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Pages in category "British Army generals of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 544 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
See also Category:British generals – note that a "Brigadier" is not classed as a "general" in the British Army, despite being a NATO 1-star equivalent rank. [1] Prior to the mid to late-1990s, British ranks used a hyphen.
During this period general officers were those who held the rank of field marshal, general, lieutenant-general, major-general, or brigadier-general and generally commanded units of brigade size or larger. A popular view arose in post-war years that British general officers were detached from the fighting in châteaux far behind the front line ...
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Royal Romanian Army [35] [36] [i] General de corp de armată: General de divizie: General de brigadă: Colonel: Locotenent-colonel: Maior: Căpitan: Locotenent: Sublocotenent: Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Imperial Russian Army [j] [37] [38]
The two cavalry officers that commanded the British Expeditionary Force, Field Marshal Sir John French and General Sir Douglas Haig, flank the French General Joseph Joffre. The British First World War cavalry generals, by the end of the war belonged to one of the smallest arms of the British Army, they did however, including those belonging to ...
British Army generals of World War I (2 C, 543 P) British field marshals of World War I (4 P) Indian Army generals of World War I (1 C, 54 P) R. Royal Air Force ...
General Henry Sinclair Horne, 1st Baron Horne, GCB, KCMG (19 February 1861 – 14 August 1929) was a military officer in the British Army, most notable for his generalship during the First World War, where he commanded at division, corps, and field army level, rising to command the British First Army in 1916, which he held until the armistice of 11 November 1918.
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War.