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Kenneth Loch
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Morley Loch, Order of the Indian Empire, KCIE, Order of the British Empire, KBE, Order of the Bath, CB, Military Cross, MC, (18 September 1890 – 9 January 1961) was a Scotland, Scottish soldier in the British Army and defence planner. Early life and military career Born on 18 September 1890, Loch was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and, upon Passing out (military), passing out from the latter, received a Officer (armed forces), commission as a second lieutenant into the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1910. He saw action during World War I at the Great Retreat, retreat from Mons and the battles of the First Battle of the Marne, Marne and First Battle of the Aisne, Aisne, all in 1914. Leaving the front lines in 1916 he became an instructor in gunnery at the School of Instruction for the Royal Horse Artillery and the Royal Field Artillery until he returned to fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), formerly more commonly lieutenant-general, is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank; some British lieutenant generals sometimes wear three-star insignia, in addition to their standard insignia, when on multinational operations. Lieutenant general is a superior rank to major general, but subordinate to a (full) general. The rank has a NATO rank code of OF-8, equivalent to a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy and an air marshal in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. The rank insignia for both the Army and the Royal Marines is a crown over a crossed sabre and baton. Since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, the St Edward's Crown, commonly known as the Queen's Crown, has been depicted. Before 1953, the Tudor Crown, commonly known as the King's Crown, was used. British Army usage Ordinarily, lieutenant general is the rank held by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
