General Sir John Bell GCB (1 January 1782 – 20 November 1876) was a British soldier and magistrate. At the time of his death, he was the senior general...
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central figure in the Bell Witch ghost story of southern American folklore Sir John Bell (British Army officer) (1782–1876), British general and Lieutenant...
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Army four-star general Chris Bell (British Army officer) (fl. 2000s–2020s), British Army major general Edward Wells Bell (c. 1789–1870), British Army...
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Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, KCVO, OBE, DL (21 April 1925 – 4 October 2018) was a British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding...
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Sir John Kincaid (1787 – 1862) was an officer of the British 95th Regiment, The Rifle Brigade who wrote a first hand account of his service under Wellington...
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Major-General Sir John Davis KCB (27 April 1832 – 5 October 1901) was an Irish officer in the British Army who became General Officer Commanding the Southern...
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British businessman, founder of Bellway home builders John Bell (surgeon) (1763–1820), brother of Charles Bell (anatomist) John Bell (British Army officer)...
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Lieutenant-General Sir John Abercromby GCB (also Abercrombie; 2 April 1772 – 14 February 1817) was a British Army officer and Member of Parliament (MP)...
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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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This is a list of serving senior officers of the British Army. It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers...
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Major-General John McNiven Ross Henderson CB is a retired British Army officer who commanded British Forces Germany. He became Chief Executive of Staffordshire...
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The uniforms of the British Army currently exist in twelve categories ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress (with full dress uniform and frock...
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Major General John Henderson in March 2015, the Commanding Officer of British Forces Germany became a brigadier's post, with Brigadier Ian Bell assuming command...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Armstrong, KCB (c. 1782 – 3 March 1854) was an officer in the British Army. Armstrong was the only son of Lt.-Col. Richard Armstrong of...
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the Nigerian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff, who is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Army. It is governed...
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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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DSO & Three Bars (5 April 1891 – 13 November 1972) was a British athlete, British Army officer, and a barrister. He was the winner of the 1500 m at the...
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Jack Churchill (redirect from Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill)
John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill"...
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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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Nixon George W. Bell, doctor and state legislator in Arkansas George Bell (British Army officer) (1794–1877), Irish general George Bell (brigadier general)...
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the British Officer's Monthly (1811), p. 278 A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines on Full and Half Pay (Great Britain War...
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painter John Quincy Lane (1831–1903), American army officer and general after the American Civil War John Lane (publisher) (1854–1925), British publisher...
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Major General Edward William Derrington Bell, VC, CB (18 May 1824 – 10 November 1879) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross,...
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British Army came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army...
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of the British Empire (CBE) Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)...
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Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell CBE (14 July 1868 – 12 July 1926) was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist...
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William Thomas Knollys KCB PC (1 August 1797 – 23 June 1883) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1860s. Born into the Knollys family...
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Masham John Hill (British Army officer) (fl. 1777–1783), British Army officer during the American War of Independence John Hill (Royal Navy officer) (c....
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KCMG CB (July 1834 – 2 October 1909) was a military commander in the British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War (also known as the Zulu War). Pearson was born...
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Saint Petersburg, Russia has 300,000 inhabitants. January 1 – John Bell, British army officer (d. 1876) January 2 Hugo von Bosch, Bavarian general and politician...
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