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Lieutenant General Timothy Maude was the highest-ranking military official killed at the Pentagon, and the most senior U.S. Army officer killed by foreign action since the death of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. on June 18, 1945, in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II.
Samuel Pepys ordered the formation of a force of civilian warders to protect Naval dockyards in 1686. Since medieval times there has always been an Army, until comparatively recent times, it consisted of separate bodies raised on a territorial basis; the formation of the Royal Air Force occurred only in the 20th century, after the development of manned human flight.
History of the military in the 19th century (1801–1900). Subcategories. ... Social background of officers and other ranks in the British Army, 1750–1815; V.
It took some time to establish the standards of discipline expected today from a police force. In 1863, 215 officers were arrested for being intoxicated while on duty, [24] In 1872 there was a police strike, and during 1877 three high ranking detectives were tried for corruption. [25]
19th-century United States Army personnel (5 C, 426 P) A. Military personnel of the American Civil War ... 19th-century American naval officers (2 C, 69 P, 1 F) P.
During the first half of the nineteenth century, Yeomanry Regiments were used extensively in support of the civil authority to quell riots and civil disturbances, including the Peterloo Massacre; as police forces were created and took over this role, the Yeomanry concentrated on local defence. In 1827, it was decided for financial reasons to ...
Category: Police officers by century. 1 language. ... 19th-century police officers (55 P) This page was last edited on 6 November 2024, at 02:16 (UTC). ...