He received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel in the regular army for his actions at Antietam and was promoted in March 1863 to major general of volunteers, to rank from November 29, 1862.

After the First World War Montgomery commanded the 17th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers, a battalion in the British Army of the Rhine, before reverting to his substantive rank of captain ( brevet major ) in November 1919.

In January 1926 having been promoted to major in 1925, he was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at the Staff College, Camberley in the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel, a position he held until January 1929 by which time he had been made a ( brevet lieutenant-colonel ).

In October 1865, General Carleton recommended that Carson be awarded the brevet rank of brigadier general, " for gallantry in the battle of Valverde, and for distinguished conduct and gallantry in the wars against the Mescalero Apaches and against the Navajo natives of New Mexico ".

He rose through the intermediate grades to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the regiment ( 1773 ) and brevet colonel in 1780, and in 1781 he became colonel of the King's Irish infantry.

Although naturally suited for cavalry, he was assigned to duty as a regimental quartermaster, managing supplies and equipment in the 4th U. S. Infantry, and achieved the rank of brevet second lieutenant.

He was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel of the army " for distinguished Service in the Field " during the Crimean War.

In the late 1880s, he was Governor of the Red Sea Territories ( which in practice consisted of little more than the Port of Suakin ) with the brevet rank of Colonel.

Six days later Kitchener, who had risen from major-general to the brevet rank of full general during the war, was created Viscount Kitchener, of Khartoum and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk.

Custer was eventually promoted to the temporary rank ( brevet ) of major general.

It was not until well after Custer had been promoted to the rank of brevet brigadier general that he gained the approval of Judge Bacon.

In May 1920 he relinquished the temporary rank of brigadier general, reverting to brevet lieutenant colonel.

He fought on the Western Front and served as a staff officer achieving the brevet rank of major and acting rank of lieutenant-colonel.

On July 17, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Porter for appointment as brevet brigadier general, to rank from March 13, 1866, and the U. S. Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866.

He received an appointment as brevet colonel to rank from March 13, 1865, preliminary to his appointment as a brevet brigadier general of volunteers.

On February 24, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Rusk for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on April 10, 1866.

Although having no earlier education in military strategies, he became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general ( and brevet major general ).

At the end of the Civil War, George Crook received a brevet as major general in the regular army, but reverted to the permanent rank of lieutenant colonel, serving with the 23rd Infantry on frontier duty in the Pacific Northwest.

On 5 June 1929, he was appointed a General Staff Officer, Second Grade On 1 January 1930, he was given the brevet rank of major, with formal promotion to this rank made on 19 May 1933.

He was promoted to the brevet rank of lieutenant colonel in December 1902.

He received the brevet rank of colonel in January 1800, and fought in the later stages of the Egyptian campaign under Ralph Abercromby, capturing Rosetta without a fight and successfully investing the nearby Fort Julien in April 1801.

He did however receive a brevet promotion to major general of volunteers on August 8, 1864 ( for his service at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ), and was appointed commanding officer of the XIV Corps during the Atlanta Campaign, a post he retained until the end of the war.

Many of the Regular Army officers of lower rank who became full rank USV generals, however, received neither actual promotions to a general officer rank or brevet general officer awards in the Regular Army in addition to their USV ranks or awards.

These now obsolete brevets can still be worn by serving aircrew however, provided it was the brevet with which they were initially awarded.

A similar twin-wing brevet, bearing the Southern Cross, was introduced for Officer Aircrew in 1998, replacing various single-wing brevets previously worn by Commissioned Officers ; however NCO aircrew continue to wear the old single-wing brevets.

As in all brevet events, there is emphasis on self-sufficiency.

He was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Monterrey, and he received a brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel for his actions there.

He graduated in 1842, 24th in a class of 56 cadets, and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U. S. Artillery.

He was wounded in the neck on the second day of Gettysburg and received a brevet promotion to colonel in the regular army for his service.

Prince Harry was presented with his flying brevet ( wings ) by his father, on 7 May 2010, at a ceremony at the Army Air Corps Base ( AAC ), Middle Wallop.

Stuart was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant and assigned to the U. S. Mounted Rifles in Texas.

In June 1829, Lee was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.

Grant's fame increased throughout the country, and he was promoted to Lieutenant General, a position that had previously been given to George Washington and given to Winfield Scott as a brevet promotion.

Longstreet was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 4th U. S. Infantry.

When he was appointed a brevet brigadier general on March 13, 1865, the citation made explicit mention of his role.

The county, named after Mexican-American War hero brevet Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, was formed in 1861.

As a result of a plea by his patron General Philip Sheridan, Custer was also appointed brevet major general.

He was appointed brevet captain for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco and major for Chapultepec, where he was wounded in the shoulder and thigh.

He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

" He served bravely as an engineering officer during the war, subjected to frequent enemy fire, and was appointed a brevet first lieutenant for Contreras and Churubusco and to captain for Chapultepec, He performed reconnaissance missions for Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott, a close friend of McClellan's father.

The post at Fort Jones was established by its first commandant, Captain ( brevet Major ) Edward H. Fitzgerald, E Company, 1st U. S. Dragoons.

Pickett was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the U. S. 8th Infantry Regiment.