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Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, (5 September 1881 – 31 December 1964), also known as Jumbo Wilson, was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War on the Somme and at Passchendaele .
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson KCB KCMG (18 February 1859 – 16 November 1941) was a British Army officer who, throughout his long military career which spanned over four decades, served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Second Boer War and the First World War, during which he served with distinction, commanding a brigade and a division on the Western Front and an army ...
Henry Maitland Wilson (1881–1964), British Army general; Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864–1922), British Army general; James Wilson (British Army officer) (1921–2004), British Army lieutenant general; John Wilson (British Army officer, died 1856) (1780–1856), British Army general; Robert Wilson (British Army officer, born 1777) (1777 ...
Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958), lieutenant general, military aviator who commanded the "Flying Tigers" during World War II; John Clem (1851–1937), major general, aka Johnny Shiloh, arguably the youngest Non-Commissioned Officer ever to serve in the US Armed Forces; was the last living Civil War veteran on active duty at the time of his ...
May 30, 1979 (4 miles (6.4 km) west of downtown Danville: 3: Danville Historic District: Danville Historic District: April 11, 1973 (Roughly bounded by Main, Green, and Paxton Sts., and Memorial Hospital; also Jefferson Ave., Chestnut Pl., Grove, Chambers, and the 100 blocks of Ross and Holbrook Sts.
The paper was previously published as The Danville Register and The Bee. [2] The two were merged on July 1, 1989. [3] The Register was founded as The Daily Register, in February 1882. [4] The Bee was founded as the Danville Daily Bee, in 1899. [5]
Berry Hill is or was a historic home and farm complex located near Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] However, may be in the process of being delisted in connection with industrial development plans by Mega Site, the City of Danville and Pittsylvania ...
Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson. Baron Wilson, of Libya and of Stowlangtoft in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. [1] It was created in 1946 for the prominent military commander Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. The title became extinct on the death of his only son, the second Baron, in 2009.