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Under the Termination of the Present War (Definition) Act 1918 the end of the war was defined for general purposes by the British parliament as 31 August 1921. This is the same date that the Commonwealth War Graves Commission uses for its casualty records. The following generals of the British Empire died between the armistice and 31 August ...
Pages in category "British military personnel killed in World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,138 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 .
[5] 3 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts: Hereditary peer in the House of Lords since 1892 (knighted) Uncertain British Army field marshal 30 September 1832 14 November 1914, at the age of 82. Died of pneumonia while visiting Indian troops on the front at Saint-Omer, France. [6] Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1901 to 1904.
Major-General Paul Sheldon Bray (died 2012), Paymaster-in-Chief; General Sir Robert Bray (1908—1983), Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Lieutenant-General John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane (1762—1834), CO, Breadalbane Fencibles; Major-General Bala Bredin (1916—2005), GOC North West District
Iraqi revolt against the British: 1920 1920 1,000 1,000 Tauber, E., The Formation of Modern Syria and Iraq, pp. 312-314 Anglo-Irish War: 1919 1921 776 [7] 898 [7] 1,674 Military includes Royal Irish Constabulary. Irish civilians were all British citizens during the conflict. Third Anglo-Afghan War: 1919 1921 1,136 1,136 - reference - includes ...
Three British admirals were killed in action during the war compared to at least 78 British generals with the rate of death proportionately greater in the army. [ 12 ] [ 10 ] The admirals killed were Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock at the Battle of Coronel in 1914 and Rear-Admirals Sir Horace Hood and Sir Robert Arbuthnot , both killed at ...
He was the last British general to be killed during the First World War. Lipsett was buried the following day in Quéant Communal Cemetery [ 19 ] with his funeral attended by dozens of officers from the British and Canadian armies in France including Byng and Lipsett's close friend and corps commander, Currie.