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This is a list of people who have held 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 British military force since the Acts of Union 1707.
Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the 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 general in many other nations.
General Officer Commanding, London District Major-General commanding the Household Division: Grenadier Guards: OBE: 19 July 2019 [16] Paul R. Griffiths: Assistant Chief of the General Staff: Royal Signals: CB: 11 January 2021 [17] Michael R. Keating: Chief of Staff, Allied Rapid Reaction Corps: Army Air Corps: CBE: 14 May 2021 [18] Richard M ...
In 1920 it was promulgated in Army Order 545 of 1920 to abolish the rank of Brigadier General and substitute in its place the ranks Colonel Commandant (commander of a brigade or training school) and Colonel-on-the-Staff (staff officer, usually appointed Directors, Deputy Director etc. at the War Officer and in India), effective from 1 January ...
Note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, ... Hence, in the lists below: [ 1* = Brigadier General/Brigadier] 2* = Major General; 3 ...
Apparently seeking to atone for the participation of Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat in the Jacobite rising of 1745, he fought with the Dutch army at Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom in 1747, and joined the British Army as a lieutenant in 1755. [2] Fraser went to Canada with the British forces in the French and Indian War and took part in the Siege of ...
Brigadier general or brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general.When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000 troops (two regiments or four battalions).
Brigadier General Archibald Stirling of Keir and Cawdor, DL (1867 – 18 February 1931) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who also served as a Member of Parliament. Early life and family [ edit ]