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General Sir George Brown: British divisional commander during the Crimean War; Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Butler GCB, PC (Ire) (31 October 1838 – 7 June 1910) was an Irish 19th-century British Army officer, writer, and adventurer. He was Commander in Chief of British Forces in South Africa at the outbreak of the Boer War.
The British Army during the Victorian era served through a period of great technological and social change.Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, and died in 1901. Her long reign was marked by the steady expansion and consolidation of the British Empire, rapid industrialisation and the enactment of liberal reforms by both Liberal and Conservative governments within Britain.
General Sir Thomas Bradford (1777—1853), Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army; Major-General Peter Bradley (1914—2010), Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Northern Europe [80] General Sir Adrian Bradshaw (1958— ), Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Bradshaw (1920—1999), Director General Army Medical Services
This is a list of British divisions formed during the Victorian era. During this period, divisions were raised on an ad hoc basis for a particular conflict. Not all of them are seen as being connected to the divisions raised by the British Army in the 20th Century.
The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the British Army. It ranks above lieutenant-general and below field marshal which is now only awarded as an honorary rank. The annotation "Held rank in the East Indies."
1 Captains-General of the British Army, 1707–1809. 2 Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces, 1660–1904. ... Victorian era; Formations during the era; Crimean War ...
This is a list of British Army cavalry and infantry regiments that were created by Childers reforms in 1881, a continuation of the Cardwell reforms. It also indicates the cavalry amalgamations that would take place forty years later as part of the Government cuts of the early 1920s.
British Indian Army generals (2 C, 268 P) R. Royal Air Force generals (1 C, 1 P) Royal Marines generals (4 C, 43 P) S. ... List of Victorian era British generals