was the son of Frederick Lambart, 9th Earl of Cavan, the 9th Earl of Cavan and Mary Sneade Lambart (''née'' Olive). He was educated at Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Lambart was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 29 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second Battle of Ypres. In the Second World War, he served initially as Commander-in-Chief Middle East, in which role he led British forces to victory over the Italians in western Egypt and eastern Libya during Operation Compass in December 1940, only to be defeated by the German Army in the Western Desert in April 1941. He served as Commander-in-Chief, India, from July 1941 until June 1943 (apart from a brief tour as Commander of ABDACOM) and then served as Viceroy of India until his retirement in February 1947. Early life Born the son of Archibald Graham Wavell (who later became a major-general in the British Army and military commander of Johannesburg after its capture during the Second Boer WarSchofield 2006, p. 15) and Lill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cubitt (British Army Officer)
General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt, (9 April 1871 – 19 May 1939) was a British Army officer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who commanded a division in the First World War and in retirement served as Governor of Bermuda. Cubitt was the youngest son of a family of rural gentry in Norfolk, who joined the Royal Artillery in 1891. He requested colonial service, and spent five years in Africa, where he was involved in the creation of the West African Frontier Force and served in a number of campaigns in northern Nigeria. Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, he was appointed as Deputy Commissioner in Somaliland, where he mounted a series of campaigns against the Dervish State. He requested a transfer to the Western Front in 1916, and commanded an infantry battalion and a brigade before being promoted to take command of the 38th (Welsh) Division in early 1918. He led the division until the Armistice, with marked success. Following the war, he held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur McNamara
Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Edward McNamara (1877–1949) was a British Army officer. Military career McNamara was commissioned into the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) as a second lieutenant on 20 February 1897, and promoted to lieutenant on 29 September 1898. He served as a signaling officer in South Africa during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), and after the end of this war returned to a regular commission with his regiment in November 1902, with the 2nd battalion station in the Orange River Colony. He was listed on the SS Nubia which left Cape Town for Southampton in December 1902, and was promoted to a captain on 22 January 1903. He saw action in the First World War for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). Towards the end of the war he commanded 99th Brigade. McNamara became Commander of the 19th Indian Infantry Brigade in India in December 1923 and, after bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Arms School Corps
The Small Arms School Corps (SASC) is a small corps of the British Army, established in 1853 by Lord Hardinge. Its personnel provide advice and instruction to infantry weapon trainers throughout the army, in order to maintain proficiency in the use of small arms and support weapons, and in range management. History Prior to 1838 the majority of British soldiers were issued with the "Brown Bess" Land Pattern Musket, a smooth-bore, muzzle loading black powder flintlock musket which had seen service in one form or another since 1722. In 1849, Claude-Étienne Minié produced the Minié rifle, although still a muzzle loader three important advances were incorporated. Firstly it has a rifled bore; secondly used an expanding bullet that improved accuracy out to and greatly reduced reloading time; and thirdly incorporated percussion cap ignition of the black powder charge. Re-equipment of the army with this new firearm, which was adopted in 1851, continued through to 1855. The conse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan John Hunter (British Army Officer)
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Percival Spearman Wilkinson
Major-General Sir Percival Spearman Wilkinson (5 July 1865 – 4 November 1953) was a British Army officer who served as colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers. Military career Wilkinson was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot on 10 November 1883. He became Inspector General of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1909. Promoted to major-general on 8 August 1912, he served as Commander of the 1st Secunderabad Infantry Brigade, part of the 9th (Secunderabad) Division, on internal security duties in India and then served as General Officer Commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Division on the Western Front from August 1915 until February 1918 during the First World War. He returned to command 50th (Northumbrian) Division as a peacetime formation in the UK in July 1919 before he retired on 4 July 1923. In retirement he was Chief Commissioner of St. John Ambulance. He was colonel of the Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord William Seymour (British Army Officer)
General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour, (8 December 1838 – 9 February 1915), known as William Seymour until 1871, was a senior British Army officer. Military career Born the son of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, Seymour served in the Crimean War in 1854 and in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. He became General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in February 1891, and Commander of the British Troops in Canada in 1898. From November 1901 to 1902, he served as acting Military Secretary in the absence of Ian Hamilton. He became Lieutenant of the Tower of London on 1 September 1902, was promoted to full general on 25 October 1902, and retired in 1905. He also served as Colonel-in-Chief of the Coldstream Guards The Coldstream Guards is the oldest continuously serving regular regiment in the Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Red Cross
The Royal Red Cross (RRC) is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing. Foundation The award was established on 27 April 1883 by Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria, with a single class of Member and first awarded to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. A second and lower class, Associate, was added during World War I in November 1915. The award is made to a fully trained nurse of an officially recognised nursing service, military or civilian, who has shown exceptional devotion and competence in the performance of nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed an exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her or his post of duty. It is conferred on members of the nursing services regardless of rank. Holders of the second class who receive a further award are promoted to the first class, although an initial award can also be made in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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