Brigadier-General William Francis Howard Stafford CB (19 December 1854 – 8 August 1942) was a British Army officer who served with the Royal Engineers...
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was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation...
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current structure of the British Army. The British Army is currently being reorganised to the Future Soldier structure. The Army is commanded by the Chief...
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in 1929, was born in Stafford gaol. In birth order: Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet (1720–1796 in Stafford), a British Army officer during the American Revolutionary...
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William Washington (February 28, 1752 – March 6, 1810) was a cavalry officer of the Virginia militia and Continental Army during the American Revolutionary...
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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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Sir Richard Stafford Cripps CH QC FRS (24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat. A wealthy lawyer...
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William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, GCB, GCH, PC (/ˈkɑːr ˈbɛrɪsfərd/; 2 October 1768 – 8 January 1854) was a British army officer and politician...
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Major Hon. Frederick Howard (6 December 1785 – 18 June 1815) was a British Army officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and was killed at the Battle of...
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Anderson, British Army medical officer William Anderson (Canadian Army officer) (1915–2000), Canadian general William Anderson (naval officer) (1921–2007)...
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Thomas Patten Stafford (September 17, 1930 – March 18, 2024) was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 astronauts...
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Aldershot, Colchester, Stafford and Catterick, the largest British Army garrison in the world. In February 2020, the British Army relinquished control of...
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1783) was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician who represented Leicester and Poole in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1768 to 1780. He is...
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frequent visitor to Bermuda was ex-naval officer Ian Fleming). Intelligence historian David A. T. Stafford asserts that a more reliable source on Stephenson's...
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Jones (British Army officer) (1808–1890), British Army general William E. Jones (general) (1824–1864), Confederate cavalry general William Gore Jones (1826–1888)...
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Duke of Sutherland (redirect from Marquess of Stafford)
the United Kingdom which was created by William IV in 1833 for George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Marquess of Stafford. A series of marriages to heiresses by members...
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Jo Elizabeth Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer, whose career spanned five decades from the late 1930s...
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Anthony Stafford Beer (25 September 1926 – 23 August 2002) was a British theorist, consultant and professor at the Manchester Business School. He is best...
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Normandy were included with the British Second Army and the First Canadian Army in the British headquarters formation 21st Army Group, commanded by General...
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Anne, William and Elizabeth Glencairn Tytler. The latter married Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet. Anne married Berkeley Buckingham Stafford (1797–1847)...
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Lieutenant-Colonel William Harding (16 August 1792 – 13 January 1886) of Upcott in the parish of Pilton in Devon, was a British antiquary, geologist and army officer. He...
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This is a list of nicknames of regiments of the British Army. Many nicknames were used by successor regiments (following renaming or amalgamation). Contents...
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List of Old Uppinghamians (category Use British English from February 2023)
Fame Guy Rowlands, historian (The Lodge) William Sansom, author Reginald Savory, British Indian Army Officer in World War I and World War II John Schlesinger...
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The British Army is listed according to an order of precedence for the purposes of parading. This is the order in which the various corps of the army parade...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Army)
British Army of the Rhine. T/Major Donald Stanley Duke, Civil Assistant, War Office. Geoffrey William Arnold Dummer, Principal Scientific Officer, Telecommunications...
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George Washington (category British America army officers)
the Continental Army. Washington led American forces to a decisive victory over the British in the Revolutionary War, leading the British to sign the Treaty...
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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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William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, KG, GCMG, PC (11 April 1885 – 14 February 1964), was a British Conservative politician and banker...
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John Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin (category British Army personnel of World War I)
was a British army officer, Conservative Party politician and minister in Winston Churchill's war government. Llewellin was the son of William Llewellin...
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For services to British Coal Pensioners Dr William Merrill — Officer, National Crime Agency. For services to Law Enforcement Paul William Metcalf — President...
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