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The British Army is the land armed forces branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in...
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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold V (January 14, 1741 [O.S. January 3, 1740] – June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but switched sides to the British Empire. While he was still a...
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John Winthrop Hackett Junior
General Sir John Winthrop Hackett GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (5 November 1910–9 September 1997) was an Australian-born British soldier, author and university administrator.
Hackett, who was nicknamed "Shan", was born in Perth, Western Australia. His...
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Charles Gairdner
General Sir Charles Henry Gairdner, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, CB (March 20, 1898 – 8 May 1983) was a British Army general during World War II and was Governor of Western Australia from 1951 to 1963, and Governor of Tasmania from 1963 to 1968.
He was born in...
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Phil O'Donnell
Phil O'Donnell (born 3 June 1932 – 24 December 1982), was a volunteer in the 2nd Battalion, Derry Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and a founding member of Saor Uladh from the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
O'Donnell,...
Frank Pullen
Francis Henry "Frank" Pullen (September 8, 1915 – January 17, 1992) was an English businessperson and racehorse owner.
He was born, the youngest of four children, as Francis Henry Pullen to Arthur and Alice Pullen at Catford, South London. His...
Joseph O'Sullivan
Joseph O'Sullivan (died 10 August 1922) along with Reginald Dunne, was a member of the Irish Republican Army, who shot dead Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson on his doorstep at 36 Eaton Place in London on 22 June 1922. He was hanged for the...
Alan McKibbin
Colonel Alan John McKibbin, OBE, JP, DL (2 February 1892 – 2 December 1958) was a Northern Irish company director and politician. After serving in the First World War, he later took charge of the Army Cadet Force in Northern Ireland, and also ran...
Alan Green
Alan Green (29 September 1911 – 2 February 1991) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Green was educated at Brighton College and the University of London. In 1935 he joined a Blackburn manufacturer as a manager, and became a company director...
Richard Pitchford
Richard Valentine Pitchford (November 24, 1895 – November 13, 1973) was a master magician under the name Cardini, whose career spanned almost half a century.
He was born on November 24, 1895 in the village of Mumbles, in south Wales. Some sources...
George Allan Mitchell
George Allan Mitchell (30 August 1911- 24 January 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was 32...
Edward Thomas Chapman
Edward Thomas Chapman VC, BEM (13 January 1920 – 3 February 2002) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Ted...
Rayner Hoff
Rayner Hoff (27 November 1894 – 19 November 1937) was a sculptor who worked in Australia.
Born on the Isle of Man, Hoff was the son of a stone and wood carver of Dutch descent. He began helping his father on architectural commissions at a very young...
Chaim Herzog
Chaim Herzog (Hebrew: חיים הרצוג, 17 September 1918 – 17 April 1997) served as the sixth President of Israel (1983–1993), following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Herzog was born at Clifton Park...
Isaac Brock
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada (present...
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Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC (19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to...
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Mordechai Hod
Aluf (Maj. Gen.) Mordechai "Mottie" Hod (September 28, 1926- June 29, 2003) was the Commander of the Israeli Air Force during the 1967 Six-Day War. Born in British Mandated Palestine in Kibbutz Degania, Hod originally took the surname Fein. He...
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (pronounced /məntˈɡʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), often referred to as "Monty", was an Anglo-Irish British Army officer. He...
Ralph Abercromby
Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (7 October 1734 – 28 March 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars.
He was the eldest son of George Abercromby of Tullibody,...
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG (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 officer and colonial administrator. In the...
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (pronounced /ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊəl/) OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and...
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Field Marshal, a diplomat, and a statesman.
Kitchener was born in Ballylongford near Listowel, County...
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722) (O.S) was a prominent English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Rising from a lowly page at...
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, PC (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a British field marshal and the commander of British Army forces in the Middle East during World War II. He led British forces to...
Richard O'Connor
General Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor KT, GCB, DSO & Bar, MC, ADC (21 August 1889 – 17 June 1981) was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force in the early years of World War II. He was the field commander for Operation Compass,...
Frederick Stanley Maude
Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude KCB, CMG, DSO (24 June 1864 - 18 November 1917) was a British commander, most famous for his efforts in Mesopotamia during World War I and for conquering Baghdad in 1917.
Maude was born in Gibraltar...
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
Field Marshal John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort VC, GCB, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MVO, MC (10 July 1886 - 31 March 1946) was a British and Anglo-Irish soldier who served in both World War I and II, rising to the rank of field...
Henry Clinton
General Sir Henry Clinton KB (April 16, 1730 – December 23, 1795) Sir Henry Clinton was a British army officer and politician, best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence, during most of which he was the British...
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard GCB OM GCVO DSO (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. He has been described as the Father...
Mike Jackson
General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. He was formerly commander of KFor in Kosovo as well as being an IFOR commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
Field Marshal William Joseph "Bill" Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970) was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. He fought in both the First World...
Philip Christison
General Sir (Alexander Frank) Philip Christison, 4th Baronet GBE CB DSO MC (17 November 1893 - 21 December 1993) was a British military commander of the Second World War.
Christison was born in Edinburgh, the eldest son of five children of Sir...
Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD (16 January 1853 — 12 October 1947) was a general in the British Army and is most notably known for commanding the ill-fated Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Gallipoli....
Harry Smith
Lieutenant General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, 1st Baronet of Aliwal GCB (28 June 1787-12 October 1860), known as Sir Harry Smith, was a notable English soldier and military commander in the British Army of the early 19th century. He is...
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, (16 February 1778 – 17 April 1863), British field marshal, was born at Lyndhurst, Hampshire and educated at Christ's Hospital, London from 1785 to 1789 and at Winchester College from...
James Cassels
Field Marshal Sir Charles Archibald James Halkett Cassels GCB, KBE, DSO (28 February 1907 - 28 February 1996) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
Educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy,...
Geoffrey Baker
Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Harding Baker GCB, CMG, CBE, MC (20 June 1912 – 8 May 1980) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
Geoffrey Baker was educated at Wellington College and commissioned into the Royal...
Michael Carver, Baron Carver
Field Marshal Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron Carver GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (24 April 1915 - 9 December 2001) was a British soldier.
Educated at Winchester College, Michael Carver was commissioned into the Royal Tank Corps in 1935. During World...
Peter Hunt
General Sir Peter Mervyn Hunt GCB, DSO, OBE (11 March 1916 - 2 October 1988) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
Educated at Wellington College, Peter Hunt was commissioned into the Queen's Own Cameron...
Roland Gibbs
Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, KStJ (22 June 1921 - 31 October 2004) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
Roland Gibbs was born at Flax Bourton near Bristol. Educated at Eton...
Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall
Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall KG, GCB, OBE, MC, DL, JP (born 18 December 1923) is a British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as...
Nigel Bagnall
Field Marshal Sir Nigel Thomas Bagnall GCB, CVO, MC (10 February 1927 – 8 April 2002) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army.
Born in India and educated at Wellington College, he was commissioned into the Green...
John Chapple
Field Marshal Sir John Lyon Chapple GCB, CBE (born 27 May 1931) was a career British Army officer in the second half of the 20th century. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army from 1989 to 1992.
Educated...
Peter Inge, Baron Inge
Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL (born 5 August 1935) was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. On 15 March 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and...
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank
General Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE, DL (born 17 November 1938) was Chief of the Defence Staff between 1997 and 2001 and Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between...
Roger Wheeler
General Sir Roger Neil Wheeler GCB, CBE, ADC (born 16 December 1941) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1997 and 2000.
Educated at All Hallows School in Devon and Hertford College, Oxford (graduated...
Alan Gordon Cunningham
General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham GCMG, KCB, DSO, MC (1 May 1887 - 30 January 1983) was a British Army officer, noted for victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War. He was the younger brother of Admiral...
Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside
Field Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside GCB, CMG, CBE, DSO (6 May 1880 - 22 September 1959) was a British soldier who played a significant role as commander of British forces in Persia in 1920-1921. He went on to serve as Chief of...
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, Bt, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a distinguished Anglo-Irish soldier and one of the most successful commanders of the Victorian era. He was...
William Jones
William Jones VC (1839 - 1913) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
He was approximately 39 years old,...
Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd
Field Marshal Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd GCB, GCVO, KCMG (6 December 1871 - 13 October 1947) was a Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
Archibald Montgomery was educated at Charterhouse School and at the Royal Military Academy,...
Gerald Templer
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer KG, GCB, GCMG, KBE (11 September 1898–25 October 1979) was a British military commander. He is best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in Malaya between 1952 and 1954. "The jungle has been...
John Stanier
Field Marshal Sir John Wilfred Stanier GCB, MBE (6 October 1925 – 10 November 2007) was Chief of the General Staff. He was the first person after the Second World War to become the professional head of the British Army without having seen active...
John Rouse Merriott Chard
Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard VC (21 December 1847 – 1 November 1897) was an British soldier who won the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879.
He was born in Plymouth Devon, the son of William Wheaton Chard and...
Alec Coryton
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Alec Coryton KCB, KBE, MVO, DFC, RAF (16 February 1895 – 20 October 1981), commonly known as Alec Coryton, was a senior RAF commander in World War II.
Originally commissioned as an officer in the British Army's Rifle...
William Robertson
Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO (29 January 1860 – 12 February 1933) was a British officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) from 1916 to 1918 during the First World War. He was...
Michael Walker
General Michael John Dawson Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham GCB CMG CBE ADC DL (born 7 July 1944) was the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces from May 2003 until April...
Ian John McKay
Ian John McKay VC (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) was a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Wortley,...
Tom Barry
Thomas (Tom) Barry (Irish: Tomás de Barra) (1 July 1897 – 2 July 1980) was one of the most prominent guerrilla leaders in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence.
Barry was born in Killorglin, County Kerry, the son of a former...
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, VC (2 October 1912 – 23 December 2008) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
Evelyn Wood
Field Marshal Sir Henry Evelyn Wood VC, GCB, GCMG (9 February 1838 – 2 December 1919) was a British Field Marshal and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be...
