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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 .
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 ...
After the Crimean War (30 January 1855), the War Office ordered different rank badges for British general, staff officers and regimental officers. It was the first complete set of rank badges to be used by the British Army. Field Marshal: Two rows of one inch wide oak-leaf designed lace on the collar with crossed baton above the wreath in silver.
Captain David Nelson who was commissioned from the ranks as a temporary gentleman in 1914, following actions for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Temporary gentlemen (sometimes abbreviated to TG) is a colloquial term referring to officers of the British Army who held temporary (or war-duration) commissions, particularly when such men came from outside the traditional "officer class".
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.
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 ...
British Army generals of World War I (2 C, 544 P) Indian Army generals of World War I (1 C, 55 P) C. Canadian generals of World War I (43 P) F.