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    John Reid (13 February 1721 – 6 February 1807), previously known as John Robertson, was a British army general and founder of the chair of music at the...
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  • John Reid may refer to: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 1947), former British Home Secretary John William Reid (1821–1881), U.S. Representative...
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    Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms (1849) "Reid, Sir William (1791–1858), army officer and meteorologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
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  • bioethics John Robertson (physicist) (born 1950), English physicist John Reid (British Army officer) (aka John Robertson, 1721–1807), British army general...
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  • Corps brigadier general John Reid (British Army officer) (1721–1807), British Army general William Reid (British Army officer) (1791–1858), Corps of Royal...
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  • Patrick Robert Reid, MBE, MC (13 November 1910 – 22 May 1990) was a British Army officer and author of history. As a British prisoner of war during the...
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  • Major-General John Reid Holden, CB, CBE, DSO (1913–1995) was a British Army officer. Holden was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps (later the Royal...
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    Major-General John Small (13 March 1726 – 17 March 1796) was a career British military officer from Scotland who played a key role in raising and leading...
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  • Captain Thomas Preston (c.1722—c. 1798) was a British military officer who served in Boston, Massachusetts. He commanded the troops involved in the Boston...
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    1838 – 2 December 1919) was a British Army officer. After an early career in the Royal Navy, Wood joined the British Army in 1855. He served in several...
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  • Francis Reid (1900–1970), British army officer Frank Reid (disambiguation), multiple people Geordie Reid (1882–1960), Scottish footballer George Reid (disambiguation)...
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  • Bissell approached the British Escape Officer, Dick Howe, with a plan more audacious than any impersonation attempted so far Reid, 408. "I was thinking...
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    several years. But on October 19, 1781, the British Army's defeat at the Siege of Yorktown led the British to conclude that the war was unwinnable, forcing...
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    Sir Mark Walker VC, KCB (24 November 1827 – 18 July 1902) was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for...
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    John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan PC (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he has held various Cabinet positions under...
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    George Mackenzie (1741 – 4 June 1787) was a British Army officer who commanded the 2nd battalion of the 73rd Highlanders during the Great Siege of Gibraltar...
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  • Ronald Francis Reid-Daly CLM DMM MBE (22 September 1928 – 9 August 2010) was a Rhodesian military officer who founded and commanded the Selous Scouts special...
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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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    Major General Timothy John Hodgetts, CB, CBE, KHS, DL is a senior British Army officer and medical doctor. He served as head of the Army Medical Services (2018–2021)...
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  • The Colditz Story (category Use British English from June 2016)
    Colditz houses first Polish, then British, Dutch and French prisoners. Among the British are Pat Reid and Senior British Officer Colonel Richmond. Richmond is...
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    Maitland GCB GCMG GCH (10 March 1760 – 17 January 1824) was a British soldier and British colonial governor. He also served as a Member of Parliament for...
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  • Thumbnail for British Army during the Second World War
    At the start of 1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World...
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    Charles Reid GCB (19 March 1818 – 23 August 1901) was an officer in the East India Company and later Indian Army, and aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. Reid was...
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  • Thumbnail for History of the British Army
    The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and...
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    was a senior British Army officer. Born in Kent, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, before becoming a cavalry officer. He achieved...
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  • Haddington, then Berwick and East Lothian John Reid (British Army officer) (aka John Robertson, 1721–1807), British army general and founder of the chair of...
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  • Major Sir John Hubert Ward KCVO (20 March 1870 – 2 December 1938) was a British army officer and courtier. Ward was the second son of William Ward, 1st...
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    is an infantry division of the British Army and was first formed in 1809. The division is commanded by a general officer commanding (GOC), who receives...
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    made a return flight to Oxford. Burke was also one of the earliest British Army officers to consider air power in depth. In 1911, whilst serving as a captain...
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  • Edward Harvey (1718–1778) of Cleveland Court, Westminster was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces. He was born the youngest...
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