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Military Secretary (United Kingdom)
The Military Secretary is the British Army office with responsibility for appointments, promotion, postings and discipline of high ranking officers of the British Army. It is a senior British Army appointment, held by an officer holding the rank of major-general. The position of Deputy Military Secretary is held by an officer holding the rank of brigadier. The Military Secretary's counterpart in the Royal Navy is the Naval Secretary. The Royal Air Force equivalent is the Air Secretary. The post was initially established as the Public Secretary or Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1795 (prior to which a civilian had served as Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief). The title was formally changed to Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1904. It was sometimes referred to in military jargon as Military Secretary at Headquarters. In 1964 it became Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence. In 1995 a new Army Personnel Centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkhas, and 28,330 volunteer reserve personnel. The modern British Army traces back to 1707, with antecedents in the English Army and Scots Army that were created during the Restoration in 1660. The term ''British Army'' was adopted in 1707 after the Acts of Union between England and Scotland. Members of the British Army swear allegiance to the monarch as their commander-in-chief, but the Bill of Rights of 1689 and Claim of Right Act 1689 require parliamentary consent for the Crown to maintain a peacetime standing army. Therefore, Parliament approves the army by passing an Armed Forces Act at least once every five years. The army is administered by the Ministry of Defence and commanded by the Chief of the General Staff. The Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Yorke (British Army Officer)
Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke GCB (7 December 1790 – 20 November 1880) was a senior British Army officer. He fought in many of the battles of the Peninsular War and of the Hundred Days, seeing action as an extra aide-de-camp to Major-General Frederick Adam, commander of the 3rd Light Brigade, at the Battle of Waterloo. After that he became Deputy Commander of the British forces in South Africa during the latter stages of the Eighth Xhosa War. He went on to be Military Secretary, ultimately earning promotion to field marshal for his competence in that role. Military career Born the son of Colonel John Yorke and Juliana Yorke (née Dodd), Yorke was commissioned as an ensign in the 35th Regiment of Foot on 22 January 1808.Heathcote, p. 318 Promoted to lieutenant on 18 February 1808, he transferred to the 52nd Light Infantry and served with that Regiment in the Peninsular War. During the War he was at present at the Battle of Vimeiro in August 1808, the Battle of Fuente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Franklyn (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir William Edmund Franklyn, (14 May 1856 – 27 October 1914) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary from 1911 to 1914. Early life and education Franklyn was born in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the eldest surviving son of Rev. Thomas Edmund Franklyn and Selina Elizabeth Hope. He was educated at Rugby School. Military career Franklyn was commissioned into the 19th Regiment of Foot in 1874,Sir William Edmund Franklyn Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives which in 1881 became the Yorkshire Regiment, and later still became the , and was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at |
Arthur Wynne (British Army Officer)
General Sir Arthur Singleton Wynne, (5 March 1846 – 6 February 1936) was a senior British Army officer from an Irish background who served as Military Secretary. Military career Wynne was commissioned into the 51st Regiment of Foot in 1863.Brigadier-General Wynne Thames Star, 1900 He became adjutant of his regiment in 1868. In 1877, Wynne became Superintendent of Army Signalling during the Iowaki campaign. He served in the from 1878 and was Commander of Field Telegraphs with the Karum Valley Field Force. In 1885 he was awarded the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Ewart
Lieutenant-General Sir John Spencer Ewart (22 March 1861 – 19 September 1930) was a British Army officer who became Adjutant-General to the Forces, but was forced to resign over the Curragh Incident. Early life and education Ewart was born in Tatenhill near Burton-on-Trent into a distinguished Scottish family of military officers, the second son of General Sir John Alexander Ewart and Frances Stone. His father was aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria and a veteran of the Crimean War and Siege of Lucknow who lost his left arm at Cawnpore. His father was the son of Lieutenant-General John Frederick Ewart and grandson of diplomat Joseph Ewart and Sir Charles Brisbane. His uncles included Lieutenant-General Charles Brisbane Ewart and Vice-Admiral Charles Joseph Frederic Ewart, and his younger brother was Admiral Arthur Wartensleben Ewart. He was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career Spencer Ewart was commissioned into the Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Lane
Major-General Sir Ronald Bertram Lane, (19 February 1847 – 7 March 1937) was a British Army officer who became Military Secretary. Early life Lane was born at Kings Bromley Manor, Lichfield, Staffordshire, in 1847, the youngest son and 10th child of John Newton Lane and Hon. Agnes Bagot, second daughter of William Bagot, 2nd Baron Bagot. Military career Lane was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in 1867. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in Natal in 1891, Aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Connaught as Commander of the Guards' Brigade in Egypt in 1882 and Assistant Military Secretary in Canada in 1883. He went on to be Assistant Military Secretary at Headquarters in 1892, Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Cambridge as Commander-in-Chief in 1889 and Commander of the Garrison at Alexandria in 1898. In December 1901 he was appointed Commander of the Infantry Brigade at Malta, and he served as administrator of the government during the absence of the ... [...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] |
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a British Army general who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on the second too senior. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Majuba during the First Boer War, which rendered his left hand permanently injured. Near the end of his career, he commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Early life Hamilton's father was Colonel Christian Monteith Hamilton, former commanding officer of the 92nd Highlanders. His mother Corinna was the daughter of the 3rd Viscount Gort. His mother died giving birth to his brother, Vereker, who became a well-known artist. Hamilton received his early formal education at Wellington College, Berkshire. His father then sent him to stay with General Drammers, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleridge Grove
Major-General Sir Coleridge Grove (26 September 1839 – 17 May 1920) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary. Early life and education Grove was born in Wandsworth, the second son of Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge and scientist, and Emma Maria Towles.''1851 England Census'' He attended Balliol College, Oxford, as an Exhibitioner, where he took first classes in Mathematical Moderations and the final school. His sister Imogen Emily married William Edward Hall in 1866, while his sister Anna married Herbert Augustus Hills (1837–1907) and was mother to Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills and John Waller Hills. Military career Grove was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot in 1863. He went on to serve in Egypt and Sudan.The War Office [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Gipps
General Sir Reginald Ramsay Gipps, (14 May 1831 – 10 September 1908) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary from 1892 until his retirement in 1896. Military career Born the only son of Major Sir George Gipps and educated at Eton College, Gipps was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1849.General Sir Reginald Ramsay Gipps, GCB Who was Who, 1897–1916 He fought in the at the , where he was wounded by a in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Harman (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir George Byng Harman (30 January 1830 – 9 March 1892) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary. Military career Educated at Marlborough College, Harman was commissioned into the 34th Regiment of Foot in 1849.Falkner, 2004 He served in the Crimean War and took part in the assault on the Redan during the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855 and was severely wounded. He also served with his Regiment in putting down the Indian Mutiny and was present at the Capture of Lucknow in 1857. He became Assistant Inspector of Volunteers in 1860 and Assistant Military Secretary in the West Indies in 1866. In 1873 he took command of a Brigade Depot at Pontefract, in 1874 he became Assistant Adjutant-General at Aldershot and in 1878 he was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland. In 1882 he joined the General Staff for the Expedition to Egypt taking command of the Garrison at Alexandria. He became Deputy Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Whitmore
Lieutenant General (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Augustus Whitmore (8 July 1819 – 14 December 1890) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary (United Kingdom), Military Secretary. Military career Born in Malta, Whitmore was Officer (armed forces), commissioned into the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot, 30th Regiment of Foot in 1841. He went on to be Adjutant of his Regiment in 1846. He served in the Crimean War and was decorated with the Order of the Medjidie, Order of the Medjidie (5th Class). By 1861 he was Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. In 1876 he was made Inspector-General of Recruiting at Army Headquarters. Appointed Military Secretary (United Kingdom), Military Secretary in 1880, Whitmore was accused of failing to advance "only the most thorough efficient men". He retired in 1885. In retirement he became Colonel of the East Lancashire Regiment from 1889 to his death the following year. He di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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