Lieutenant General Sir Charles Knight Pearson KCMG CB (July 1834 – 2 October 1909) was a military commander in the British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War...
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Major-General Charles Howard Foulkes, CB, CMG, DSO (1 February 1875 – 6 May 1969) was a Royal Engineers officer in the British Army and also a British international...
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general Charles Pearson (British Army officer) (1834–1909), British Army lieutenant general Peter Pearson (British Army officer) (born 1954), British Army lieutenant...
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politician Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson (1843–1910), Scottish politician and judge Charles Pearson (British Army officer) (1834–1909), British colonel in...
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Major-General William Phillips (c. 1731 – 13 May 1781) was a British Army officer who served in the Royal Artillery during the American War of Independence...
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GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (25 June 1896 – 29 July 1982) was a senior officer in the British Army who served in both world wars. In the First World War he was...
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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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Red coat (military uniform) (redirect from Redcoat (British army))
tunic, is a military garment formerly much used by most regiments of the British Army, so customarily that the term became a common synecdoche for the soldiers...
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The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular...
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KCB, CBE, DSO** (11 November 1912 – 12 August 2001) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe...
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Major-General Andrew Stephenson Ritchie, CBE (born 30 July 1953) is a retired British officer and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He...
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the professional head of the British Army, from 1973 to 1976. He served in the Second World War and commanded British Forces deployed in response to...
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Pearson married Laura Elizabeth Frederica Markham. They had two sons: Charles Lyons Markham Pearson and Richard Frederick Sydney Pearson. Pearson retired...
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Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson (20 February 1887 – 9 April 1964) was a British actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his popular...
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Ledger Hill, DSO & Two Bars, MC (14 March 1911 – 16 March 2006) was a British Army officer, who served as commander of the 3rd Parachute Brigade, part of 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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did not exist at that time, so Pearson transferred to Britain's Royal Flying Corps, where he served as a flying officer. It was as a pilot that he received...
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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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William Rycroft (category British Army major generals)
KCB KCMG (1861 – 1925) was a British Army officer who rose to the rank of major general, and colonial governor of British North Borneo. Rycroft was the...
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Siege of Eshowe (category Use British English from May 2013)
Colonel Charles Pearson was besieged there for two months by the Zulus. No. 1 Column of the British invasion force, under Colonel Charles Pearson, had been...
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named Charles de Gaulle Airport. France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is also named after him. Grand-Croix of the Légion d'honneur – 1945 (Officer –...
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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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Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011) was an English character actor who appeared in numerous film, television and stage productions...
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Kray twins (category Use British English from January 2013)
141. Pearson 2010, pp. 179–180. Pearson 2010, pp. 141–142. Pearson 2010, pp. 178–179. Pearson 2010, p. 180. Pearson 2010, pp. 180–181. Pearson 2010,...
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Brigadier-General Charles Mills "Bud" Drury PC OC CBE DSO QC (17 May 1912 – 12 January 1991) was a Canadian military officer, lawyer, civil servant, businessman...
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(1868–1958), British architect Bert Stedman (born 1956), American politician from Alaska Charles Stedman (1753–1812), British Army officer, writer, and...
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Lieutenant-General Owen Wynne (1665–1737) was an Irish general and commander in the British Army, and a member of the Parliament of Ireland. He was the third son of Owen...
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increased tensions and an attempted coup by royalist army officers in support of Strafford and in which Charles was involved began to sway the issue. The Commons...
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George S. Patton slapping incidents (redirect from Charles H. Kuhl)
Patton's actions were initially suppressed in the news until journalist Drew Pearson publicized them in the United States. While the reactions of the U.S. Congress...
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Pearson was surprisingly successful in combining a career in academia with political activities on the far right. Pearson served in the British Army after...
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