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James Crofts (c. 1683–1732) was an officer of the British Army. Biography. Born about 1683, Crofts was the natural son of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, by his mistress Eleanor Needham, a daughter of Sir Robert Needham. His father led the failed Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 and was beheaded in July of that year. The surname Crofts had been ...
Major-General James Robert Templer, CB, OBE (8 January 1936 – 14 December 2023) was a British Army officer and equestrian. Biography. Educated at Charterhouse and Sandhurst, Templer was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1955 and became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff.
1st Assault Brigade Royal Engineers. 2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) 3rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) List of orders of battle for the 4th Armoured Brigade during the Second World War. 4th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom) 5th Guards Armoured Brigade. 6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)
The British Army during the Victorian era served through a period of great technological and social change. Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, and died in 1901. Her long reign was marked by the steady expansion and consolidation of the British Empire, rapid industrialisation and the enactment of liberal reforms by both Liberal and ...
Conductor ( Cdr) is an appointment held by a few selected warrant officers class 1 in the Royal Logistic Corps and is one of the most senior appointments that can be held by a warrant officer in the British Army. Previously conductor was the most senior warrant officer appointment, but it was outranked with the creation of the Army Sergeant ...
1 January 1948 – Four Gurkha regiments are transferred from the Indian Army to the British Army, forming the Brigade of Gurkhas. 28 February 1948 – The 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry becomes the last British regiment to leave India. 1948 – The Malayan Emergency begins. 1948 – The Army withdraws from Palestine.
Family background. Bacon was born at Llandaff in Glamorgan, the son of Anthony Bushby Bacon (1772–1827) of Elcot Park at Kintbury and Benham Park at Marsh Benham in Speen near Newbury in Berkshire, one of the richest commoners in England.
The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) - 2 + 1 battalions.