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The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP, Portuguese: Corpo Expedicionário Português) was the main expeditionary force from Portugal that fought in the Western Front, during World War I. Portuguese neutrality ended in 1916 after the Portuguese seizure of German merchant ships resulted in the German Empire declaring war on Portugal. The ...
Monument in Coimbra, Portugal, to the Portuguese soldiers who died in World War I. The Kingdom of Portugal had been allied with England since 1373, and thus the Republic of Portugal was an ally of the United Kingdom. However, Portugal remained neutral from the start of World War I in 1914 until early 1916.
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The painting measures 104 × 202.5 inches (264 × 514 cm). It depicts 22 senior officers of the Royal Navy who served during the First World War. Cope worked from sketches of each subject, and set them in the wood-panelled Admiralty Board Room at the Old Admiralty Building in Whitehall.
British Army [5] [6] Field marshal: General: Lieutenant-general: Major-general: Brigadier-general: Colonel: Lieutenant-colonel: Major: Captain: Lieutenant: Second lieutenant Royal Navy [7] [8] Admiral of the Fleet: Admiral: Vice-admiral: Rear-admiral: Commodore 1st class [9] Commodore 2nd class: Captain: Commander: Lieutenant commander ...
B. John Tremayne Babington; Arthur Bagot; Sidney Bailey; Francis Rodwell Banks; Geoffrey Barnard; Edward Bartley (cricketer) Walter Baynham; Daniel Beak; Alister Beal
Wife of Captain David Larkin Ross aboard the "Reform" enroute to Buenos Aires, successfully assumed command of the ship upon David's death. Her brief command made her one of America's first female ship captains. Canada: 1849 1940 Rostron, Arthur. British captain for the Cunard Line and master of RMS Carpathia during her rescue RMS Titanic ...