• bred many army and navy officers. His brother was Lieutenant-General Horatio Spry (1730–1811) and his son was Major-General William Frederick Spry (1770–1814)...
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  • William Spry (1864–1929) was an American politician and the third Governor of Utah. William Spry may also refer to: William Spry (British Army officer)...
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  • television producer William Spry (1864–1929), American politician, Governor of Utah Lieutenant-General William Spry, British army officer Spry family This page...
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    Lieutenant-Colonel William Morris CB (18 December 1820 – 11 July 1858) was a British Army officer who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was born...
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    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...
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    of the Development of the Law of Storms (1849) "Reid, Sir William (1791–1858), army officer and meteorologist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
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    "Carry on with those on the left." — William Herbert Anderson VC, British Army officer (25 March 1918), to a fellow officer during World War I counter-attack...
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    Bernard Montgomery (category British Army personnel of World War I)
    November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence...
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  • 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...
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    Brian Horrocks (category British Army generals of World War II)
    Horrocks, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC (7 September 1895 – 4 January 1985) was a British Army officer, chiefly remembered as the commander of XXX Corps in Operation Market...
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  • List of Equinox episodes (category Lists of British non-fiction television series episodes)
    about British motor racing; the Ferrari F1/86 and the Imola Circuit in Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, and Tifosi spectators; the 1984 British Grand...
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    1793–1815, and includes British general officers who were serving in the British Army or attached to the allied Portuguese Army. Officers of the rank of colonel...
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  • List of Cornish soldiers, commanders and sailors (category Lists of British military personnel)
    airmen. Major Arthur Agar-Robartes, British Army officer and cricketer Captain Thomas Agar-Robartes, British Army officer and MP Harold "Harry" Billinge (died...
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    Harry Crerar (category Canadian Expeditionary Force officers)
    senior officer of the Canadian Army who became the country's senior field commander in the Second World War as commander of the First Canadian Army in the...
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    Barnes. Added to this were two Portuguese brigades led by Colonel William F. Spry and Baron von Eben. The 5th Division fought well at the Battle of Bussaco...
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    Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia...
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    Guy Simonds (category Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery officers)
    CBE, DSO, CD (April 23, 1903 – May 15, 1974) was a senior Canadian Army officer who served with distinction during World War II. Acknowledged by many...
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    was a British Army officer. Beckwith was commissioned into the 37th Regiment of Foot in 1771. He distinguished himself as a regimental officer in the...
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  • attack. E. Chambré Hardman, 89, Anglo-Irish photographer. Daniel Spry, 86, Canadian Army general during World War II. Zainon Munshi Sulaiman, 86, Malaysian...
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    German line, but General Spry, unaware of this, ordered a withdrawal, in order to concentrate greater forces. The German officers explained away their retreat...
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  • bishop Maurice Flitcroft – amateur golfer and a hoaxer William Thomas Forshaw – British Army officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross Tom Hollywood -...
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  • General Sir Henry Warde GCB (7 January 1766 – 1 October 1834) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. Born on 7 January 1766, he was the fourth...
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    (b. 1688) Richard Spry, British Royal Navy officer, North America and West Indies Station (b. 1715) November 28 – Thomas Elfe, British cabinet-maker (b...
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    fact, the highest number drafted was 195.) Colonel Eugene Holmes, the Army officer who had been involved with Clinton's ROTC application, suspected that...
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  • remains a fascinating failure". The Guardian. Retrieved October 22, 2022. Spry, Jeff (May 22, 2022). "30 YEARS AGO, DAVID FINCHER MADE THE DARKEST ALIEN...
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  • 1925 Birthday Honours (category Use British English from February 2016)
    Guise-Moores CB CMG late Royal Army Medical Corps, Major-General Charles William Grant Richardson CB CSI Indian Army, General Officer Commanding, Poona District...
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    January 6 United States Capitol attack (category Crimes against police officers in the United States)
    Then, it was by British troops who set fire to the building during a broader attack on Washington in the war of 1812. Puckett, Jason; Spry Jr., Terry (January...
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    Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (category British Army personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars)
    November 1773 – 21 February 1865), was a British Army officer, diplomat and politician. As a junior officer, he took part in the Flanders Campaign, in...
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  • 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours (category Use British English from March 2013)
    Government of the Falkland Islands. Frederick John Howard Spry. For services to the British community in Uruguay. Arthur Ewart Starling, Chief Hospital...
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  • 1919 Birthday Honours (OBE) (category Use British English from February 2016)
    Army Service Corps Capt. Bertram John William Spink, CanadianArmy Pay Department Lt.-Col. Daniel William Bigelows Spry, Manchester Regiment Maj. John Douglas...
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