• 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011) was a British character actor who appeared in numerous film, television and stage productions...
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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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    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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    Andrew Stephenson Ritchie, CBE (born 30 July 1953) is a retired British Army officer and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He...
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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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    Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against...
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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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  • (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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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     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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    Theatre Charles Byrne — Lately Director General, The Royal British Legion. For services to Veterans Graham Chipchase — Chief Executive Officer, Brambles...
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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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    Patton's actions were initially suppressed in the news until journalist Drew Pearson publicized them in the United States. The reactions of the U.S. Congress...
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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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