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This is a list of people who have held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other British military force since the Acts of Union 1707.
Bailey, Hatton, and Inwood (2023) report that, of those who joined the British Army in 1914, 74% of officers and 85% of other ranks survived to the end of the conflict. [13] French Marshal Ferdinand Foch listed 41 of his generals killed in action during the war, whose names were engraved on a memorial at Les Invalides . [ 14 ]
The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the British Army. It ranks above lieutenant-general and below field marshal which is now only awarded as an honorary rank. The annotation "Held rank in the East Indies." indicates that the ...
List of British Army awards in the Napoleonic Wars; List of British general officers killed in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; List of generals of the British Empire who died during the First World War; List of Royal Navy flag officers who died during the First World War
This is a list of career roles available within each corps in the British Army, as a soldier or officer. [1] Roles in italics are only available to serving soldiers, or re-joiners, and are not open to civilians. [2]
After the Crimean War (30 January 1855), the War Office ordered different rank badges for British general, staff officers and regimental officers. It was the first complete set of rank badges to be used by the British Army. Field Marshal: Two rows of one inch wide oak-leaf designed lace on the collar with crossed baton above the wreath in silver.
This is a list of general officers of the British Armed Forces who were killed or died while on active service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.This comprises the period of 1793–1815, and includes British general officers who were serving in the British Army or attached to the allied Portuguese Army.
Head of Military Capability Delivery, Army Command: Duke of Lancaster′s Regiment: 30 June 2024 [72] K. A. Sheldon: Head of Programmes: 30 June 2024 [72] A. D. Watson: Royal Regiment of Scotland: OBE: 30 June 2024 [72] J. D. Webster: 30 June 2024 [72] D. Gray: Army Reserve: 19 August 2024 [73] Jonathan Godson Eyre Bartholomew: CBE: Stuart ...