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Field Marshal. A Field Marshal is the highest rank in the British Army, and some other armies, such as the German Army. The equivalent rank in the U.S. Army is the Five-star General . The rank of Field Marshal is never awarded except to a General who has commanded an army in war . Category: Military ranks.
Le grade de field marshal est le seul grade des forces armées britanniques où l'individu ne se retire jamais officiellement, le grade est conféré à vie. Traditionnellement, le monarque britannique est field marshal. Le duc de Kent et le prince de Galles 2 sont tous les deux field marshal tout comme le défunt duc d'Édimbourg l'a été de ...
Wellington was also the only field marshal to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, [3] though several others served as cabinet ministers. No officer whose career was spent in the British Army has ever reached the rank of field marshal without having served in the cavalry , infantry , Royal Armoured Corps , Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers . [3]
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1799–1803 1807–1813 1815. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United ...
The office of Marshal was known in England from the 12th century, but the introduction of the modern military title in Great Britain was a relative latecomer. It was introduced by King George II, who was also Prince-elector of Hanover, in the style of the continental armies. The 1st Earl of Orkney became the first Field Marshal in 1736.
