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John Joseph Shute
Colonel (United Kingdom), Colonel Sir John Joseph Shute (6 September 1873 – 13 September 1948) was a British Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer soldier, businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Biography Born in Liverpool, he was educated at St Edward's College (then the Catholic Institute of Liverpool). His business career saw him acting as a partner (business rank), partner in various Liverpool-based firms of cotton brokers. He was also chairman of Combined Egyptian Mills Ltd, based in Howe Bridge, near Wigan. Military career In 1896, he was promoted to lieutenant in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment, and in 1900 to captain. The 1st Volunteer Battalion became the 5th Battalion on the establishment of the Territorial Army (United Kingdom), Territorial Force in 1908. Shute transferred to the 5th with many of his colleagues. He served in the unit during the First World War, reaching the rank of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonel (United Kingdom)
Colonel (Col) is a rank of the British Army and Royal Marines, ranking below brigadier, and above lieutenant colonel. British colonels are not usually field commanders; typically they serve as staff officers between field commands at battalion and brigade level. The insignia is two diamond-shaped pips (properly called "Bath Stars") below a crown. The crown has varied in the past with different monarchs; Elizabeth II's reign used St Edward's Crown. The rank is equivalent to captain in the Royal Navy and group captain in the Royal Air Force. Etymology The rank of colonel was popularized by the tercios that were employed in the Spanish Army during the 16th and 17th centuries. General Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba divided his troops in to ''coronelías'' (meaning "column of soldiers" from the Latin, ''columnella'' or "small column"). These units were led by a ''coronel''. This command structure and its titles were soon adopted as ''colonello'' in early modern Italian and in Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
