Major General Sir Alexander Dickson GCB KCH FRGS (3 June 1777 – 22 April 1840) was a British Army officer who served in the artillery. He fought at many...
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Alexander Dickson may refer to: Alexander Dicsone (1558–by 1604), Scottish writer and political agent Alexander Dickson (British Army officer) (1777–1840)...
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Dickson may refer to: Alexander Dickson (British Army officer) (1777–1840), British Army major general Collingwood Dickson (1817–1904), British Army general...
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General Sir Collingwood Dickson VC, GCB (20 November 1817 – 28 November 1904) was a senior British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross...
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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...
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Dickson (1777–1840), British Army officer Alexander Dickson (1836–1887), Scottish botanist and botanical artist Alexander Dickson (1857–1949), Scotland rosarian...
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Robert George Brian Dickson PC CC CD (May 25, 1916 – October 17, 1998) was a Canadian lawyer, military officer and judge. He was appointed a puisne justice...
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Harry Crerar (category Canadian Expeditionary Force officers)
senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's senior field commander in the Second World War as commander of the First Canadian Army in the...
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Development in Vietnam. Jennifer Larby. Executive Officer, British Legion Kenya. For services to the British and Commonwealth ex-services community in Kenya...
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Major General Sir George Elder KCB (died 3 December 1836) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars, in the South American Expedition...
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The London Gazette. 24 April 1827. p. 914. "Wilhelmina Emilia McLeod". British Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2023. "No. 19018". The London Gazette. 1 February...
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Austerlitz forced their return home. He joined the Marquis of Wellington's Army in 1812 and commanded a Field Battery at the Battle of Salamanca, the Capture...
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Officer, Royal Artillery: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dickson Senior Officer, Royal Engineers: Lieutenant Colonel John Fox Burgoyne Senior Officer,...
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Great Britain and Ireland. Dickson, born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, was the fifth child of the Ulster Liberal Member of Parliament Thomas Alexander Dickson...
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John Poynder Dickson and known as Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder from 1884 to 1910, was a British politician. He was Governor of New Zealand between...
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generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...
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United States Army officer, presidential adviser and Titanic sinking victim Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer) (1869–1955), British Army Major-General...
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commanded one of the two batteries brigaded under Major Alexander Dickson that accompanied Beresford's Army to Estremadura, and saw action at the Battle of Albuera...
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Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL (born 17 November 1938) is a retired senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1994 to 1997 and...
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the 1946 New Year Honours The British Empire Medal (formally British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious...
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1944 Birthday Honours (MBE) (category Use British English from August 2015)
(temporary Major) Alexander Godfrey Macdonald (39284), The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (Territorial Army, Reserve of Officers). Captain (Quartermaster)...
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Service. For services to Probation Philip Alexander Francis Johnston (philip bernays) — Lately Chief Executive Officer, Newcastle Theatre Royal Trust. For services...
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This is a list of British Army officers who received sovereign's awards for their services during the Napoleonic Wars, comprising the period 1803 to 1815...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Army)
Indian Army Medical Corps. Major (temporary) John Richard Dibb (145709), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain (temporary) Alexander Graeme Dickson (102990)...
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Michel, British officer who served in the Crimean War Collingwood Dickson, British soldier who served in the Crimean War. Son of Alexander Dickson Robert...
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studied Chinese at the University of Edinburgh She is a former Army intelligence officer and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. In July 2021, she joined...
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Waterloo (1970 film) (category British historical drama films)
Corporal Dickson of "F" Troop of the Scots Greys. Overall, the film almost completely ignores the Dutch-Belgian and German elements of the army under Wellington's...
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nights. 6 February 1971: the British Army shot dead IRA staff officer James Saunders (22) in North Belfast. The British Army claimed soldiers removing barricades...
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List of Scots (category Lists of British people)
cordite William Dickson (1860–1935), motion picture camera and the world's first film Captain Thomas Drummond (1797–1840) army officer, civil engineer...
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List of people educated at Fettes College (category Use British English from January 2017)
General Staff Freddie Scott, British Army officer Robert Walmsley, Royal Navy Vice-Admiral. Robert Whigham, former British Adjutant-General to the Forces...
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