- Richard Dannatt
General Sir Francis Richard Dannatt, KCB, CBE, MC (born 23 December 1950) is the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army. - Mike Jackson
General Sir Michael "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. He was formerly commander of KFor in Kosovo as well as UNPROFOR (see Timeline of UN peacekeeping missions) commander in Bosnia and Herzegovina. - Rupert Smith
General Sir Rupert Smith KCB DSO OBE QGM (with a bar on his DSO) (born 1943) was an officer in the British Army until his retirement in 2002. He was educated at the Haileybury and Imperial Service College and later at Sandhurst. Smith enlisted in 1962 and was commissioned into the Parachute Regiment in 1964. He has served in East and South Africa, Arabia, the Caribbean, Europe and Malaysia. - Henry Clinton
General Sir Henry Clinton, KB, (April 16 1738 - December 23 1795) was a British army officer and politician who is best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence, during most of which he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America. Clinton was born in the Newfoundland, then a British colony over which his father, George Clinton, was governor. The younger Clinton grew up mostly in New York, … - Henry Clinton
Sir Henry Clinton, GCB, GCH (1771-1829) was a Lieutenant General in the British army during the Napoleonic Wars. He came from a family of soldiers - his brother was Sir William Henry Clinton (1769-1846), his father war Sir Henry Clinton (1732-1795) a British General in the American War of Independence and his grandfather was Admiral George Clinton (1686-1761). In 1810 was Promoted to major-general. - Thomas Gage
Sir Thomas Gage (1719 - April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775 during the early days of the American Revolution. - John Burgoyne
General John Burgoyne (February 241722 - August 4 1792) was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. During the American Revolutionary War, on October 17, 1777, at Saratoga he surrendered his army of 6,000 men. - Henry Shrapnel
Henry Shrapnel (June 3, 1761 - March 13, 1842) was a British Army officer and inventor, most famously of the "shrapnel shell". Henry Shrapnel was born in Wiltshire, England. In 1784, while a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, he perfected, at his own expense, an invention of what he called "spherical case" ammunition: a hollow cannon ball filled with shot which burst in mid-air.This device was for use as an anti-personnel weapon. - James Abercrombie
James Abercrombie or Abercromby (1706 - April 23, 1781) was a British general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War who met with disaster in the Battle of Carillon (1758). He was born in Glassaugh, Banffshire, Scotland to a wealthy family, and purchased a major's commission to enter the army in 1742. He was promoted to colonel in 1746, and major-general in 1756. - John Armstrong
John Armstrong (1674-1742) was a British Engineer. He served as Surveyor General of ordinance and chief engineer of the British Army with a rank of Major-General. He was made a fellow of the Royal Academy in 1723. - Frederick Haldimand
Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB (August 11, 1718 - June 5, 1791) was a British army officer and governor. Haldimand was born, baptised and died in Yverdon, Switzerland as François-Louis-Frédéric Haldimand and spent his early military career, from 1740 to 1756, in North America during the Seven Years' War. He remained in Canada after it was conquered from the French in 1759, serving as military governor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. - Richard Prescott
Richard Prescott was a British officer, born in England in 1725; died there in October, 1788. He was appointed a major of the 33d foot, 20 December, 1756, and in May, 1762, became lieutenant-colonel of the 50th foot, with which regiment he served in Germany during the seven years' war. He was afterward brevetted colonel of the 7th foot, with which he came to Canada in 1773. On the reduction of Montreal by the Americans in 1775, Colonel Prescott, … - John Moore
Sir John Moore, KB (November 13, 1761 - January 16, 1809) was a British soldier and General. - Commander-In-Chief, North America
The office of Commander-in-Chief, North America was the commander of British forces in North America before 1859. The title was passed onto the Governor General of British North America from 1859 to 1875. - George Brown
General Sir George Brown, GCB KH (1790–1865) was a British soldier notable for commands in the Peninsular War and the Crimean War. He was born and educated in Elgin, Scotland. He obtained a commission in the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) (later the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) in 1806, was promoted lieutenant a few months later, and saw active service for the first time in the Mediterranean and at Copenhagen, … - Sam Browne
General Sir Samuel James Browne VC GCB KCSI (3 October 1824 - 14 March 1901) was a British Army cavalry officer in India and the Near East, best known today as the namesake of the Sam Browne belt. He was born in Barrackpore, India, the son of Dr. John Browne, a surgeon in the Bengal Medical Service and his wife Charlotte (née Swinton). Browne joined the 46th Bengal Native Infantry as a subaltern, participating in action at Ramnuggar, Sadoolapore, Chillianwalla and Gujarat. - Hugh Michael Rose
General Sir (Hugh) Michael Rose, KCB CBE DSO QGM (born 1940 in what was then British India) is a retired British Army General. As well as commanding 22 SAS, his best-known - and most controversial within and outside the Army - appointment in the regular army was as Commander UNPROFOR Bosnia in 1994 during the Yugoslav Wars. - Edward Braddock
General Edward Braddock (1695? - July 13, 1755) was a British soldier and commander-in-chief for North America during the actions at the start of the French and Indian War. He was born in Scotland circa 1695 to Major-General Edward Braddock (died 1725). His military career started with the Coldstream Guards in 1710. In 1747 as a lieutenant-colonel he served under the Prince of Orange in Holland during the siege of Bergen op Zoom. - Robert Craufurd
Robert Craufurd (May 5, 1764 - January 23, 1812), British major-general, was born at Newark, Ayrshire, the third son of Sir Alexander Crauford, a Scottish Baronet. Craufurd was a strict disciplinarian and somewhat prone to violent mood swings which earned him the nickname "Black Bob". After a military career which took him from India to the Netherlands, he found himself commanding a brigade during the Peninsular War in 1808. By 1809 he was in charge of the Light Brigade, … - James Wolfe
General James Wolfe (2 January, 1727 - 13 September, 1759) was a British military officer, remembered mainly for his defeat of the French in Canada and establishing British rule there. - Edward Jones
General Sir Charles Edward Webb Jones KCB CVO CBE (25 September 1936 - 14 May 2007) was a senior officer in the British Army. He served as Quartermaster-General and as Britain's military representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). He retired from the Army in 1995 to become Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod (or simply Black Rod) in the British Parliament's House of Lords, serving in that office until 2001. Jones was born in Altrincham in Cheshire. - Isaac Brock
Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October, 1769 - October 13, 1812) was a British Major-General and administrator. Brock is best remembered as a brilliant leader and strategist for his actions while stationed in the Canadian colonies. His efforts earned him a knighthood, accolades, and the moniker "The Hero of Upper Canada". Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802, and became responsible for defending the Canadian borders from the United States during the War of 1812. - James Oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe (December 22 1696 - June 30 1785) was an English general, a philanthropist, and a founder of the state of Georgia. He was born in London, the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe (1650-1702) of Westbrook Place, Godalming in the county of Surrey. He entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1714, but in the same year joined the army of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Through the recommendation of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, … - Christopher Wallace
Lieutenant-General Sir Christopher Wallace KBE is a retired British Army general and current trustee of the Imperial War Museum. Wallace was commissioned in 1962. His regimental service in the Royal Green Jackets concluded with command of the 3rd Battalion in Germany and Northern Ireland from 1983 to 1985. He later commanded 7th Armoured Brigade from 1986 to 1988 and 3rd Armoured Division from 1990 to 1993 in Germany. - Benjamin D'Urban
Major-General Sir Benjamin d'Urban (1777- 25 May, 1849) was a British general and colonial administrator, who is best known for his frontier policy when he was the Governor in the Cape Colony (now in South Africa). d'Urban was born in Halesworth, and joined the British Army in 1793, enlisting as a cornet in the Queen's Bays at the age of sixteen. - Graeme Lamb
Lieutenant General Graeme Lamb CMG, DSO, OBE (b. 21 May 1953) is to be the next Commander of the Field Army at Land Command. Educated at Rannoch School, he was commissioned into the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1973. He has served in Northern Ireland and in various theatres of war including Bosnia. He commanded 1st Battalion the Queen's Own Highlanders from 1991 to 1993. - James Grant
James Grant, Laird of Ballindalloch (1720-1806) was a major general in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. He served as Governor of East Florida from 1763 to 1771. - George Prevost
Sir George Prévost was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustin Prévost, he joined the military as a youth and became a British Army captain in 1784. Prevost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and was commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became lieutenant-governor of St. - J. F. C. Fuller
Major-General John Frederick Charles Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO, commonly J.F.C. Fuller, (September 1, 1878–February 10, 1966), was a British major-general, military historian and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising principles of warfare. He was also the inventor of "artificial moonlight" and an occultist. - Henry Hamilton
Henry Hamilton (c.1734 - 29 September 1796) was an Irish-born official of the British Empire. He was captured during the American Revolutionary War while serving as the lieutenant governor at the British post of Fort Detroit. - John McColl
Lieutenant General John McColl, CBE, DSO (b. 17 April 1952) is Commander Regional Forces at Land Command. Educated at Culford School, he was commissioned into the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1973. In 1989 he became a squadron commander in the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. He held a variety of commands and military posts before commanding 1 Mechanised Brigade in 1997. - Ralph Abercromby
Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (October 7 1734 - March 28 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. - Colin Campbell
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, KCB (1776-13 June 1847). - Gabriel Christie
Gabriel Christie (16 September 1722 - 26 January 1799) was a British Army General from Montreal, Canada. Christie was born in Scotland and first came to North America with the 44th Regiment of Foot during period before the Seven Years' War. As a Major, he fought with Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec. Christie did not fight in the American Revolutionary War since he was stationed in Barbados and Antigua during that time. But, the war certainly affected him. - George Murray
Sir George Murray, GCB (February 6 1772, Perth - July 28 1846) was a Scottish soldier and politician, the second son of Sir William Murray of Ochtertyre, 5th Baronet. In 1789, he obtained a commission into the 71st Foot, reaching the rank of Captain in 1794, and seeing service in Flanders (1794-95), the West Indies, England and Ireland. - Thomas Picton
Sir Thomas Picton (August, 1758 - June 18, 1815) was a Welsh military leader who fought in a number of campaigns for Britain, and rose to the rank of lieutenant general. According to the historian Alessandro Barbero, Picton was "respected for his courage and feared for his irascible temperament." He is chiefly remembered for his exploits under the Duke of Wellington in the Iberian Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, … - Banastre Tarleton
General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, GCB (21 August 1754 - 25 January 1833) was a British soldier and politician. His reputation for ruthlessness earned him the nickname "Bloody Ban" and "Butcher" amongst American revolutionists. The British regarded him as an outstanding leader of light cavalry. - Richard Bourke
General Sir Richard Bourke, KCB (Dublin, 4 May 1777 – 13 August 1855, Limerick) was Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, Australia between 1831 and 1837. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Bourke was educated at Westminster and studied law at Christ Church College, Oxford. He joined the army in 1798, serving in the Netherlands with the Duke of York before a posting in South America in 1807 where he participated in the siege and storming of Montevideo. - Prince William William Duke of Cumberland
The Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (William Augustus; 15 April 1721 - 31 October 1765) was a younger son of George II of Great Britain and Caroline of Ansbach, and a military leader. - John Reith
General Sir John Reith, KCB, CBE is the current Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) with Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). General Sir John Reith was commissioned into The Parachute Regiment in 1969. Early appointments included; Chief of Staff of 20 Armoured Brigade, Detmold, West Germany, 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment as a company commander, …
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