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Lieutenant-General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson, KCB, CMG, CVO ADC (Gen.) (27 January 1859 – 17 August 1914) was a British soldier. He was born in 1859...

James Grierson may refer to: James Grierson (British Army officer), British Army general James Grierson (minister, born 1662), Moderator of the General...

Scottish literary critic James Grierson (British Army officer) (1859–1914), British Army Lieutenant General James Grierson (minister, born 1791) (1791–1875)...

Thomas D’Oyly Snow, KCB, KCMG (5 May 1858 – 30 August 1940) was a British Army officer who fought on the Western Front during the First World War. He played...

general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other...

June 1869 – the double rank was because Guards officers at that time held higher substantive rank in the army than in the regiment. He was promoted lieutenant...

generals in the British Army since the Acts of Union 1707. The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the...

British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War. Planning for a British...

February 1933) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the British Army – from 1916 to...

Campobello Island, New Brunswick (d. 1988) Died: James Grierson, British army officer, chief British military commander in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the...

British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army...

Smith-Dorrien, Sir James Grierson having collapsed and died shortly after his arrival in France. They engaged Von Kluck's First German Army on its sweep through...

Thomas Oswald (1722 - c. 1780), younger brother of James Oswald of Dunnikier, was a British Army officer in the 18th century, engaged in the War of the Austrian...

British politician who was the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 29 September 2017 to 17 February 2018. He served in the British Army,...

Lynton (17 August 2011). British Politics. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-230-34422-8. Retrieved 11 July 2015. Grierson, Jamie (2 March 2018). "MI5...

William Wylie Grierson CBE (9 December 1863 – 14 March 1935) was a British civil engineer. Grierson was born to James Grierson (Manager of the Great Western...

the British Armed Forces. The historiography of the United Kingdom during the 20th century frequently described the infantry of the British Army as brave...

Earl Brownlow (May 1900). "The British Volunteer System". North American Review. Retrieved 6 December 2012. Grierson, James Moncrieff (1909). Records of...

categories (in ascending order), i.e. three ranks: Knight, Officer, Commander, and two titles: Grand Officer and Grand Cross. Knight is the most common and is...

British Army officer of the First World War. After commanding V Corps at the Second Battle of Ypres in April 1915, he took command of the Second Army...