Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805), styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as the Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army general and official.In the United States and the United Kingdom he is best remembered as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence.

Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey.Brock was assigned to Lower Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada (part of present-day Ontario) successfully for many years.He was promoted to major general, and …

Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator.He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army.However, he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious …

Background. Pakenham is the eldest son of the 7th Earl of Longford, a Labour government minister, and the author Elizabeth Longford.. He has seven siblings, among them the award-winning historian and biographer Lady Antonia Fraser (who is the widow of playwright Harold Pinter); Lady Rachel Billington, also a writer (and the widow of the director Kevin Billington); …

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Nov 09, 2009 · At the helm was Lieutenant General Sir Edward Pakenham, ... American Major Howell Tatum later said the enemy casualties were “truly distressing…some had their heads shot off, some their legs ...

Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.Born in Kent to an Anglo-Irish family, he saw brief service as a midshipman in the Royal Navy, before …

Since the change, support at the senior level has grown. General Sir Richard Dannatt, the Chief of the General Staff (head of the Army), told members of the Army-sponsored Fourth Joint Conference on LGBT Matters that homosexuals were welcome to serve in the Army. In a speech to the conference in 2008, the first of its kind by any Army chief ...

First Expeditionary Force General Headquarters (GHQ) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief: General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort; Chief of the General Staff: Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall; Adjutant General: Lieutenant General Sir W. D. S. Brownrigg; Quartermaster General: Lieutenant General W. G. Lindsell; Deputy Chief of the General Staff; …

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) ... One of the major domestic issues in Britain was women's suffrage. ... With a general election looming (there had been none for almost a decade), and with the Labour ministers refusing to continue the wartime coalition, Churchill resigned as Prime Minister on 23 May ...