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59 relations: Air commodore, Air officer, Air officer commanding, Archibald MacLean, Arthur Harris, Battle of Spion Kop, Brigadier (United Kingdom), Brighton College, British Army, Cape Town, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Charles Longcroft, Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom), Dewaniya, Distinguished Service Order, E. M. Forster, Edward Masterman, Geoffrey Salmond, Ghana Regiment, Guy Livingston (British Army officer), Hexham, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Imperial Yeomanry, Iraq, J. R. Ackerley, John Gielgud, Lancashire Fusiliers, Legion of Honour, Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines), List of Royal Flying Corps brigades, London, Mentioned in dispatches, Mike Marqusee, Military attaché, No. 13 Squadron RAF, No. 3 Group RAF, No. 3 Squadron RAF, No. 5 Wing RAF, No. 7 Group RAF, No. 8 Squadron RAF, Officer commanding, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Bath, Piccadilly, RAF Iraq Command, Raymond Mortimer, Relief of Ladysmith, Robert Gordon (RAF officer), Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, ... Expand index (9 more) »
- Military history of Iraq
Air commodore
Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.
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Air officer
An air officer is an air force officer of the rank of air commodore or higher.
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Air officer commanding
Air Officer Commanding (AOC) is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth (and some other) nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment which typically comprises a large, organized collection of air force assets.
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Archibald MacLean
Archibald Campbell Holms MacLean, (23 October 1883 – 30 April 1970) was an officer in the Royal Scots, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force.
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Arthur Harris
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War.
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Battle of Spion Kop
The Battle of Spion Kop (Slag bij Spionkop.; Slag van Spioenkop) was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, during the campaign by the British to relieve the besieged city Ladysmith during the initial months of the Second Boer War.
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Brigadier (United Kingdom)
Brigadier (Brig) is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.
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Brighton College
Brighton College is an independent, co-educational boarding and day public school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18), Brighton College Preparatory School (children aged 8 to 13, located next to the senior school) and the Pre-Prep School (children aged 3 to 8).
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.
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Charles Longcroft
Air Vice Marshal Sir Charles Alexander Holcombe Longcroft, (13 May 1883 – 20 February 1958) was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps who went on to become a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Lionel Charlton and Charles Longcroft are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom)
The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) is the professional head of the Royal Air Force and a member of both the Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Air Force Board.
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Dewaniya
The dewaniya or diwaniya was the reception area where a Middle Eastern man received his business colleagues and male guests.
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.
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E. M. Forster
Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author. Lionel Charlton and E. M. Forster are English gay writers.
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Edward Masterman
Air Commodore Edward Alexander Dimsdale Masterman, (15 April 1880 – 26 August 1957) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force in the first half of the 20th century. Lionel Charlton and Edward Masterman are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Geoffrey Salmond
Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933) was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Lionel Charlton and Geoffrey Salmond are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Ghana Regiment
The Ghana Regiment is an infantry regiment that forms the main fighting element of the Ghanaian Army (GA).
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Guy Livingston (British Army officer)
Brigadier-General Guy Livingston, (17 July 1881 – 10 May 1950) was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer of the early 20th century. Lionel Charlton and Guy Livingston (British Army officer) are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Hexham
Hexham is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall.
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Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, (3 February 1873 – 10 February 1956) was a British officer who was instrumental in establishing the Royal Air Force. Lionel Charlton and Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Imperial Yeomanry
The Imperial Yeomanry was a volunteer mounted force of the British Army that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War.
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Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.
J. R. Ackerley
Joe Randolph "J. Lionel Charlton and J. R. Ackerley are 20th-century English LGBT people and English gay writers.
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John Gielgud
Sir Arthur John Gielgud, (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades.
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Lancashire Fusiliers
The Lancashire Fusiliers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that saw distinguished service through many years and wars, including the Second Boer War, and the First and Second World Wars.
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Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre royal de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil, and currently comprises five classes.
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Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)
Lieutenant (Lt) is a junior officer rank in the British Army and Royal Marines.
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List of Royal Flying Corps brigades
The Royal Flying Corps brigades were organizational formations of British military aircraft and personnel during World War I that typically controlled several wings.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Mentioned in dispatches
To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.
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Mike Marqusee
Mike Marqusee (27 January 1953 – 13 January 2015) was an American writer, journalist, and political activist in London.
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Military attaché
A military attaché or defence attaché (DA),"" Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) sometimes known as a "military diplomat",Prout, John.
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No. 13 Squadron RAF
Number 13 Squadron, also written as XIII Squadron, is a squadron of the Royal Air Force which operate the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle from RAF Waddington since reforming on 26 October 2012.
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No. 3 Group RAF
No.
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No. 3 Squadron RAF
Number 3 Squadron, also known as No.
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No. 5 Wing RAF
No.
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No. 7 Group RAF
No.
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No. 8 Squadron RAF
Number 8 Squadron (sometimes written as No. VIII Squadron) of the Royal Air Force last operated the Boeing E-3D Sentry AEW1 (AWACS) from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
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Officer commanding
The officer commanding (OC), also known as the officer in command or officer in charge (OiC), is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size), principally used in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.
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Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.
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Piccadilly
Piccadilly is a road in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east.
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RAF Iraq Command
Iraq Command was the Royal Air Force (RAF) commanded inter-service command in charge of British forces in Iraq in the 1920s and early 1930s, during the period of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. Lionel Charlton and RAF Iraq Command are military history of Iraq.
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Raymond Mortimer
Charles Raymond Bell Mortimer CBE (25 April 1895 – 9 January 1980), who wrote under the name Raymond Mortimer, was a British writer on art and literature, known mostly as a critic and literary editor. Lionel Charlton and Raymond Mortimer are 20th-century English LGBT people.
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Relief of Ladysmith
When the Second Boer War broke out on 11 October 1899, the Boers had a numeric superiority within Southern Africa.
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Robert Gordon (RAF officer)
Air Commodore Robert Gordon, (22 January 1882 – 25 September 1954) was an early British military aviator.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Flying Corps
The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.
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Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (Tweede Vryheidsoorlog,, 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.
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Second lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.
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Sefton Brancker
Air Vice Marshal Sir William Sefton Brancker, (22 March 1877 – 5 October 1930) was a British pioneer in civil and military aviation and senior officer of the Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force. Lionel Charlton and Sefton Brancker are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Sven Lindqvist
Sven Oskar Lindqvist (28 March 1932 – 14 May 2019) was a prolific Swedish author whose 35 books range from essays, aphorisms, autobiography, and documentary prose to travel and reportage.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Thomas Higgins (RAF officer)
Air Commodore Thomas Charles Reginald Higgins, (21 July 1880 – 22 September 1953) was an early British aviator and senior Royal Flying Corps commander during the First World War. Lionel Charlton and Thomas Higgins (RAF officer) are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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Tom Webb-Bowen
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Tom Ince Webb-Bowen, (17 January 1879 – 29 October 1956) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century. Lionel Charlton and Tom Webb-Bowen are royal Air Force generals of World War I.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Military history of Iraq
- Action of Khan Baghdadi
- Al Fahd 300
- Al Hijarah (missile)
- Al-Abbas (missile)
- Al-Husayn (missile)
- Al-Tammuz
- Al-ʽAhd (Iraq)
- Badr-2000
- Battle of Buwaib
- Battle of Hira
- Battle of Jalula
- Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2
- Combatants of the Iraq War
- Führer Directive No. 30
- Field marshal (Iraq)
- Free Arabian Legion
- Gocol
- Habforce
- International aid to combatants in the Iran–Iraq War
- Iraq Levies
- Iraqi Civil Defense Corps
- Iraqi Revolt
- Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
- Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
- Kingcol
- Lionel Charlton
- List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
- List of conflicts in Iraq
- List of wars involving Iraq
- Mercol
- Mesopotamian campaign
- Military coups in Iraq
- Military history of Iraq
- No. 1 Armoured Car Company RAF
- No. 2 Armoured Car Company RAF
- RAF Armoured Car Company
- RAF Habbaniya
- RAF Hinaidi
- RAF Iraq Command
- Rashidun cavalry
- SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, Iraq 1973–1990
- Shaibah
- Siege of Ctesiphon (637)
- Tanks of Iraq
- Timeline of the Gulf War (1990–1991)
- Treaty of Zuhab
References
Also known as Air Commodore Charlton, L Charlton, L E O Charlton, L. E. O. Charlton, L.E.O. Charlton, Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton.