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Major-General and Sir
They and the Auxies became known as Tudor's Toughs after the police commander, Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Tudor.
Of the ten Australians appointed since 1965, Lord Casey, Sir Paul Hasluck and Bill Hayden were former federal parliamentarians ; Sir John Kerr was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales ; Sir Ninian Stephen and Sir William Deane were appointed from the bench of the High Court ; Sir Zelman Cowen was a vice-chancellor of the University of Queensland and constitutional lawyer ; Peter Hollingworth was the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane ; and Major-General Michael Jeffery was a retired military officer and former Governor of Western Australia.
' These included: Chief Justice Coke, who had been Solicitor to the High Court of Justice, Major-General Harrison, Col. John Jones ( also a member of the High Court of Justice ), Mr. Thomas Scot, Sir.
* Michael Wilding as Major-General The Honourable Sir William Ponsonby
* July 20 – Battle of Inverkeithing in Scotland: The English Parliamentarian New Model Army under Major-General John Lambert defeats a Scottish Covenanter army acting on behalf of Charles II, led by Sir John Brown of Fordell.
* Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard, Chief of the Air Staff
Sir George Stuart White, commanding the British division at Ladysmith, had unwisely allowed Major-General Penn Symons to throw a brigade forward to the coal-mining town of Dundee ( also reported as Glencoe ), which was surrounded by hills.
In 1796, during the British occupation of the Cape, Major-General Sir James Craig ordered three blockhouses to be built on Table Mountain: the King's blockhouse, Duke of York blockhouse ( later renamed Queen's blockhouse ) and the Prince of Wales blockhouse.
* Birthplace of Major-General Sir Richard Havelock Charles, 1st Baronet ( 1858 – 1934 ), doctor, and Serjeant Surgeon to King George V.
An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected by the province to commemorate Major-General Sir Isaac Brock's role in Ontario's heritage.
Major-General Sir Thomas Morgan ( 1st Baronet 1604-79 ) served in the Commonwealth forces during English civil war from 1642-9, was Governor of Gloucester 1645, fought in Flanders, wounded, and in 1661 retired to his estate in Kynnersley, Herts.
Nothing further was done until World War I veteran Major-General Sir Ivor Philipps acquired the castle in 1928 and started an extensive restoration of the castle's walls, gatehouses and towers.
A Memoir of Major-General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ( Elibron Classics ).
His chief publications are his translation of the History of Herodotus ( in collaboration with Sir Henry Rawlinson and Sir John Gardiner Wilkinson ), 1858 – 60 ; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, 1862 – 67 ; The Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy ( Parthian ), 1873 ; The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy ( Sassanian ), 1875 ; Manual of Ancient History, 1869 ; Historical Illustrations of the Old Testament, 1871 ; The Origin of Nations, 1877 ; History of Ancient Egypt, 1881 ; Egypt and Babylon, 1885 ; History of Phoenicia, 1889 ; Parthia, 1893 ; Memoir of Major-General Sir HC Rawlinson, 1898.
The oldest of those buried is Major-General Sir John Munro Sym ( died 3 October 1919 ) aged 80.
Major-General Sir John Moore ’ s 4th Brigade ( 2 / 1st, 25th, 49th, 79th and 92nd Foot ).
His six-year service including spells in Northern Ireland and Rhodesia, where he served as aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir John Acland
The merit of British professional commanders was illustrated by Major-General Sir Isaac Brock in Upper Canada ( Ontario ) and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry, a French Canadian, in Lower Canada ( Quebec ).
The line faced generally south-west towards the city, the reserve division under Major-General Sir John Moore on the right, the Foot Guards brigade in the centre, and three other brigades on the left.

Major-General and Bernard
On 30 April 1941, a New Zealand Army officer, Major-General Bernard Freyberg VC was appointed commander of the Allied forces on Crete.
* 1934 – 1935: Major-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC, CMG, DSO **
* 1935 – 1941: Major-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC, CB, CMG, DSO **
His successor as commander of the 1st Airborne Division, Major-General George Hopkinson, had sold the commander of the British Eighth Army, General Bernard Montgomery, on Operation Ladbroke, a glider landing to seize the Ponte Grande road bridge south of Syracuse.
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.
* 1936-1939 Major-General Denis Bernard
* 1939-1940 Major-General Bernard Montgomery
* 1938-1939 Major-General Bernard Montgomery
The 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force was formed under Major-General Bernard Freyberg and would see active service in Greece, Crete, North Africa, Italy, and Yugoslavia.
The main fighting unit of the expeditionary force was the New Zealand 2nd Division, also commanded by Major-General Bernard Freyberg.
Commanded by Major-General Bernard Charles Tolver Paget, this force landed at Åndalsnes starting 18 April.
Their daughter Catherine Maria Johnson married Major-General Bernard Foord Bowes, who fell at Salamanca, in 1812.
The following May, he was despatched to France to command the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, a machine-gun battalion directly subordinate to the 3rd Division headquarters of Major-General Bernard Montgomery.
: Major-General Bernard Freyberg, VC
** British II Corps-Lieutenant-General Alan Brooke succeeded by Major-General Bernard Montgomery

Major-General and Montgomery
Still on 27 May, Brooke ordered Major-General Montgomery to extend his 3rd Division's line to the left, thereby freeing 10th and 11th Brigades of 4th Division to join the 5th Division at Messines Ridge.
* Major-General Sir Freddie de Guingand ( 1900 – 1979 ), Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Montgomery, 1942 – 1945

Major-General and commanded
Major-General Thomas Harrison, who had commanded the troop which aided Oliver Cromwell in dissolving the Rump, suggested that there be a ruling body based upon the Old Testament Sanhedrin of 70 selected " Saints ", which was based on his beliefs, as a Fifth Monarchist, that the rule of the Saints would usher in the reign of Christ on Earth.
He was promoted to the rank of Major-General in 1651 and commanded the army in England during Cromwell's Scottish expedition.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, having succeeded his father in the earldom in November 1642, Manchester commanded a regiment in the army of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and in August 1643 he was appointed Major-General of the parliamentary forces in the eastern counties ( the Eastern Association ), with Cromwell as his second in command.
The force was commanded by Major-General Richard O ' Connor.
After the success of the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay on 9 February 1904, the way was clear for the Imperial Japanese Army to deploy the 2nd, the 12th, and the Guards Divisions of the Japanese 1st Army, commanded by Major-General Baron Tamemoto Kuroki, into Korea.
The Allied forces involved came from the U. S Army ′ s II Corps commanded by Major General Lloyd Fredendall, and the British 6th Armoured Division commanded by Major-General Charles Keightley, which were part of the British 1st Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson.
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.
With two parachute brigades now in the order of battle, the 1st Airborne Division commanded by Major-General Frederick Browning was formed.
1 ) Redoubts of artillery with Portuguese artillerymen, commanded by Major-General José António Rosa, and situated to fire into preset zones, where the enemy attack was expected.
Brock University is named after Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, who commanded the British and Canadian forces during the War of 1812.
Maude, as a Major-General, commanded the 13th Division during Gallipoli Campaign and the unsuccessful relief of Kut in the Mesopotamian Campaign
The left-hand column, commanded by Major-General Vaughn Cox, heading for Hill 971 and neighbouring Hill Q, contained the Australian 4th Infantry Brigade of Brigadier-General John Monash and Cox's 29th Indian Brigade.
The Allied forces involved came mostly from the U. S. Army's II Corps commanded by Major-General Lloyd Fredendall which was part of the British First Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson.
The 51st Division commanded by Major-General Victor Fortune formed part of the British Expeditionary Force at the start of World War II.
On 7 December 1941 the Corps consisted of the Indian 9th Infantry Division, commanded by Major-General Barstow, the Indian 11th Infantry Division, commanded by Major-General Murray-Lyon, a Lines of Communication Area, and the Penang Fortress.
From its arrival in France to May 1917, it was commanded by Major-General John Capper.
A British force of over 5, 000 men commanded by Major-General John Stuart sailed from Messina on 27 June, landing in the Gulf of Sant ' Eufemia three days later.
The 36th Division was commanded by Major-General Oliver Nugent from 1915 to 1918.
Although it had been formed in 1941, the 1st Airborne Division, commanded by Major-General George F. Hopkinson, had never fought as a division.

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