Promoted to the local rank of general (Ministry of Defence) on 1 September 1978. The days of quick regeneration of people and kit are long gone mate. Promoted to field marshal on 27 March 1886. Lieutenant General David Ximenes Hon. Henry Yarde-Buller British Mission to French GQG[3] Brigadier Morris Yates 1900 [2] Clement Yatman GOC Infantry Brigade[3] Brigadier Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley 1891 [2] Brigadier Herbert Charles James Yeo 1892 [2] Robert Young GOC Infantry Brigade[3] Major General Peter Young 1912 1976 [96] Elton Younger cheers. Size of the UK Armed Forces Across all services there were 30,400 officers (19%) and 128,600 personnel with other ranks (81%). Promoted to field marshal on 19 June 1911; later Baron Nicholson. Promoted to field marshal on 26 May 1894. This page was last changed on 8 March 2022, at 03:45. Unfortunately we have more brigadiers and generals than main battle tanks! Hi Watchzero, I very well recall the slide in army numbers before, during and after my army service I have always understood (but not accepted) that the army has been cut once or twice a decade since the end of the Korean War. I struggle to keep up with the Bands! Promoted to field marshal on 9 November 1846. Promoted to substantive general on 1 June 1902. promoted 21 March 1981 with seniority 1 February 1981, promoted to field marshal in 1757; later Viscount then Earl Ligonier. Army maximum engagement for soldiers has always been 22 years (ie up to age 40). 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Thats so wrong and stand by for a broadside from the RN! It includes currently serving generals, lieutenant generals, major generals, and brigadiers.[1]. He was appointed as Military defense expenditure of the UK 2005-2018, Facebook: quarterly number of MAU (monthly active users) worldwide 2008-2022, Quarterly smartphone market share worldwide by vendor 2009-2022, Number of apps available in leading app stores Q3 2022. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 2014-2021 UK Defence Journal, all rights reserved. This is a list of full generals in the British Army since 1707. Townshend, George Townshend, 1st Marquess ! At any one situation date in the above table, there are less than circa 20 people who according to the Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA), do not have a known Arm/Service attributed to them. an army officer in the East India Company, HM Indian Army, Commander of Burma Division, lost when the SS Cheduba sank in the BAy of Bengal, May 1869, served in Mahdist War in Egypt, Second Boer War, First World War, commanded the ill-fated Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the Battle of Gallipoli, Served in Seven Years' War, American War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, Served as an officer in the Honourable East India Company, the British Army and during the Napoleonic Wars the Portuguese Army. Substantive general from 1999. Substantive promotion to general on 1 October 2004. promoted to field marshal on 28 November 1757. Graham, I was on the old LSL for a few years as an Instructor at Arborfield. Such a unit might be a light role Inf Bn. 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