• Brigadier Eric David "Birdie" Smith CBE DSO (August 1923 – 7 March 1998) was a senior British Army officer and military historian who was awarded the Distinguished...
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    Brigadier Eric Edward "Chink" Dorman-Smith (24 July 1895 – 11 May 1969), who later changed his name to Eric Edward Dorman O'Gowan, was an Irish officer whose...
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  • Representatives Eric Smith (artist) (1919–2017), Australian artist Eric Smith (British Army officer) (1923–1998), British Army officer and military historian Eric Smith...
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    Irish officer in the British Army who served in the Napoleonic Wars and its theatre in North America in the War of 1812. Ross joined the British Army in...
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  • is a retired British Army officer who took part in the Falklands War, and held the office of the Military Secretary of the British Army. In post-military...
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  • 1996) was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the British Army, from 1965 to 1968....
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  • line infantry regiment of the British Army, on 25 February 1914. Three of his fellow graduates were Eric Dorman-Smith, Ronald Scobie and Gerard Bucknall...
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  • refused to reveal the hiding place of his Boer employer. Australian Army officer J. F. Thomas, Taylor's defence attorney, managed to secure an acquittal...
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  • Beckwith-Smith, DSO, MC (11 July 1890 – 11 November 1942) was a senior British Army officer during both the First and Second World Wars. Beckwith-Smith 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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    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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    Whiteley, GBE, KCB, MC (7 June 1896 – 20 May 1970) was a senior British Army officer who became Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff (DCIGS). A...
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    General Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith (5 October 1895 – 9 August 1961) was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's...
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  • Smith (British Army officer, born 1754) (1754–1837), British general Sir John Mark Frederick Smith (1790–1874), British general John Cyril Smith (1911–1997)...
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  • September 1974) was a senior British Army officer who served in the First and Second World Wars and became General Officer Commanding Aldershot District...
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    Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS (21 January 1920 – 21 February 2016) was a British Royal Navy officer and test pilot who...
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  • West Frontier, the Middle East and was then a leading medical officer in the British Army through World War II in Africa, Italy, D-Day, the liberation...
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  • 2014) was a British Army officer. Among other posts, he commanded a battalion and a brigade during the Troubles before becoming General Officer Commanding...
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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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  • Smith (1878–1927), British Army brigadier general Edward Smith (British Army officer) (died 1808), British Army general Francis Smith (British Army officer)...
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    November 1773 – 6 May 1853) was a British military commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He was a general in the army, a colonel in the 76th Regiment....
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  • Training Officer, County of Kirkcudbright. Hugh John Perry, JP, District House Coal Officer, Thanet. Eric George Peskett, Works Manager, Smith & Sons (England)...
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    Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell KCB (18 April 1776 – 13 June 1847) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Campbell was the fifth son of Colonel John...
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    Sir Eric Teichman GCMG CIE (born Erik Teichmann; 16 January 1884 – 3 December 1944 in Norfolk, England) was a British diplomat, orientalist, travel writer...
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  • GBE, KCB, KCMG (8 September 1901 – 26 February 1981), was a senior British Army officer who served as Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1955...
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  • (1856–1947), British philanthropist Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez (born 1956), British hereditary peer Havilland de Sausmarez (1861–1941), British judge...
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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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    John André (May 2, 1750 – October 2, 1780) was a British Army officer who served as the head of Britain's intelligence operations during the American War...
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  • Major General Eric Charles Hayes, CB (19 June 1896 – 25 August 1951) was a senior British Army officer who served in both of the world wars. Born the son...
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  • professional basketball player Eric Dorman-Smith (1895–1969), Irish officer in the British Army and the Irish Republican Army John Heileman (1872–1940), American...
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