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Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Brigadier
In 1968 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 52) retired from the Army. He was granted the honorary rank of Brigadier.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Captain
In 1946 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 30) was promoted Captain in the Royal Horse Guards Regiment.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Colonel
In 1960 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 44) was promoted Colonel in the Household Cavalry Regiment.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Colonel in Chief
In 1974 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 58) was appointed Colonel in Chief of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment; the only non-Royal Colonel in Chief.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Colonel of Horse
In 1645 William Compton (age 20) was appointed Colonel of Horse.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Deputy Colonel in Chief
In 2006 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 90) was appointed Deputy Colonel in Chief of the Yorkshire Regiment into which the Duke of Wellington's Regiment had been amalgamated.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Lieutenant
In 1946 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 30) was promoted Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards Regiment.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Lieutenant Colonel
In 1954 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 38) was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Horse Guards Regiment.
Culture, England, Military, Army Ranks, Second Lieutenant
In 1936 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 20) was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Territorial Army.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1940 Arthur Valerian Wellesley 8th Duke Wellington (age 24) was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards Regiment service number 68268.