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August. 1 August – The Grand Jubilee of 1814 is held celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the Hanoverian Succession. 12 August – The last hanging under the Black Act in England is of William Potter for cutting down an orchard; the judge petitions for reprieve. 13 August – The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 is signed in London, returning ...
In court (assembly, presbytery and session) a person may only be addressed as Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Prof, etc. depending on academic achievement. Thus ministers are correctly addressed as, for example, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith unless they have a higher degree or academic appointment e.g. Dr Smith or Prof. Smith.
The Household Cavalry is classed as a corps in its own right, and consists of two regiments: The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons). They are the senior regular regiments in the British Army, with traditions dating from 1660, and act as the King's personal bodyguard. They are the cavalry element of the ...
Assistant Chiefs. Assistant Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff: [5] [6] Major-General Laurence Carr (1939–1940) Major-General Arthur Percival (Apr 1940 – Jul 1940) Major-General Desmond Anderson (May 1940 – Jul 1940) Lieutenant-General Gordon Macready (Oct 1940 – Jun 1942) Major-General Daril Watson (Jun 1942 – Dec 1942)
On 18 November, the battle commenced. It saw the 118,000 men and 738 tanks of the Eighth Army, the main force coming from Egypt and also including the Tobruk garrison, engage the Italian-German force of 119,000 men and 552 tanks. The fighting started on 18 November and Crusader achieved its objectives by the end of the year.
The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army. It was formed as the Mobile Division (Egypt) on 27 September 1938, after increased tensions between Britain and the Axis powers. This was part of an effort to reinforce and maintain the British strategic presence in Egypt to defend the Suez Canal, which was seen as vital to ...
World War I. The 26th Division was an infantry division of the British Army during World War I. The division was created in September 1914 from men volunteering for Lord Kitchener 's New Armies and was the last division to be raised under the K3 enlistment scheme.
