Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson,1st Baron Wilson,,also known as Jumbo Wilson,was a senior British Army officer of the 20th century. He saw active service in the Second Boer War and then during the First World War on the Somme and at Passchendaele. During the Second World War he served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) British Troops in Egypt,in which role he launched Operation Compass,attacking Italian forces with considerable success,in December 1940. He went on to be Military Governor of Cyrenaica in February 1941,commanding a Commonwealth expeditionary force to Greece in April 1941 and General Officer Commanding (GOC) British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan in May 1941.
Henry Hardinge,1st Viscount Hardinge,was a British Army officer and politician. After serving in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign he became Secretary at War in Wellington's ministry. After a tour as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1830 he became Secretary at War again in Sir Robert Peel's cabinet. He went on to be Governor-General of India at the time of the First Anglo-Sikh War and then Commander-in-Chief of the Forces during the Crimean War.
Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III was an American military officer,inventor,engineer,and yachtsman. He was a member of the Vanderbilt family.
Field Marshal Sir Archibald James Halkett Cassels,was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS),the professional head of the British Army,from 1965 to 1968. As a young man he was a first-class cricket player,initially playing in India for the Europeans against the Hindus in the Lahore Tournament and going on to play for a Punjab Governor's XI against Northern India team and for a Viceroy's XI against the Roshanara Club. He later played for the British Army cricket team against the RAF at The Oval and then played for the Egyptian national side against HM Martineau's XI in Alexandria.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu"Richard" Doughty-Wylie,was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross,the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Doughty-Wylie had been awarded the Order of the Medjidie from the very Ottoman Government he later fought against. He was generally known as Richard.
General Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross,the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Arthur Charles Wellesley,5th Duke of Wellington,,known as Arthur Wellesley from 1876 to 1900,and styled as Marquess of Douro from 1900 to 1934,was a British nobleman and landowner.
General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro,1st Baronet,was a British Army General in the First World War. He held the post of Commander-in-Chief,India in 1916–1920. From 1923 to 1929 he was the Governor of Gibraltar.
Field Marshal George Francis Milne,1st Baron Milne,was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) from 1926 to 1933. He served in the Second Boer War and during the First World War he served briefly on the Western Front but spent most of the war commanding the British forces on the Macedonian front. As CIGS he generally promoted the mechanisation of British land forces although limited practical progress was made during his term in office.
4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) is a part of the Armoured Corps of the Indian Army,which had its beginnings as an irregular cavalry regiment during the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Brigadier-General Sir William Henry Manning,was a British Indian Army officer and colonial administrator.
Major General Sir Edward Northey was a senior British Army officer of the First World War who commanded a brigade on the Western Front until wounded in 1915. Returning to service in 1916,Northey took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African campaign,later becoming Governor of Kenya. He later served as a general of Territorial forces and retired in 1926.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury,CBE was a Royal Marine Light Infantry officer,novelist and playwright. He served as Mayor of Saltash from 1929 to 1931.
George Lytton Crossman,DSO was a British Army officer and cricketer.
Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Robert Maling English,DSO was a British soldier,cricketer and actor.
Eastern Command was a Command of the British Army.
Brigadier-General Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent,,born Frank Henry Nugent,was a British Army officer and an English first-class cricketer.
Major General Sir Basil Alexander Hill,was a British Army officer and rugby union international who represented England from 1903 to 1907. He also captained his country.
Percy d'Aguilar Banks played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1903 and 1908. He was born at Bath,Somerset and died in the First World War fighting at the Ypres salient,Belgium.
George Orde Bigge was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Bigge served with the Royal Engineers from 1887 to 1920,seeing action in both the Second Boer War and the First World War. He also played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club.
