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This is quite ambitious, as there were over 1000 generals (brigadier-general and above) in the British Army in World War I alone. I know of some good sources for World War I generals. What sources are being used to generate this list, particularly the redlinks? Carcharoth ( talk) 21:34, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
It might be better to add ranks and a small line of who they were = Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron - GOC Infantry Brigade and Calais Base during the First World War could be added. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 07:23, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
I don't know if you intend to enter names under both surname and title for example Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven is listed under A for Ancaster with his surname being Bertie he should be under B. There are a few other listed by title as well -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 08:40, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
I have doubts over the size of the completed list - with 2500 WW2 generals and 1000 WW1 it may be better to have lists for each letter List of British generals A - B - C etc - or as has been suggested on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#List of British generals List of British general officers A - B - C etc You could even consider breaking down into conflict List of British general officers Second World War or arm of service List of British infantry general officers etc. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 09:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused about why there is a statement about Brigadiers and Brigadier-General being different. Brigadiers are 1*, not 0*. ALR ( talk) 12:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
It appears that there may have been distinct ranks of brigadier and brigadier-general in the East India Company armies. See e.g. John Philippart's biography of James Arnold in the East India Military Calendar, which says Arnold was promoted brigadier on 2 January 1815 and then brigadier-general on 14 September 1817. Opera hat ( talk) 07:53, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
What do we do with e.g. Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet? He was a Brigadier who was for a while acting Major-General. Kittybrewster ☎ 15:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
This chap served in WWII but became a General afterwards. Kittybrewster ☎ 15:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
In line with such articles as:
might it be appropriate to split out the full generals into their own article and potentially the Lt-Gen, Maj-Gen and Brig/Brig-Gen into their own articles as well? Greenshed ( talk) 20:24, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Can I know the rationale for the creation of this page? For instance Can I create a similar page for India? My Father retired as a BG. Would be pretty cool to have him in Wikipedia. How abour Burundi? Burkina Faso? ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 13:25, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
As an inclusionist I would have no objections to an article titled List of Indian generals or perhaps better still List of Indian Army generals to specify the scope precisely. References to reliable sources would be needed. Greenshed ( talk) 09:58, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
What happened to Major General John LINDSEY (died Brighton 1820, promoted Major General 1812? Delahays ( talk) 21:38, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Is this article for general officers and brigadiers who have served in the British Armed Forces (of any nationality) or is it for British people who have attained the rank of general in any armed force? Greenshed ( talk) 23:17, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Not that this article's scope isn't large enough already, but are we going to include (say) temporary Brigadiers or only those who held substantive appointments? Atchom ( talk) 02:35, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
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This is quite ambitious, as there were over 1000 generals (brigadier-general and above) in the British Army in World War I alone. I know of some good sources for World War I generals. What sources are being used to generate this list, particularly the redlinks? Carcharoth ( talk) 21:34, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
It might be better to add ranks and a small line of who they were = Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron - GOC Infantry Brigade and Calais Base during the First World War could be added. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 07:23, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
I don't know if you intend to enter names under both surname and title for example Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven is listed under A for Ancaster with his surname being Bertie he should be under B. There are a few other listed by title as well -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 08:40, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
I have doubts over the size of the completed list - with 2500 WW2 generals and 1000 WW1 it may be better to have lists for each letter List of British generals A - B - C etc - or as has been suggested on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#List of British generals List of British general officers A - B - C etc You could even consider breaking down into conflict List of British general officers Second World War or arm of service List of British infantry general officers etc. -- Jim Sweeney ( talk) 09:47, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
I'm a bit confused about why there is a statement about Brigadiers and Brigadier-General being different. Brigadiers are 1*, not 0*. ALR ( talk) 12:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
It appears that there may have been distinct ranks of brigadier and brigadier-general in the East India Company armies. See e.g. John Philippart's biography of James Arnold in the East India Military Calendar, which says Arnold was promoted brigadier on 2 January 1815 and then brigadier-general on 14 September 1817. Opera hat ( talk) 07:53, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
What do we do with e.g. Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet? He was a Brigadier who was for a while acting Major-General. Kittybrewster ☎ 15:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
This chap served in WWII but became a General afterwards. Kittybrewster ☎ 15:29, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
In line with such articles as:
might it be appropriate to split out the full generals into their own article and potentially the Lt-Gen, Maj-Gen and Brig/Brig-Gen into their own articles as well? Greenshed ( talk) 20:24, 7 May 2010 (UTC)
Can I know the rationale for the creation of this page? For instance Can I create a similar page for India? My Father retired as a BG. Would be pretty cool to have him in Wikipedia. How abour Burundi? Burkina Faso? ChiragPatnaik ( talk) 13:25, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
As an inclusionist I would have no objections to an article titled List of Indian generals or perhaps better still List of Indian Army generals to specify the scope precisely. References to reliable sources would be needed. Greenshed ( talk) 09:58, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
What happened to Major General John LINDSEY (died Brighton 1820, promoted Major General 1812? Delahays ( talk) 21:38, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Is this article for general officers and brigadiers who have served in the British Armed Forces (of any nationality) or is it for British people who have attained the rank of general in any armed force? Greenshed ( talk) 23:17, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
Not that this article's scope isn't large enough already, but are we going to include (say) temporary Brigadiers or only those who held substantive appointments? Atchom ( talk) 02:35, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
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There is some information with a link to an obit in The Times here Jackiespeel ( talk) 17:22, 1 October 2019 (UTC)