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    General Sir John Chalmers McColl, KCB, CBE, DSO, KStJ (born 17 April 1952) is a retired senior British Army officer and a past Lieutenant Governor of...
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  • John McColl may refer to: John McColl (British Army officer) (born 1952), British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey John McColl (politician)...
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  • political figure John McColl (British Army officer) (born 1952), KCB, CBE, DSO, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe John McColl (politician) (fl. 1915),...
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    General Sir John George Reith, KCB, CBE (born 17 November 1948) is a retired senior British Army officer who was the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe...
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  • Brigadier John Hume Prendergast DSO MC & Bar was a British Indian Army, and later British Army, officer and travel writer. John Hume Prendergast 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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    Afghanistan begins. The SAS was, initially, the main Army contribution. December 2001 – Major-General John McColl takes command of ISAF in Afghanistan. 20 March...
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    their British and European tour in 1988, an experience which she said helped her temporarily overcome her stage fright. In March 1989, MacColl sang backing...
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    MI6 (redirect from Passport Control Officer)
    1989–1994: Sir Colin McColl, KCMG 1994–1999: Sir David Spedding, KCMG CVO OBE 1999–2004: Sir Richard Dearlove, KCMG OBE 2004–2009: Sir John Scarlett, KCMG OBE...
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  • Lieutenant General Sir John Panton Kiszely, KCB, MC, DL (born 2 April 1948) is a retired senior British Army officer who was director general of the Defence...
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  • Brian Stewart (diplomat) (category British Army personnel of World War II)
    1922 – 16 August 2015) was a British soldier, colonial official, diplomat and the second-most senior officer in the British Secret Intelligence Service...
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    David Shirreff, KCB, CBE (born 21 October 1955) is a retired senior British Army officer and author. From March 2011 to March 2014 he served as Deputy Supreme...
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    Graeme Lamb (category British Army lieutenant generals)
    CMG, DSO (born 21 May 1953) is a retired British Army officer. He is a former Commander of the Field Army at Land Command, known for his contributions...
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  • Dad's Army is a 2016 British war comedy film, based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. It is directed by Oliver Parker and set in 1944, after the...
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    The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling, and in 1950 it was...
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  • This Is The Army is an American musical revue in two acts, designed to boost morale in the U.S. during World War II, with a book by James McColl and music...
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    the Battle of Sattelberg. McColl and Pursehouse were ambushed by Japanese forces, however they escaped. In December 1944 McColl was back in the Sepik River...
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  • Retrieved 23 October 2016. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications. McColl, Brian; Gorman, Douglas; Campbell...
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  • Dad's Army is a British television sitcom about the United Kingdom's Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft...
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    narrowly escaping capture by the People's Liberation Army. According to a book by retired CIA officer John Kenneth Knaus, entitled Orphans Of The Cold War:...
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    Republican Army (IRA) units (3 to 6 guerrillas) quickly attacked a target and then disappeared into civilian crowds frustrated the British enemy. The...
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    Royal Army Nursing Corps.[full citation needed] Ashdown's father, John William Richard Durham Ashdown (1909–1980), was a British Indian Army officer who...
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    them the elderly Marquess of Tullibardine and John O'Sullivan, an Irish-born officer in the French army. Many of those contacted on arrival told Charles...
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    List of Scots (category Lists of British people)
    Edinburgh (died 1724), British Army officer and politician Major Sir Ralph Anstruther, 7th Baronet (1921–2002), British Army officer and courtier, awarded...
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    by the non-commissioned officer against his subordinate. August 17, 2002: Following an altercation, British Army Corporal John Gregory shot and killed...
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    Nick Parker (category British Army generals)
    former British Army officer who served as Commander Land Forces (formerly Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces) until December 2012. As a general officer, Parker...
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  • mortars. One of these men was a key trainer, a former senior officer in the royal Afghan army, Brigadier General Rahmatullah Safi – he trained as many as...
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    number of officers and agencies reporting directly to him. The Army Service Forces brought together elements of five different components of the Army: elements...
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    one British and one German. From July 1993 this reverted to a single DSACEUR. With a small number of exceptions who were German military officers, DSACEUR...
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  • 1969 New Year Honours (category Use British English from February 2016)
    Head Post Office, Chester. John Charles Lancaster, Chief Executive Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. Mary McColl Langwell, Principal Inspector...
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