• Armed Forces. In the Canadian Armed Forces, the rank of major-general (MGen) (French: major-général) is both a Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force...
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    Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" (often referred to as the "Major-General's Song" or "Modern Major-General's Song") is a patter song from Gilbert...
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  • Forces, a major general is a two-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force. A major general ranks above...
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  • Major general (Maj Gen) is a "two-star" rank in the British Army and Royal Marines. The rank was also briefly used by the Royal Air Force for a year and...
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  • Sergeant major general is a now mostly-unused military rank. A prominent example was Philip Skippon in the English New Model Army as organized by Oliver...
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    Major general is a two-star general officer rank in the Indian Army. It is the third-highest active rank in the Indian Army. A major general ranks above...
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    portant regroupement des états-major généraux de la guerre, de la marine et de l'air et création de l'état-major général des forces armées". gallica.bnf...
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  • The Rule of the Major-Generals, was a period of direct military government from August 1655 to January 1657, during Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate. England...
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  • Major general (abbreviated MAJGEN) is a senior rank of the Australian Army, and was created as a direct equivalent of the British military rank of major...
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  • The Deuxième Bureau de l'État-major général ("Second Bureau of the General Staff") was France's external military intelligence agency from 1871 to 1940...
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  • the world. In 16th century Spain, the Sargento mayor ("sergeant major") was a general officer. He commanded an army's infantry, and ranked about third...
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    Khaksar Tehrik headquarters, Major General Shah Nawaz thanked Allama Mashriqi for obtaining their release. The General also thanked the Khaksars and...
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    camp and lieutenant general were renamed général de brigade and général de division, and the appointment of général was renamed général en chef. In 1793...
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  • Major General Roberts may refer to: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832–1914), one of the most successful British commanders of the Victorian era...
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  • Ground Forces) Général de brigade (Madagascar Ground Forces) Brigedier jeneral (Malaysian Army) Général de brigade (Mali Army) General brigadier (Mexican...
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  • Force) Lieutenant-général Riyetena jenerai (Burundi Army) Lieutenant-general Lieutenant-général (Canadian Army) Lieutenant-général (Land Forces of the...
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  • "Generals and Majors" is a song written by Colin Moulding of the English rock band XTC, released as the first single from their 1980 album Black Sea....
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    Major General of the Defence Staff (French: Major Général des Armées, lit. 'Major General of the Armies', acronym: M.G.A.) is a high ranking general officer...
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    British Army parlance, "The Major-General" always refers to the Major-General commanding the Household Division. The Major-General has sole responsibility...
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    filled by a Général de division. In times of war, the Chief of Staff of the French Army took charge of general headquarters (Grand Quartier Général (1914–1919)...
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  • Army) General (Kenya Army) Général (Luxembourg Army) Генерал General (Army of North Macedonia) General (Malawian Army) Jeneral (Malaysian Army) General (Mexican...
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    serving Generals (Major generals, Lieutenant generals and Generals) of the Bangladesh Army. Currently, the army has 1 full general, 5 lieutenant-generals and...
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    the appointment of major generals as well as generals, thus providing clear and distinct seniority over the existing major generals in the various state...
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    Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO & Two Bars (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944) was a senior British Army officer known for his creation of the...
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    Although still a captain in the Royal Engineers, Chermside was brevetted major in 1883, lieutenant-colonel in 1884 and colonel in 1887. In 1888 he returned...
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    U.S. Army major general insignia This is a list of active duty United States Army major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information...
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    attack of sciatica). Aide-major général (2nd in command): General of Division Comte Antoine Drouot. Sous-aide-major général: Colonel Hériot. Combined...
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    serving generals in the Pakistan Army. At present the Army has 2 Generals, 30 Lieutenant Generals (inclusive of 1 from Army Medical Corps) and 165 Major Generals...
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    Livingston (born January 12, 1940) is a retired United States Marine major general. He was awarded the United States' highest military decoration, the...
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    elected as the Conservative MP for Huntingdonshire in the 1979 general election. Major held several junior government positions under Thatcher from 1984...
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