5-723: General Sir Anthony Blaxland Stransham GCB (22 December 1805 – 6 October 1900) was a senior officer in the Royal Marines . Stransham was the son of manolo Colonel Anthony Stransham of the Royal Marines, and grandson of Major Samuel Stransham, also of the Royal Marines, who raised the Union Flag on the Falklands in 1771, claiming formal possession of the islands for the United Kingdom. Stransham entered
10-522: Is a four-star rank . It is equivalent to a full admiral in the Royal Navy or an air chief marshal in the Royal Air Force . Officers holding the ranks of lieutenant-general and major-general may be generically considered to be generals. A general's insignia is a crossed sword and baton. This appeared on its own for the now obsolete rank of brigadier-general . A major-general has
15-589: The British Army . The rank can also be held by Royal Marines officers in tri-service posts, for example, Generals Sir Gordon Messenger and Gwyn Jenkins , former and current Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff . It ranks above lieutenant-general and, in the Army, is subordinate to the rank of field marshal , which is now only awarded as an honorary rank. The rank of general has a NATO-code of OF-9 , and
20-664: The Royal Marines on 1 January 1823. Four years after entering the service, he was present as a subaltern at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827. Stransham led the Royal Marines during the First Battle of Canton in the First Opium War on 18 March 1841. He was wounded and promoted to captain. He was awarded the Baltic Medal , having been with Charles John Napier in 1854. From 1862 to 1867, General Stransham
25-552: Was Inspector-General of the Royal Marines. Later in his career, as a general, the "Grand Old Man of the Army" became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath . He saw active service for over 53 years, retiring with the rank of general on 24 December 1875. General (United Kingdom) General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of
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