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Joseph Henry BanksOn 26 June 1867, Banks was finally commissioned as an Ensign with the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot.
John Reith, 1st Baron ReithHe was struck in the cheek by a bullet in October 1915, at which time he was a Lieutenant, and transferred to the Royal Engineers.
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-EsteThe couple have five children : After finishing school, Archduke Lorenz made his military service in the regiment of Gebirgsjäger (Alpine Hunters) of the Federal Austrian Army and was promoted as Reserve'' Leutnant'' (Second Lieutenant) in 1980.
Sepala Attygalle With the out break of World War II seeking a King's Commission, he joined as a cadet officer taking the Sword of Honour at the Army passing out parade at Diyatalawa in 1941.
Henry Edward McCallumMcCallum attended the Royal Military College in Woolwich and began his colonial service career in 1874.
Jean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgHe joined the British Army as a volunteer in the Irish Guards in November 1942.
A. E. J. CollinsHis younger brother Herbert (a Lieutenant in the 24th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment and also an old Cliftonian) was killed in action on 11 February 1917, aged 27.
Ken GillespieHe graduated from the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, in 1972, gaining a commission in the corps of the Royal Australian Engineers.
Arno von LenskiAfter the end of the war Lenski served in the Weimar German Reichswehr and served in the Kavallerieregiment 6 in Demmin and Pasewalk and at the Cavalry School Hanover, where he was a subordinate of Wilhelm Keitel in 1921.
Kenneth EatherWhile at school he served in the Australian Army Cadets, in which he was commissioned in 1919.
Eric Ronald InglisHe enrolled in the Army as a light-horseman and travelling with the 11th Light Horse Regiment, in 1918, to Egypt.
Anthony SynnotHe joined the Royal Australian Navy as a cadet midshipman in March 1939 and trained in Britain with Prince Philip of Greece (as he then was).
Reginald DyerHe was then transferred to the British Indian Army, initially joining the Bengal Staff Corps as a Lieutenant in 1887.
Arthur Godfrey PeuchenIn 1888 he entered military life and became a lieutenant of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.
John Whitelaw (1921?2010) On 11 June 1939, he enlisted in the Militia and served with 10 Field Brigade, Royal Australian Artillery.
Sir Thomas Troubridge, 3rd BaronetHe attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and entered the army, purchasing his commission as an ensign in the 73rd Foot on 24 January 1834.
Harcourt Mortimer BengoughHe was commissioned ensign by purchase in the 77th Regiment of Foot on 22 March 1855, and promoted lieutenant on 3 October of the same year.
Angus FultonFollowing his graduation in 1922 with a Bachelor of Science degree he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 51st (Highland) Division engineers section of the Territorial Army Royal Engineers.
D'Urban ArmstrongHe was educated at Hilton College Armstrong joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1915.
Nigel BagnallEarly in his military career he saw action during the Palestine Emergency, the Malayan Emergency, the Cyprus Emergency and the Indonesia -- Malaysia confrontation and later in his career he provided advice to the British Government on the future role of Britain's nuclear weapon s. Born the son of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stephen Bagnall and Marjory May Bagnall and educated at Wellington College, Bagnall undertook National Service for a year before being commissioned into the Green Howards on 5 January 1946.
Wilhelm Burgdorf Burgdorf joined the German Army (Reichsheer) at the outbreak of World War I as an officer cadet and was commissioned as an infantry officer in Grenadier Regiment 12 in 1915.
Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of TunisHe joined the Irish Guards in 1954.
John Ferguson (police officer)He passed out from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry on 14 February 1912 and was immediately posted to the North-West Frontier of India.
David Murray-Lyon Murray-Lyon was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Territorial Army in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1908.
George StylesHe obtained a regular commission in 1949, and was seconded to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
David Hughes Parry In World War I he joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers as an officer in 1915 and did service on the western front.
G. E. R. LloydOn 14 March 1959, following training, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the British Army's Intelligence Corps.
Derek Cooper Cooper joined the Irish Guards as a reservist in October 1936.
Herbert StewartAfter serving in India with his regiment (37th Foot) he returned to England in 1873, having exchanged into the 3rd Dragoon Guards.
Charles RosenthalIn 1892 Rosenthal joined the Geelong Battery of the Victorian Militia Garrison Artillery as a gunner.
Basil HoodHood was educated at Wellington and Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the Green Howards in 1883.
Robert Groves SandemanHe was educated at Perth and University of St Andrews, and joined the 33rd Bengal Infantry in 1856.
Frederic ManningHe was recalled for further training and posted to Ireland in May 1917 with a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment.
Philip Trousdell Trousdell was commissioned into the Royal Irish Rangers on 2 August 1968 as a second lieutenant.
William Lowe (British Army officer)He was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and commissioned in the 7th Dragoon Guards in 1881.
John Buchanan (cricketer, born 1887) With the start of World War I in 1914, Buchanan was joined up with the Grenadier Guards as a 2nd Lieutenant in August of that year.
Joseph Child PriestleyHe was struck off the strength of the Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteer Corps, and appointed to the 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps, with effect from 11 December 1886.
Peter Inge, Baron Inge Born the son of Raymond Albert Inge and Grace Maud Caroline Inge (née Du Rose) and educated at Wrekin College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Inge was commissioned into the Green Howards from Sandhurst on 27 July 1956.
Archie CameronHe was educated at state schools and worked on his father's farm at Happy Valley until 1916, when he joined the First Australian Imperial Force and fought on the Western Front.
Andrew MitchellHe resigned his British Army commission on 9 February 1977 after serving in the Royal Tank Regiment for eight months on a Short Service Commission.
Vyvyan PopeOn his return to Britain, and following a brief period of service with the North Staffordshire Regiment in Ireland, he transferred in April 1920 to the Royal Tank Corps.
Noel PharazynHe then gained admission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and joined the Royal Field Artillery in August 1914 as a junior officer.
Oskar von XylanderHe joined as an officer aspirant the 1st Royal Bavarian Infantry Lifeguards Regiment'' King'' of the Bavarian army on September 21, 1874.
Gerald Gardner (Wiccan)Exploring his interest in weaponry, in 1907 Gardner joined the Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps, a local volunteer force composed of European tea and rubber planters intent on protecting their interests from foreign aggression or domestic insurrection.
Nevil MacreadyHe therefore joined the Army, passing out from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and being commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in October 1881.
Frederick E. MorganAt an early age it was decided that Frederick would become a British Army officer, and in 1907 he entered Clifton College, a school noted for its connections with the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
A. E. J. CollinsHe joined the British Army the following year, being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 21 December 1904.
Helmuth WeidlingHe entered the military in 1911 initially serving in a field artillery regiment in Breslau.
Digendra Kumar Kumar joined the 2nd Battalion of the Rajputana Rifles on 3 September, 1985.
John Kiszely On 20 December 1968, having attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Kiszely was commissioned into the Scots Guards as a second lieutenant.
Edward Joseph TodhunterIn 1922 he was Gazetted as 2nd Lt. in the Territorial Royal Field Artillery 104th (Essex Tea.)
Henry Thomas HowardOn 21 July 1825, he purchased a commission as an ensign in the 58th Regiment of Foot.
David MaltbyIn 1938 he began training as a mining engineer in Trenton, South Yorkshire, but resigned at the outbreak of war.
Willie RedmondAfter school he first apprenticed himself on a merchant sailing ship, then took a commission in the Wexford militia the Royal Irish Regiment on 24 December 1879 (Stephen Gwynn commenting'' he was an instinctive soldier'').
Ernest Lucas GuestGuest then travelled to England and sought a commission, joining the South Lancashire Regiment with the rank of Lieutenant in September 1916.
Andrew Hamilton RussellIn January 1888, Russell was commissioned into the 1st Battalion of the Border Regiment which was stationed in British India.
Richard Haking He was probably born in Halifax, the son of a clergyman, and was commissioned into the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot (which that year became part of the Hampshire Regiment) on 22 Jan 1881.
Harry BaxterHis Emergency Commission was changed to a Permanent Commission in the British Army on 25 May 1946 when he joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers as a Temporary Major.
Reg GutteridgeGutteridge was an amateur flyweight boxer when he was conscripted as a foot soldier with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1942.
Kyffin WilliamsKyffin Williams was educated at Moreton Hall School then Shrewsbury School before joining the 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers as a lieutenant in 1937.
Henry WilliamsonHe was commissioned into the Machine Gun Corps, was promoted Lieutenant and, from 1917, was attached to the Bedfordshire Regiment.
Douglas Arthur Davies On 17 October 1915, he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Wiltshire Regiment.
Charles Stewart (ice hockey)During that time, he enlisted in the Canadian Army Dental Corps in 1917, being commissioned as a lieutenant, and assigned to Battalion M. D. No. 2 ; he did not see overseas service before war's end.
Bertie KirbyIt was claimed that he moved to a branch in Upton-upon-Severn but, by the 1911 Census, he had joined the army and was then'' Bombardier, Royal Horse Artillery, on sick'' again living with his parents at 78 Marle Hill Parade, Cheltenham.
Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes After graduating from College in 1915, Hughes joined the British Army and served in the First World War as a medical officer, first with the Wiltshire Regiment and later with the Grenadier Guards.
George Henry MackenzieHe was commissioned into the 60th Foot as an ensign in 1856 when he was nineteen years old.
Gwilym Hugh LewisHe volunteered for the Northamptonshire Regiment for service early in World War I. On 10 September 1915, having trained at the Officers' Training Corps at the University of London, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant ; however, he was not entitled to pay and allowances until the following 3 January.
Prince August of W?rttemberg After 16 years of military service to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1831, August was promoted to Rittmeister in the First Cavalry Regiment.
Charlie MayfieldOn 12 April 1986, he was commissioned into the Scots Guards, British Army, as a second lieutenant.
Albert BallRaised in Nottingham, Ball joined the Sherwood Foresters at the outbreak of the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in October 1914.
John Carroll (VC) Joining the Australian 3rd Division, Carroll was originally a reinforcement for the West Australian 44th Battalion before moving to the New South Wales 33rd Battalion in November 1916.
Roy C. Firebrace Firebrace was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1908.
Aleksei BrusilovHe was educated at home until at the age of 14, he joined the Imperial Corps of Pages in Saint Petersburg in 1867.
Edwin Edward Hunnisett Edwin Hunnisett enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 6 January 1913.
Patrick Kay Kay was commissioned into the Royal Marines in January 1940.
Charles BlackaderOriginally joining the Army in 1888 as a junior officer in the Leicestershire Regiment, Blackader's first active posting was in the late 1890s, when he served on attachment to the West African Frontier Force, closely followed by service during the Boer War, where he commanded a company at the defence of Ladysmith.
Wolfgang MartiniUpon graduating in 1910, he joined the Army as a Cadet, and his talents were such that he soon became a Lieutenant and made Company Officer of a Telegraph Battalion.
Robert WarburtonWarburton was educated at Kensington Grammar School, Addiscombe Military College (one term) and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (two terms), after which he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in December 1861.
George White (British Army officer)He was commissioned as an ensign in the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot on 4 November 1853.
George StrahanAfter graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he joined the Royal Artillery corps of the British Army as a lieutenant in 1857.
Michael Kitson His three years at King's College, Cambridge, were interrupted in 1945 when he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and attached to security intelligence Middle East, based in Egypt.
Raymond BlackburnOn 1 July 1942, he transferred from the East Yorkshire Regiment to the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Patrick Denis O'DonnellHe graduated from the Irish Military College in the Curragh, and was commissioned in 1943.
Ellis WackettWackett was at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, when he applied to join the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1922.
Manfred von RichthofenAfter completing cadet training in 1911, he joined an Uhlan cavalry unit, the Ulanen-Regiment Kaiser Alexander der III.
Hamish Forbes Forbes was commissioned as a subaltern in the 1st Welsh Guards in 1939.
Hugh Poyntz Hugh Poyntz was educated at Eastbourne College and went straight from there into the Army, joining the third battalion of the Sherwood Foresters (the battalion was the former Derbyshire Regiment) in 1896.
Victor Hubert Tait With the outbreak of World War I, Tait joined the Royal Canadian Engineers as a sapper before being commissioned into the London Regiment in 1916.
Clive Steele Appointed as a second lieutenant in the Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), Australian Imperial Force on 8 October 1915, he sailed for Egypt in November with the 5th Field Company.
John Caligari Upon graduating from Duntroon in 1982, Caligari was assigned to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR), an infantry unit that his father, Barry Caligari, was commanding at the time.
Charles Lyon Lyon was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, the North Staffordshire Regiment in February 1900.
Jack Cohen (politician) Cohen volunteered for military service in 1906, joining a territorial battalion of the King's Liverpool Regiment.
Tom Barry (soldier)In 1915, during World War I, he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery at Cork and became a soldier in the British Army.
Pelham Von DonopHe was educated at Royal Somersetshire College, Bath, before entering the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1869.
Howard SomervellHe was commissioned as a lieutenant with the West Lancashire Casualty Clearing Station on 17 May 1915, having previously been a member of the University of London Officer Training Corps.
Charles Granville FortescueFortescue was educated at Harrow School and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Rifle Brigade in 1881, rising to Lieutenant later that year.
Albert de RochasIn 1861, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Military Engineers ('' Le Génie militaire'') and distinguished himself as a soldier, engineer and administrator.
Sir Robert Cunliffe, 5th BaronetHe was educated at Eton College and joined the Scots Fusilier Guards in 1857.
Vincent Eyre In 1827 he entered the Addiscombe Military Seminary and the service of the East India Company.
Jim A. MatthewsHe joined the Army in 1943 and served with the 22nd Australian Field Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery.