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Colonel

Name: Colonel – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records

1740–1902Date range

5Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1740

William Augustus Cumberland1740

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel of the Coldstream Guards

1796

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st3 May 1796

Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel

1805

Isaac Brock1805

Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel

1806

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st30 January 1806

Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel of the 33rd Regiment

1824

George Pollock1824

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel

1902

Julian Hedworth George Byng Vimy, 1st1902

London · Warfare / Military

Appointed Colonel of 10th Hussars

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stGeorge PollockIsaac BrockJulian Hedworth George Byng Vimy, 1stWilliam Augustus Cumberland

Provenance

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