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Raymond Northland Revell Reade
Major-General Raymond Northland Revell Reade (1861 – 18 October 1943) was a British Army general and Commandant of the Royal Military College of Canada. Background He was the son of John Page Reade and his wife Lady Mary Stuart Knox, daughter of Thomas Knox, 2nd Earl of Ranfurly. He was educated at Eton College and went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Military career Reade was commissioned into the 85th Regiment of Foot on 14 January 1880. He served as Commandant of Royal Military College of Canada from 1901 to 1905. His criticism of poor RMC examination marks in French, physics and chemistry in 1901 and surveying and physics 1904 led to reforms at the college: smaller classes for French, entrance tests in physics and chemistry, and separate instructors for physics and surveying. He also built up the RMC library and extended library privileges to Permanent Force Officers in the Kingston, Ontario area. A 25-bed hospital was constructed adjacent to the education block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major-general (United Kingdom)
Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. The rank was also briefly used by the Royal Air Force for a year and a half, from its creation to August 1919. In the British Army, a major general is the customary rank for the appointment of division commander. In the Royal Marines, the rank of major general is held by the Commandant General. A Major General is senior to a Brigadier but subordinate to lieutenant general. The rank is OF-7 on the NATO rank scale, equivalent to a rear admiral in the Royal Navy or an air vice-marshal in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. The rank insignia is the star (or 'pip') of the Order of the Bath, over a crossed sword and baton. In terms of orthography, compound ranks were invariably hyphenated, prior to about 1980. Nowadays the rank is almost equally invariably non-hyphenated. When written as a title, especially before a person's name, both words of the rank are alw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. Kingston is also located nearby the Thousand Islands, a tourist region to the east, and the Prince Edward County tourist region to the west. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone. Growing European exploration in the 17th century, and the desire for the Europeans to establish a presence close to local Native occupants to control trade, led to the founding of a French trading post and military fort at a site known as "Cataraqui" (generally pronounced /kætə'ɹɑkweɪ/, "kah-tah-ROCK-way") in 1673. This outpost, called Fort Cataraqui, and later Fort Frontenac, became a focus for settlement. Since 1760, the site of Kingston, Ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sandbach
Major-General Arthur Edmund Sandbach (30 July 1859 – 25 June 1928) was a British Army general officer who served in the Royal Engineers and on the General Staff, eventually rising to command the 68th (2nd Welsh) and 59th (2nd North Midland) Divisions during the First World War. Early career Arthur Edmund Sandbach was born on 30 July 1859, the third son of Henry Robertson Sandbach of Hafodunos Hall in Denbighshire, a wealthy Anglo-Welsh landowner. Sandbach was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, following which he was commissioned in the Royal Engineers as a Lieutenant on 6 April 1879. He served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882, seeing action at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, the 1885 Sudan Campaign, the 1886–87 Burmese Expedition, and the Sikkim Expedition of 1888. He was promoted to Captain on 1 April 1889, and in 1891 served as the aide-de-camp to Major-General Elles, commanding the Hazara Expedition of 1891. He was promoted to Major in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry MacCall
Major-General Henry Blackwood MacCall (15 August 1845 – 22 July 1921) was a senior British Army officer. Military career MacCall was commissioned into the 60th Regiment of Foot on 16 February 1864. He served as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps with the Isazai Expedition in 1892, the Chitral Expedition in 1895 and the Siege of Malakand in 1897. He went on to be commander of the 41st Regimental District in Cardiff in 1897, then transferred to British India as Deputy Adjutant General in India in February 1899. After the outbreak of the Second Boer War saw several senior officers posted to South Africa in late 1899, MacCall was appointed temporary in command of the Peshawar district as its commander received another posting on 4 January 1900. He transferred to the Bangalore command in early August 1900, and received a substantive appointment as commander of a 2nd Class District in India in 1901. He retired in August 1902 but was recalled to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Howard Ridout
Major-General Sir Dudley Howard Ridout (15 January 1866 – 3 May 1941) was a British soldier of the Royal Engineers. Background He was born in Calcutta, British India to Major Joseph Bramley Ridout and Wilmot Beresford Hayter. His father was a British soldier who served on the Bhutan expedition with the 80th Regiment 1864–5. His father had been on the staff of the Hythe School of Musketry and was the captain of cadets at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario Canada. His grandfather Thomas Gibbs Ridout was deputy assistant commissary general during the War of 1812 and a cashier of the Bank of Canada from 1822 to 1861. Education and career Dudley Ridout graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant on 30 June 1885. He was promoted captain on 1 October 1894. He served on the staff as an intelligence officer in South Africa during the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1902, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Stephenson
Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson CB (1856–1928) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division. Military career Educated at Marlborough College, Stephenson was commissioned into the 56th Regiment of Foot in 1874. He served in the Second Boer War in which he commanded a column which took part in the attack on Plessis Poort. In his final despatch from South Africa in June 1902, Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the forces during the latter part of the war, described Stephenson as "an excellent Officer, who has displayed good sense wherever he has been employed". Following the end of the war in June 1902, he stayed on in South Africa for several months with a staff appointment and the local rank of major-general. He also served in the Zulu Rebellion of 1905 and became General Officer Commanding 6th Division in 1906, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1907 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Kitson
Major General Sir Gerald Charles Kitson (6 October 1856 – 3 March 1950) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst. Military career The youngest son of the Rev James Buller Kitson, Gerald was educated at Winchester College and Royal Military College Sandhurst, Gerald Kitson was commissioned into the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1875 and transferred to the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1876.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives kcl.ac.uk; accessed 17 May 2016. After serving as aide-de-camp to the from 1879 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Thornton Taylor
Colonel Edward Thornton Taylor (1858–1922) was a Canadian soldier and amateur athlete. He was the first Canadian born Commandant of the RMC. He was the first Commandant who was a graduate of the Royal Military College. He introduced ice hockey to Kingston, Ontario as an RMC student in 1878. Education Colonel Edward Thornton Taylor was born in Montreal in 1858. He graduated from McGill University in 1878 and went on to RMC, where he introduced ice hockey to Kingston (student # 45). As a cadet at RMC, Taylor won the sword of honour in 1882 and the sword is in the collection of the RMC museum. He served as battalion sergeant-major at RMC. Military career He was the first RMC cadet to attend the staff college course at Camberly (1895). He joined the 2nd Battalion of the Cheshire regiment. He served with his regiment and on the staff in India and Burma, often in instructional positions. He was fond of climbing and shooting tigers. He was an energetic man of great physical endura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Royal Military College Of Canada People
This is a list of notable individuals who have been, or are involved with the Royal Military College of Canada. Many RMC alumni have served Canada in war and peace. Billy Bishop was a leading ace of the First World War, won the Victoria Cross and helped to create the Canadian Flying Corps. Charles Merritt was a lawyer and militia officer who won the Victoria Cross at Dieppe during the Second World War. Leonard Birchall, the "Saviour of Ceylon", discovered the approach of the Japanese fleet during the Second World War and showed courage and leadership as a prisoner of war in Japan. Ex-cadets also helped with the peace process. John de Chastelain was twice Chief of Defence Staff and helped to monitor the Peace Accords in Northern Ireland. Romeo Dallaire headed the United Nation forces in Rwanda. Many former cadets gave their lives during both world wars, and in Afghanistan. Many RMC alumni have had careers in the public or private sectors. Marc Garneau was the first Canadian in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medal Of Military Merit (Greece)
The Medal of Military Merit ( el, Μετάλλιο Στρατιωτικής Αξίας) is a military decoration of Greece. It was originally created in 1916 for wartime meritorious service, but post-World War II became a peace-time medal reserved for officers. After the abolition of the Greek monarchy in 1974, its design was slightly altered. History left, Medal of Military Merit, 1917. The medal was created as the Military Medal (Στρατιωτικόν Μετάλλιον) by the National Defence Government on 28 October 1916, during the National Schism, and was adopted as the Medal of Military Merit nationwide by Royal Decree on 30 June 1917. Originally the medal had four classes, with the third, second and first classes distinguished respectively by a bronze, silver and gilded laurel wreath on the ribbon, while the fourth class was plain. Appearance Its design, by the French sculptor André Rivaud who also designed the 1916 War Cross, was similar to the current version, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
