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Gravestone of Brigadier-General Roland Bradford, killed 30 November 1917. General officer ranks in the armies of the British Empire of the First World War were, in descending order of seniority: field marshal, general, lieutenant-general, major-general, and brigadier-general. Field marshal was usually an honorary appointment, with the most ...
British and German wounded, Bernafay Wood, 19 July 1916. Photo by Ernest Brooks.. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths [1] and about 23 million wounded military personnel, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history.
David McLaren Bain. Philip Bainbrigge (died 1918) Anthony Hugh Baldwin. James Balfour-Melville. Albert Ball. Tom Ball (golfer) Harry Bamford (footballer, born 1886) Fred Everest Banbury. Cecil Banes-Walker.
The British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. [ 1 ] Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army was made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts —at the beginning of the conflict. [ 2 ] Furthermore, the British Army was considerably smaller than its French and ...
Bernard Montgomery. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG, GCB, DSO, PC, DL (/ məntˈɡʌməri ... ˈæləmeɪn /; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed " Monty ", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
Hastings Anderson. Dalrymple Arbuthnot. Arthur Richard Careless Sanders. Edward Ashmore (British Army officer) Cecil Faber Aspinall-Oglander. John Asser. Llewellyn William Atcherley. Herbert Henry Austin. Sir Fenton Aylmer, 13th Baronet.
Ross's full general rank was general of horse. Haydn's Book of Dignities gives Ross's promotion date as 1 April 1712. [4] 2 July 1730 [4] Sir Charles Wills: 1666 1741 Full general rank was general of foot. His promotion was not gazetted until 17 July 1739. [15] 2 July 1730 [4] Thomas Whetham: c. 1665: 1741 Full general rank was general of foot.
Iraqi revolt against the British: 1920 1920 1,000 1,000 Tauber, E., The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, pp. 312-314 Anglo-Irish War: 1919 1921 776 [7] 898 [7] 1,674 Military includes Royal Irish Constabulary. Irish civilians were all British citizens during the conflict. Third Anglo-Afghan War: 1919 1921 1,136 1,136 - reference - includes ...