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Men of the 5th Parachute Brigade listen to Field Marshal Montgomery at the brigade's headquarters at Osnabrück, Germany, 1945. On 27 March the brigade led the division's advance. Their first objective, the village of Brünen, was unoccupied, so they pressed on to the next village, Erle, by that evening.
During August 1915 the Third Army took over trench line south of the French Tenth Army, which had to keep in position for the forthcoming autumn offensive. This made the Third Army geographically separate from the other British Armies for the time being. [2] This remained the case until March 1916, when the French Tenth Army was redeployed ...
Hon L.J.P. Butler. The 4th Guards Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. It was formed from battalions withdrawn from the Guards Division and served with the 31st Division on the Western Front during the last year of the war. It fought during the German spring offensive, distinguishing itself at the Defence of ...
John Crocker. Insignia. Corps formation sign during the First World War. [3] I Corps ("First Corps") was an army corps in existence as an active formation in the British Army for most of the 80 years from its creation in the First World War until the end of the Cold War, longer than any other corps.
General (United Kingdom) General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army. The rank can also be held by Royal Marines officers in tri-service posts, for example, Generals Sir Gordon Messenger and Gwyn Jenkins, former and current Vice-Chief of ...
1st Life Guards prepare for war, August 1914. Elements of the Life Guards, along with the Royal Horse Guards, formed the Household Cavalry Composite Regiment (HCCR) for active service. The HCCR was in action in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and the Second Boer War of 1899 to 1902. THe HCCR was mobilised again in 1914 at the start of the First ...
Recent Commanders have been: [3] Deputy Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces. 1972-1973 Lieutenant-General Sir Frank King. 1973-1976 Lieutenant-General Sir Allan Taylor. 1976-1977 Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Beach. 1977-1980 Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Hudson. 1980-1982 Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Kitson. Commander UK Field Army.
