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Major-General and Murray
::: 6th Armoured Division ( Major-General H. Murray )
* 1947-1950 Major-General Horatius Murray
* 1987-1989 Major-General Murray Naylor
After a brief period as Quartermaster General in Ireland, Murray returned to the Peninsular Campaign as Major-General ( 1813 – 14 ), and was invested with the Order of the Bath in 1813.

Major-General and recalled
After Tanaka was recalled to Japan, Kawashima continued to serve as a spy for Major-General Kenji Doihara.
In 1939 he was recalled by the War Office as a Major-General to sort out the military movements at Southampton Docks.
Major-General Kelsey was deprived of his commands under the recalled Rump Parliament ( Jan 1660 ), and was ordered to leave London.
In December 1652, when George Monck's successor Richard Deane was recalled, Monck appointed Overton as Military Commander over all the English forces in the Western Highlands with the rank of Major-General.

Major-General and one
His son Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice ( 1841-1912 ), became a distinguished soldier and one of the most prominent military writers of his time.
Blunt was born in Germany, one of three sons of English parents Adrienne ( née Richardson ) and Major-General Peter Blunt ( 1923 – 2003 ).
In the United Kingdom, " Garrison " also specifically refers to any of the major military stations such as Aldershot, Catterick, Colchester, Tidworth, Bulford and London, which have more than one barracks or camp and their own military headquarters, usually commanded by a Colonel, Brigadier or Major-General, assisted by a Garrison Sergeant Major.
The two battalions worked closely, being the first troops to re-enter Brussels on 3 September 1944 after an advance of 100 miles in one day in what was described as ' an armoured lash unequalled for speed in this or any other war ' led by Major-General Sir Allan Henry Adair http :// www. ww2guards. com / ww2guards / AWARDS_A_-_C / Pages / ADAIR, _ALLAN_HENRY_SHAFTO, _D. S. O., _3GG. html # 7
A monocle is a distinctive part of the costume of at least three Gilbert & Sullivan characters: Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Sir Joseph Porter in HMS Pinafore, and Reginald Bunthorne in Patience, and composer Sullivan used one himself.
** Married June 15, 1920, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, John Charles Oakes Marriott ( later Major-General Sir John Marriott ), ( b. 1895, Stowmarket, Great Britain-d. September 11, 1978, Great Britain ), one child
During this period, 1st Airborne Division was composed of only two parachute battalions, of which only one, 1st Parachute Battalion, was fully trained ; Major-General Browning, wishing to keep 1st Parachute Battalion intact for any larger operation the division might be selected for, ordered 2nd Parachute Battalion to provide a company for the operation.
At the outbreak of war in 1939 it was decided that New Zealand should provide an Expeditionary Force of one division, under then Major-General Bernard Freyberg.
* Childs, Wyndham Episodes and reflections: being some records from the life of Major-General Sir Wyndham Childs, K. C. M. G., K. B. E., C. B., one time second lieut., 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Cassell, 1930
As in response to Lahore riots in 1953, Nazimuddin was the first one to have declared the Martial law in Punjab Province under Major-General Azam Khan and Colonel Rahimuddin Khan, initiating a massive repression of the Right-wing sphere in the country.
Rennell was originally just one surveyor among many, but he showed such enthusiasm and ability that Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, the governor of Bengal and Bihar, promoted him to Surveyor-General in 1767.
According to Major-General Fiebig, commanding officer of one of the defending German formations, 84 Infantry Division, the German forces defending the area had been greatly surprised by the speed with which the two airborne divisions had landed their troops, explaining that their sudden appearance had had a " shattering effect " on the greatly outnumbered defenders.
Major-General Henning von Tresckow, one of the primary conspirators in the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, famously referred to the ' Robe of Nessus ' following the realization that the assassination plot had failed and that he and others involved in the conspiracy would lose their lives as a result: " None of us can complain about our own deaths.
Her grandfather was Major-General Peter Blunt and one of her paternal uncles is Crispin Blunt, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reigate.
The church also has one of the finest collections of monumental brasses in the area, including the only brass in the UK of an English Civil War officer in full armour, Major-General Sir Ralph Assheton.
They were the sons of Major-General Sir Robert Travers ( 1770 – 1834 ) C. B., K. C. M. G., of the 95th Rifle Brigade, who was one of six brothers who again all served in the military, and one of three to be knighted for their services, including Rear-Admiral Sir Eaton Stannard Travers ( 1777 – 1858 ), who was engaged in battle with the enemy upwards of over one hundred times, and was mentioned in dispatches eight times for gallantry.
At this trial the principal witness was that Brown, who having been Major-General in the service of the Parliament, and mentioned ... to be a mercenary spirit, was now brought to betray a private conversation ; and to depose, that talking one day with Colonel Adrian Scroop in the Speaker's chamber, and telling him that the condition of the nation was sad since the murder of the King, the Colonel had answered, that men had different opinions touching that matter ; and being desired by the said Brown to explain himself, he told him, he should not make him his confessor.
The noted military theorist, strategist, and historian Major-General J. F. C. Fuller, considered " accuracy of aim " one of the five recognizable attributes of weaponry, together with range of action, striking power, volume of fire, and portability.
Lord Lawrence, writing to The Times in November, 1878, on the Afghan war, named Major-General John Coke as one of the " models of frontier officers, good administrators, and able soldiers — men who devoted their health, and even their lives, to their duty.
Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm called him " The friend of viceroys, the intimate of ambassadors, one might almost say the counsellor of ministers, he was one of the noblest characters that ever adorned British journalism.
The House voted down Major-General John Desborough's " Militia Bill " on 29 January 1657 by one hundred and twenty four votes to eighty eight.

Major-General and eye
Trevor Royle quotes James Turner who in his memoirs reported that after skirmish in Kilwarlin woods, Irish prisoners were given " bad quarter, being shot dead ", but two other eye witness accounts of the skirmish, ( a letter by Roger Pike and the dispatches of Major-General Robert Monro, the Protestant commander ), do not mention the killing of prisoners.

Major-General and witness
French Major-General François Sevez signed as the official witness.

Major-General and him
But having learned to condem such baseness, after the sentence had been pronounced against him, he ( Major-General Harrison ) said aloud as he was withdrawn from the Court, that he had no reason to be ashamed of the cause in which he had been engaged.
In 1892, Mannerheim's godmother, Countess Alfhild Scalon de Coligny, arranged for him to be married to wealthy and beautiful noble lady of Russian-Serbian heritage Anastasia Arapova ( 1872 – 1936 ), the orphaned daughter of Major-General Nikolai Arapov.
On 9 January 1970, General Odumegwu-Ojukwu handed over power to his second in command, Chief of General Staff Major-General Philip Effiong, and left for Côte d ' Ivoire, where President Felix Houphöet-Biogny – who had recognised Biafra on 14 May 1968 – granted him political asylum.
" Major-General Ray Barker told him that Browning was " an empire builder ", an assessment that Gavin came to agree with.
Browning had an American deputy, Major-General Horace H. Fuller, and brought a number of staff with him from Europe to SEAC headquarters in Kandy, Ceylon.
Princess Alice and her husband, Major-General The Earl of Athlone ( the former Governor General of Canada ), dined with the American generals holding her brother, but they declined to release him.
On 2 February 1900, Lord Roberts put him in command of 19 Brigade and, on 11 February, he was promoted to Major-General.
The third division, was formed at Meerut, under Major-General Gillespie ; and it was purposed to march directly to the Dehra Dun ; and having reduced the forts in that valley, to move, as might be deemed expedient, to the eastward, to recover Srinagar from the troops of Amar Singh Thapa ; or to the westward, to gain the post of Nahan, the chief town of Sirmaur, where Ranjore Singh Thapa held the government for this father, Amar Singh ; and so sweep on towards the Sutlej, in order to cut off that chief from the rest, and thus to reduce him to terms.
The fourth, or north-western division, at Ludhiana, was to operate in the hilly country lying near the Sutlej: it assembled under Brigadier-General Ochterlony, and was destined to advance against the strong and extensive cluster of posts held by Amar Singh and the troops under his immediate orders at and surrounding Irkee, a considerable town of Kahlur, and to cooperate with the forces under Major-General Gillespie, moving downwards among the hills, when these positions should be forced, surrounding Amar Singh, and driving him upon that army.
Piccolomini's efforts at Lützen were recognised by his contemporaries too-on reading the official report of the battle, the emperor made him General-Feldwachtmeister ( a rank equivalent to Major-General ).
In 1777, Charlotte Luise de Riedesel, arriving from Germany to rejoin her husband, Major-General Frederick, related that when she met him in Chambly, he was wearing a red and blue sash with fringes over the traditional Canadian costume to keep him warm as he was still suffering from influenza.
After his long active service in the army in which he held numerous prestigious assignments, he came to national prominence in 1995 when along with Major-General Ali Kuli Khan of Military Intelligence exposed the attempted coup d ' état against the government of Prime minister Benazir Bhutto who conferred him with national award.
Kelsey enlisted in the New Model Army and fought on the side of Parliament during the English Civil War, displaying a zeal that led him to become a Major-General in 1645.
Disbanded soldiers continued to join him in April, all South Wales revolted, and eventually he was joined by Major-General Rowland Laugharne, his district commander, and Colonel Rice Powell | url = http :// www. dealkent. co. uk / heritage_pages / default. asp? PageID = 3 | title = Deal Castle | publisher = website of Deal Kent Heritage Pages | archiveurl = http :// web. archive. org / web / 20070929235242 / http :// www. dealkent. co. uk / heritage_pages / default. asp? PageID = 3 | archivedate = 29 September 2007
Cromwell took with him Lieutenant-General Charles Fleetwood and Major-General John Lambert, and his forces numbered about 10, 000 foot and 5, 000 horse.
He was promoted to Major-General ( Generalleutnant ) in 1932 by Kurt von Schleicher, who regarded him as a promising young officer.
But two days later he heard that David Leslie with the cavalry of Leven's army was coming up behind him, and that, the Yorkshire sieges being now ended, Major-General Poyntz's force lay in his front.
His good looks and his promise of exceptional gifts of oratory, led a wealthy uncle Major-General Daniel McNeill, to adopt him as his heir ; and he was destined for a parliamentary career.
Major-General Sir John Vandeleur was a Divisional Commander at Waterloo and Colonel Frederick Ponsonby was a regimental commander under him.
But you know my relations with Lincoln, and if you do that for me, I can assure you that within six months I shall be a Major-General and you shall have a Brigadier-General ’ s commission and a satisfactory command under me .” Baker wrote to Lincoln on June 11, asking that he be given a command that would “ not make him second to everybody .” His efforts paid off ; on July 31, Lincoln sent the Senate names of men he was recommending for appointments as brigadier generals.

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