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Brigadier General

Name: Brigadier General – Great Britain factsheet records
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Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1758–1944Date range

5Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1758

James Wolfe1758

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier

1910

Henry Hughes Wilson1910

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Director of Military Operations

1912

Horne Stirkoke, 1st1912

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier General

1920

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1st1920

Cork · Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier-Major to the 17th Infantry Brigade in Cork

1944

John Enoch Powell1944

Warfare / Military

Appointed Brigadier General

Names involved

Bernard Law Montgomery Alamein, 1stHenry Hughes WilsonHorne Stirkoke, 1stJames WolfeJohn Enoch Powell

Provenance

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