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'''Dame Leslie Balfour Whateley''', [[Order of the British Empire|DBE]], [[Territorial Decoration|TD]] (28 January 1899 — 4 July 198 ...ld War II]] and contained personal narratives about her experiences in the Army and the Auxiliary Territorial Service (211 pages; 16 leaves of plates: illu

...f of Mafeking''' (the lifting of the siege) was a decisive victory for the British and a crushing defeat for the Boers.<ref name="ISCAJ">{{cite journal|last=S ...s to facilitate the landing of British troops, and, through a demonstrable British presence, deter the local people from siding with the Boers.

...[1941]]), also known as '''B-P''', was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army, writer, and founder of the [[Scouting]] movement. ...g been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer W

...th special forces units ([[Special Air Service|SAS]], [[CSOR]]) and [[U.S. Army Rangers]], or the wide black of French [[Chasseur Alpin|Chasseurs alpins]], ...l as a uniform for armoured vehicle crewmen, and the [[Royal Tank Regiment|British Tank Corps]] (later Royal Tank Corps) adopted the headdress as early as 191

...because of developments in the Balkans, these were routed to the Romanian Army instead.<ref>{{cite book |author=Ranki, Gyorgy and Ervin Pamlenyi, Lorant ...''coup d'état'' and had refuted signatures on the alliance and accepted a British guarantee of security instead. Germany saw its southern flank potentially e

...ee services in 1968, and he eventually rose to the rank of captain (in the army and air force) and lieutenant (in the navy), before he ascended to the thro * {{Flagicon|UK}} Honorary [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]], British [[Royal Navy]] (Seniority: 25 June 1975)<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.