It passed the Self-denying Ordinance, by which all members of either House of Parliament laid down their commands, and re-organized its main forces into the New Model Army (" Army "), under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, with Cromwell as his second-in-command and Lieutenant-General of Horse.

* Jack Hawkins as Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton

* Lieutenant-General Sir David Henderson, Additional Member and Vice-President

In the north, in the first week of September, the British 21st Army Group, under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, sent its British Second Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey advancing on a line running from Antwerp to the northern border of Belgium while its First Canadian Army, under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, was pursuing its task of recapturing the ports of Dieppe, Le Havre and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

In vain, Montgomery complained about this to the Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff in London, Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye.

The British XVII Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng, relieved the French Tenth Army in the sector in February 1916, permitting the French to expand their operations at Verdun.

On 28 May 1916, Byng took command of the Canadian Corps from Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin Alderson.

The position of Governor of Edinburgh Castle, which had been vacant since 1876, was revived in 1935 as an honorary title for the General Officer Commanding in Scotland, the first holder being Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Cameron of Lochiel.

*** Lieutenant-General Sir James Hills-Johnes VC GCB

The left-centre column, commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir James Pulteney, was composed of:

One detachment served with Lawrence of Arabia, while during the Battle of Loos ( June – December 1915 ) a battalion of the 8th Gurkhas fought to the last man, hurling themselves time after time against the weight of the German defences, and in the words of the Indian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Sir James Willcocks, "... found its Valhalla ".

As of January 2012 the Chairman of the Trustees is Sir Francis Richards and his deputy is Lieutenant-General Sir John Kiszely.

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, KB ( 13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809 ) was a British soldier and General.

Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Burnett " Joe " Lumsden ( 12 November 1821 – 12 August 1896 ) was a British military officer active in India.

* Lieutenant-General Sir George Thomas Napier KCB ( 1784 – 1855 )

* Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Patrick Napier KCB ( 17 December 1785 – 12 February 1860 )

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson ( 1859 – 1941 ), who commanded XII Corps during World War I, was his uncle.

Wilson with Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, 30 April 1944

* January – July 1939: Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, KCB, CMG, MC

* July 1939 – 1941: Lieutenant-General ( Local General ) Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, KCB, CMG, MC

Wavell concurred as did Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, now the military governor of Cyrenaica, and XIII Corps resumed its advance.

The inexperienced 2nd Armoured Division was soundly defeated and on 2 April Wavell came forward to review matters with Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Neame, by now the commander of British and Commonwealth troops in Cyrenaica ( Wilson having left to command the Allied expeditionary force in Greece ).

On 27 November he was removed from his post and was ordered to take over from Lieutenant-General Sir Mosley Mayne as GOC-in-C, Eastern Command in India.

* 1963 – 1966 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Goodwin

* 1976 – 1978 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Worsley

Browning held a series of meetings with General Sir Claude Auchinleck, the Commander-in-Chief, India ; Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, the Air Officer Commander-in-Chief ; and Lieutenant-General Sir George Giffard, the General Officer Commanding Eastern Army.

* British X Corps ( Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery )

Lieutenant-General Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington KG, PC ( 3 February 1807 – 13 August 1884 ), styled Lord Douro between 1812 and 1814 and Marquess of Douro between 1814 and 1852, was a British soldier and politician.

* Siem, Richard Forging the Rapier among Scythes: Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien and the Aldershot Command 1907-1912, unpublished MA dissertation, Rice University ( Houston ), 1980

* Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Fyffe 1968-1971

He was a descendant of George Onslow, eldest son of Lieutenant-General Richard Onslow, nephew of the first Baron and uncle of the first Earl.

Also, Admiral Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet, was the second son of Lieutenant-General Richard Onslow.

The division was a second line Territorial Army Division, the duplicate of the British 52nd ( Lowland ) Division and served in the Second World War, where, among other actions, it was part of VIII Corps under Lieutenant-General Sir Richard O ' Connor in Normandy and it ended the war on the Elbe River.

From January 21 to November 27 1944 it was commanded by Lieutenant-General Richard O ' Connor.

* Jul 1943-Aug 1943 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard McCreery

* Jan 1944-Nov 1944 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard O ' Connor

As the 8th Army paused at the end of September to reorganise, Leese was reassigned to command the Allied land forces in South-East Asia, and Lieutenant-General Richard McCreery was moved from commanding British X Corps to take over the army command.

* Commanding General: Lieutenant-General Sir Richard England

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Haking, whose British XI Corps would attack a strong part of the line with inexperienced 5th Division and British 61st ( 2nd South Midland ) Division.

* Feb 1918-Sep 1918 Lieutenant-General Richard Butler

* Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Goodwin, 1966 – 1969

Adding to the Allied discomfiture, Neame and the General Officer Commanding British Troops Egypt — Lieutenant-General Richard O ' Connor — were captured, and the British and Commonwealth command structure had to be reorganised.

De Wiart made friends, especially with General Sir Richard O ' Connor, Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly and Lieutenant-General Philip Neame VC.

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Strachey

Lieutenant-General Richard O ' Connor