12-584: The Zhang Garden or Zhangyuan ( 張園 ) is a European-style former garrison building in Tianijn , China built in the 1930s. Prior to construction of the garrison building the site contained a mansion residence, built in 1916 in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin by Zhang Biao, a former high-ranking official in the Qing Court . The mansion served as a temporary home for both Sun Yat-sen ,
24-431: A particular location, originally to guard it. The term now often applies to certain facilities that constitute a military base or fortified military headquarters . A garrison is usually in a city , town , fort , castle , ship , or similar site. "Garrison town" is a common expression for any town that has a military base nearby. "Garrison towns" ( Arabic : أمصار , romanized : amsar ) were used during
36-545: The Arab Islamic conquests of Middle Eastern lands by Arab - Muslim armies to increase their dominance over indigenous populations. In order to occupy non-Arab, non-Islamic areas, nomadic Arab tribesmen were taken from the desert by the ruling Arab elite, conscripted into Islamic armies, and settled into garrison towns as well as given a share in the spoils of war . The primary utility of the Arab-Islamic garrisons
48-525: The "garrison game" or the "garrison sport" for its connections with British military serving in Irish cities and towns. Garrison sergeant major A garrison sergeant major ( GSM ) in the British Army is the senior warrant officer of a garrison and holds the rank of warrant officer class 1. The GSM London District , always a guardsman , holds one of the four most senior WO1 appointments in
60-638: The 1920s he cooperated with a businessman to create a restaurant, theater, and an open-air cinema at Zhangyuan. Four bungalows on the right side of the park for Puyi's entourage were also later built. After Puyi left Tianjin, Zhang Biao's son sold the Zhang Garden to the Japanese military in the 1930s and it was subsequently demolished and rebuilt. It was then used as a garrison station for the Japanese Concession police. After World War 2 it
72-558: The British Army, and has military ceremonial responsibility for important state occasions such as Trooping the Colour . The post of GSM London District was established in the early 1940s with specific responsibilities as State Ceremonial Sergeant Major. The first tasks of the new GSM were to organise the military ceremonial at the funeral of King George VI in 1952 and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. The GSM also organised
84-642: The Islamic state established in their midst. In the United Kingdom , "Garrison" also specifically refers to any of the major military stations such as Aldershot , Catterick , Colchester , Tidworth , Bulford , and London , which have more than one barracks or camp and their own military headquarters , usually commanded by a colonel , brigadier or major-general , assisted by a garrison sergeant major . In Ireland , Association football (as distinct from Gaelic football ) has historically been termed
96-580: The first president of the Republic of China, who briefly resided there in 1924, as well as Puyi , the last Emperor of the Qing Dynasty , who lived in the now demolished mansion from 1925 until 1929 In 1912, Qing official Zhang Biao, settled in the Japanese Concession in Tianijn and built a three-story mansion in a Western Neoclassical -inspired style on Miyajima Street (now No.59 Anshan Road) . By
108-518: The military ceremonial at the state funeral of the Queen on 19 September 2022. The GSM London District traditionally wore the same badge of rank as a regimental sergeant major of Foot Guards, the large Royal Coat of Arms on the right upper sleeve. However, on 28 April 2011, the day before the wedding of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , the Ministry of Defence announced that, in recognition of
120-535: The work done by garrison sergeant majors on behalf of the Royal Household, Queen Elizabeth II approved the revival of the original insignia worn by sergeant majors appointed to the court of King William IV in the early 19th century. It incorporates the large Royal Coat of Arms worn by selected warrant officers class 1 of the Household Division , placed over four chevrons sewn in gold thread,
132-543: Was to control the indigenous non-Arab peoples of these conquered and occupied territories, and to serve as garrison bases to launch further Islamic military campaigns into yet-undominated lands. A secondary aspect of the Arab-Islamic garrisons was the uprooting of the aforementioned nomadic Arab tribesmen from their original home regions in the Arabian Peninsula in order to proactively avert these tribal peoples, and particularly their young men, from revolting against
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#1732772460757144-607: Was used as a garrison for the Chinese Kuomintang Army in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War. It has since been used as a theatre and a library. 39°07′26″N 117°11′06″E / 39.123991°N 117.18503°E / 39.123991; 117.18503 Garrison A garrison (from the French garnison , itself from the verb garnir , "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in
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