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General Greene (other)
General Greene may refer to: * Arthur Green (British Army officer) (born 1878), British Army brigadier general *Douglass T. Greene (1891–1964), U.S. Army major general * Francis Vinton Greene (1850–1921), U.S. Army general who fought in the Spanish–American War * G. B. Greene Jr. (1914–1998), U.S. Air Force major general * George S. Greene (1801–1899), Union general during the American Civil War * Harold J. Greene (1959–2014), U.S. Army major general *Henry Alexander Greene (1856–1921), U.S. Army major general *Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War * Wallace M. Greene (1907–2003), United States Marine Corps general, Commandant of the Marine Corps * , several ships of the United States Navy * , U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat General Green may refer to: * Charles B. Green (born 1955), U.S. Air Force lieutenant general *Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet (1749–1831), British Army general * Joseph A. Green (general) (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Green (British Army Officer)
Brigadier-General Arthur Frank Umfreville Green (20 August 1878 – 20 April 1964) was a senior British Army officer in World War I and author of several publications. Military career Green was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 23 December 1897, and in March 1900 was seconded for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War, leaving Southampton on the SS ''Umbria'' late that month. During World War I he was deployed in Flanders and in Italy. He served as a quartermaster general with the XI Corps and was part of the Inter-Allied Commission at the Spa Conference of 1920. From 1920 to 1924 he was commanded to Malta.Stanley Paul: "Evening Tattoo. By Brigadier-General A. F. U. Green." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin E
Martin may refer to: Places Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin Port Martin, or Port-Martin, is an abandoned French research base at Cape Margerie on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica, as well as the name of the adjacent anchorage. History The site was discovered in 1950 by the Fifth French Antarctic Ex ..., Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Europe * Martin, Croatia, a village * Martin, Slovakia, a city * Martín del Río, Aragón, Spain * Martín River, a tributary of the Ebro river in Spain * Martin (Val Poschiavo), Switzerland England * Martin, Hampshire * Martin, Kent * Martin, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, a hamlet and former parish * Martin, North Kesteven, Lincolnshire, a village and parish * Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire * Martin Mere, a lake in Lancashire ** WWT Martin Mere, a wetland nature reserve that includes the lake and surrounding areas North America Canada * Rural Municipality of Martin No. 122, Saskatchewan, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Rodes Green
Major-General Sir William Henry Rodes Green (31 May 1823 – 9 September 1912) was a British Indian Army officer and colonial official. Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Pellatt Green. He attended the Addiscombe Military Seminary and King's College, London. He was commissioned into the Scinde Horse of the East India Company. During the Crimean War, Green was seconded to the Ottoman Empire to train Turkish Irregular Cavalry forces. He was promoted to Major in May 1855. For his work in Turkey he was invested as a member of the Order of the Medjidie, in which he was subsequently promoted several times. He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1868, having transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps. On 24 May 1866, he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India in recognition of his service as Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde. In 1875, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Staff Corps. He saw service in the Second Anglo-Afg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Green, 1st Baronet
General Sir William Green, 1st Baronet (4 April 1725 – 10 January 1811) was a British Army officer, of Marass, Kent. He served as chief engineer at the Great Siege of Gibraltar. After receiving a private education in Aberdeen, Scotland and a military education at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, England, he was appointed as a practitioner engineer in 1743. Green served on the European continent until 1752, after which he was in Canada. There, he continued to advance through both the ordinary military and engineering ranks. Following his return to England, Green was named senior engineer for Gibraltar about 1761, and the next year promoted to lieutenant colonel. He was promoted to chief engineer for Gibraltar in 1770, and designed and executed a number of military works on the Rock. In 1772, his idea of a regiment of military artificers, to replace the civilian mechanics who had formerly constructed military works, came to fruition in the form of the Soldier Artificer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Green (British Army Officer, Born 1882)
Major-General William Green, (1 August 1882 – 4 December 1947) was a senior officer in the British Army. Early life William Green was born on 1 August 1882, son of Colonel Sir William Green, (1836–1897)."Green, Major-General William" ''Who Was Who'' (online edition), April 2014 (Oxford University Press). Retrieved 17 March 2016. In 1914, he married Lesley Kathleen, daughter of Guy Hannaford;"Maj.-Gen. W. Green", ''Times'' (London), 5 December 1947, p. 7 they had one daughter. Military career Following schooling at , |
Wilfrith Green
Brigadier-General Wilfrith Gerald Key Green (3 November 1872 – 29 May 1937) was a Welsh officer in the British Army and later a brigadier-general in the British Indian Army. In the First World War he served on the Western Front and in the Sinai and Palestine campaign, where he commanded the 10th Cavalry Brigade. He also commanded the 1st Indian Cavalry Brigade in India after the war. Early life Green was born at St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Green, his father was a minor canon of St David's Cathedral. British Army He was commissioned as a second-lieutenant into the 3rd Battalion, Green Howards (Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) on 19 November 1892, part of the militia. He later transferred to the regular battalions of the East Yorkshire Regiment. On 3 October 1897 he transferred from the East Yorkshire Regiment, still as a second-lieutenant but with seniority from 7 December 1895 to the Indian Staff Corps after a period of pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas H
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Idaho * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts and entertainment * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Green (general)
Thomas "Tom" Green (June 8, 1814 – April 12, 1864) was an American soldier and lawyer, who took part in the Texan Revolution of 1835–36, serving under Sam Houston, who rewarded him with a land grant. Green was clerk of the Texas Supreme Court until the outbreak of the American Civil War, Civil War, when he became a Confederate States Army, Confederate cavalry leader. After winning several victories, including the Battle of Valverde and the recapture of Galveston, Texas, Galveston, he was promoted brigadier and assigned command of the cavalry division of the Trans-Mississippi Department. In the Red River Campaign, he was mortally wounded while charging a fleet of Federal gunboats. The Union naval commander David Dixon Porter paid tribute to Green as a serious loss to the Confederacy. Early life and career Green was born in Buckingham County, Virginia, Buckingham County in Virginia (U.S. state), Virginia to Nathan and Mary (Field) Green. The family moved to Tennessee in 1817. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percurt Green
Lieutenant General Per Kurt (Percurt) Green (born 2 December 1939) is a Swedish Army officer whose senior commands have included commanding officer of the Joint Operations Command, Deputy Supreme Commander and military commander of the Middle Military District, and Commandant General in Stockholm. Early life Green was born on 2 December 1939 in Karlstad, Sweden, the son of Kurt Green and his wife Maj (née Karlmark). Career Green was commissioned as an officer in 1963 and attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College from 1969 to 1971. Green attended the International Officer Class of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in the United States from 1977 to 1978. On 1 June 1983, Green was promoted to colonel and appointed deputy regimental commander of Älvsborg Regiment (I 15) in Borås. He attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1984 and the same year he was promoted to senior colonel and appointed chief of staff of Bergslage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph A
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef (given name), Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish language, Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian language, Persian, the name is , and in Turkish language, Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil language, Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass T
Douglass may refer to: Surname * Douglass (surname) * Douglass family, family of Frederick Douglass ** Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), noted abolitionist Given name *Douglass Dumbrille (1889–1974), Canadian actor in early Hollywood *Douglass Houghton (1809–1845), American geologist and physician * Douglass Morse Howell (1906 – 1994), American papermaker and artist * Douglass Lubahn (1947–2019), rock bassist *Douglass Montgomery (1907–1966), American actor *Douglass North (1920–2015), American economist and Nobel Prize laureate *Douglass Wallop (1920–1985), American novelist and playwright *Douglass Watson (1921–1989), American actor Places In the United States: * Douglass, Kansas * Douglass (Memphis), a neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee * Douglass, Texas * Douglass (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C. * Douglass Township (other) Elsewhere: * Mount Douglass, Antarctica * Douglass (lunar crater), named after A. E. Douglass * Douglass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet
General Sir Charles Green, 1st Baronet (18 December 1749 – 12 July 1831) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Northern District. Military career Green was the son of Captain Christopher Green and was commissioned as an ensign in the 31st Regiment of Foot in 1765. He was injured and taken prisoner at the First Battle of Saratoga in September 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. He became commanding officer of the 30th Regiment of Foot in February 1794 and was deployed to Corsica. He went on to be Civil Governor of Grenada in 1796 and then temporary commander of the British troops in the Leeward Islands in 1804. He commanded a force which captured the colony of Suriname later that year. He became commander of the British troops in Malta in 1807, colonel of the 16th (Buckinghamshire) Regiment of Foot in 1808, General Officer Commanding Northern District in March 1812 and General Officer Commanding London District in November 1813. In 1814 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
