• of colonel pre-dates the establishment of the United Kingdom. In the mid-17th century, the regiments of the New Model Army were commanded by colonels. The...
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    In the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, lieutenant colonel is a field-grade officer rank, just above the rank of major and...
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  • Events from the year 2024 in the United Kingdom. This year is noted for a landslide general election victory for the Labour Party under Keir Starmer. Monarch...
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  • refer to: Colonel (Canada)#Honorary ranks and appointments Colonel commandant § United Kingdom Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel Colonel (U.S. honorary...
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  • Religion in the United Kingdom is mainly expressed in Christianity, which dominated the land since the 7th century. Results of the 2021 Census for England...
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  • British Army and the Royal Marines. Brigadier is the superior rank to colonel, and subordinate to major-general. It corresponds to the rank of brigadier...
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    Company, at Raglan Barracks, Newport Category:Intelligence Corps officers United Kingdom portal "Major General Sir Charles William Wilson, 1836–1905". Palestine...
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  • Commonwealth and the United States, and Generaloberst was a rank above full General, but below Generalfeldmarschall. The rank of colonel general also exists...
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    Relations between the United Kingdom and the United States have ranged from military opposition to close allyship since 1776. The Thirteen Colonies seceded...
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  • instead of Woody Harrelson's Colonel, but still." In June 2022, it was reported that Disney and 20th Century planned for Kingdom to be the first of a new...
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  • Marines. The rank is superior to captain and subordinate to lieutenant colonel. The insignia for a major is a crown. The equivalent rank in the Royal...
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    The 2001 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years after the previous election on 1 May 1997, to elect 659 members to...
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    Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote...
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    The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley...
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  • Events from the year 2021 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – Boris Johnson (Conservative) 2 January – COVID-19 in the UK: A...
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  • The Kingdom is a 2007 action thriller film directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, and Jennifer Garner. The film is set in Saudi...
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  • (OF-2 to OF-4). Lieutenant colonels were considered equivalent to RN captains with less than six years in the rank, and colonels were equivalent to captains...
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    In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to...
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    United Kingdom in 1920, the 1920 Iraqi revolt resulted in the scrapping of the original mandate plan in favour of a formally sovereign Iraqi kingdom,...
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  • Events from the year 1980 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) 2 January – Workers at British...
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    1953–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Natal Carbineers 1953–1961: Colonel-in-Chief of the Kaffrarian Rifles United Kingdom 1942–1952: Colonel of the Grenadier...
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    people or Polish Britons, are ethnic Poles who are citizens of the United Kingdom. The term includes people born in the UK who are of Polish descent and...
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    The article lists the records of prime ministers of the United Kingdom since 1721. The prime minister with the longest single term was Robert Walpole,...
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    Lieutenant-Colonel A.E. (2004) [1st. pub. HMSO 1968]. Victory in the West, Volume II: The Defeat of Germany. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military...
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  • Russians in the United Kingdom are Russians, or the persons born in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation, who are or were citizens...
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  • and transgender (LGBT) community in the United Kingdom. There is evidence that LGBT activity in the United Kingdom existed as far back as the days of Celtic...
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