General Sir William John Codrington, GCB (26 November 1804 – 6 August 1884) was a British Army officer and politician who served in the Crimean War. He...
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William Codrington may refer to: William Codrington (Royal Navy officer) (1832–1888), Junior Naval Lord Sir William Codrington (British Army officer) (1804–1884)...
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Vinny Codrington (born 1956), British cricket administrator and former rugby union player William Codrington (British Army officer) (1804–1884), British general...
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Major-General William Stewart Codrington Wright CBE is a retired senior British Army officer. Wright was commissioned into the Light Infantry on 5 August...
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Sir Edward Codrington, GCB, FRS (27 April 1770 – 28 April 1851) was a British admiral, who took part in the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino...
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Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington, GCVO, KCB (4 May 1854 – 12 September 1945), was a British Army officer who served in colonial wars in Africa...
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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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GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO (6 July 1835 – 24 June 1912) was an officer of the British Army. He was stationed at Peshawar during the Indian Mutiny and then...
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Simpson GCB (1792 – 18 April 1868) was a British Army officer of the 19th century. He commanded the British troops in the Crimea from June to November...
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Major General William Earle CB (18 May 1833 – 10 February 1885) was a British Army officer of the 19th century. He had a successful military career, recognised...
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Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Codrington (c. 1668 – 7 April 1710) was an English Army officer, planter and colonial administrator who served as governor...
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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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Thomas D’Oyly Snow, KCB, KCMG (5 May 1858 – 30 August 1940) was a British Army officer who fought on the Western Front during the First World War. He played...
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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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Lieutenant-General William Dowdeswell (27 February 1760 – 1 December 1828) was a British soldier and politician from Worcestershire. The third son of William Dowdeswell...
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General Sir William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson, GBE, KCB, MC & Bar (28 August 1917 – 12 March 1999) was a British Army officer, military historian, author...
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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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John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (category British Army personnel of World War I)
Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 – 31 March 1946) was a senior British Army officer. As a young officer during the First World War, he was decorated with the Victoria...
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Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. With selections from his public & private correspondence. London: Longmans Green. OCLC 557819059. "British Army Unit Strengths:...
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Battle of Navarino (section Codrington controversy)
realised the worst fears of British policy-makers and deepened their anger at Codrington. Initially, official disapproval of Codrington had to be restrained...
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Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (redirect from George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge)
Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895. He...
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Lieutenant General Sir William Edmund Franklyn, KCB (14 May 1856 – 27 October 1914) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary...
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of the Development of the Law of Storms (1849) "Reid, Sir William (1791–1858), army officer and meteorologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
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Anketell Moutray Read (category British Army personnel of World War I)
Anketell Moutray Read VC (27 October 1884 – 25 September 1915) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest...
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Irwin KB (1727/28 – May 1788) was an Irish soldier who served in the British Army. Educated in Ireland, Irwin was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of...
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General Joseph Sabine (c. 1661 – 24 October 1739) was a British Army officer who fought in the Nine Years' War, the War of Spanish Succession and the Jacobite...
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between the British and Indians—not just between British army officers and their Indian staff but in civilian life as well. The Indian army was completely...
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1940) was a British Army officer most noted for his service during the First World War and the Chanak Crisis. During his 46 years in the army, Harington...
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George Wade (category British Army personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession)
Marshal George Wade PC (1673 – 14 March 1748) was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer who served in the Nine Years' War, War of the Spanish Succession...
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