Sir Neil Campbell CB (1 May 1776 – 14 August 1827) was a British Army officer who fought during the Napoleonic Wars, administered several British colonies...
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of New Jersey, 1686–1687 Sir Neil Campbell (British Army officer) (1776–1827), fought in the Napoleonic Wars Neil Campbell (minister) (1678–1761), Principal...
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Alexander Campbell, 1st Baronet (1760–1824), British Army lieutenant general Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739) (1739–1791), British Army major...
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General Patrick Campbell (17 December 1779 – 29 August 1857) was a Scottish army officer and diplomat born in Duntrune. Patrick Campbell was born into a...
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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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25 March 2022) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the British Army, from 1988 to 1992....
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KBE, DSO, MC & Bar (23 July 1893 – 29 August 1972) was a senior British Army officer who saw active service in both World Wars. He is most notable for...
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the British took the fort a year later). The legend associated with Campbell is that a number of years prior—while still living in Scotland—Campbell gave...
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The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed...
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(British Army officer, died 1796) (died 1796), governor of Bermuda in 1796 William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell (1824–1893), British peer...
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"Weather With You" (1992: UK No. 7). Both Neil and his brother Tim were appointed as Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music...
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Biographies. "General Sir George Murray, GCB GCH FRS". Bob Burnham: The British Army Against Napoleon, p259 "No. 19222". The London Gazette. 19 December 1834...
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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 Hunt, Baron Hunt (redirect from John Hunt (British officer))
a British Army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. Hunt was born in Simla, British India...
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Andrew Ferguson Neil FRSA (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator. He was editor of The Sunday Times...
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(1895–1963), Canadian writer Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet (1786–1849), British Army officer of the Napoleonic era Greg Campbell (cricketer) (born 1964), Australian...
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William Gott (category British Army generals of World War II)
August 1897 – 7 August 1942), nicknamed "Strafer", was a senior British Army officer who fought during both the First and the Second World Wars, reaching...
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Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL (8 June 1921 – 26 April 2005) was a British Conservative politician and diplomat. Campbell was born...
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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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Rob Lockhart (category British Indian Army generals)
September 1981) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War and later the first Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army upon India's independence...
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Harold Freeman-Attwood (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
Freeman-Attwood, DSO, OBE, MC (30 December 1897 – 22 September 1963) was a British Army officer who fought in both of the world wars. Born Harold Freeman on 30 December...
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General Sir Thomas Evans CB (9 March 1776 – 11 February 1863) was a British Army officer. Evans was born the son of a Wolverhampton Inn Keeper. He had lost...
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List of University of Glasgow people (category Use British English from April 2017)
Alexander Campbell, co-founder of the Restoration Movement Neil Campbell, minister, principal of the University of Glasgow (1727 to 1761) Tom Campbell, philosopher...
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Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (category British East India Company Army officers)
Baronet, GCB FRS KLS (5 April 1810 – 5 March 1895) was a British East India Company army officer, politician, and Orientalist, sometimes described as the...
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All missed. 13 July – British army officer and poet Siegfried Sassoon was wounded after being shot in the head by a fellow British soldier who had mistaken...
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(4231341), Royal Auxiliary Air Force. Warrant Officer Roy House B.E.M. (J4114864), Royal Air Force. Warrant Officer Neil Douglas Henry Hull (V0582714), Royal Air...
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Francis Younghusband (category 19th-century British Army personnel)
British Army officer, explorer and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British expedition...
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Elliot – British soldier Walter Elliot – Scottish naturalist Hedy Fry - Canadian politician and physician Colin Mackenzie – Indian Army officer Norman Marjoribanks...
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General of Fiji Alan McFarland, former British Army officer and Ulster Unionist politician Alan McKibbin, British Member of Parliament F. E. McWilliam,...
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Doug Beattie (redirect from Doug Beattie, British Army Officer)
base in Hampshire; his father was a warrant officer in the Royal Ulster Rifles, a regiment of the British Army. The family returned to Portadown, County...
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