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	Field Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Field Marshal (sometimes incorrectly spelled Marshall) is a military officer of the highest rank, one step above a full General, Army General or Colonel General.
		A Marshal is also the name for a law enforcement officer, such as members of the United States Marshals Service, or Sky marshals who serve as undercover law enforcement onboard commercial aircraft.
		"Marshal" and "Marshall" are both common surnames, held by such notable figures as William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Field_Marshal (485 words)

	Field Marshal (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the United Kingdom, equivalent to a General of the Army in other countries.
		Although traditionally the British monarch is a Field Marshal, Queen Elizabeth II does not hold that rank, and the Prince of Wales has been said to have indicated an unwillingness to be the only five-star officer of the armed forces.
		Now, no Field Marshals are to be routinely appointed in peacetime, although members of the Royal Family and certain other very senior officers are still eligible to be appointed (although none has been appointed since the general suspension of the rank).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Field_Marshal_(UK) (401 words)

	Field Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The field marshal's special symbol was a baton, famously mentioned by King Louis XVIII of France in a speech to young officers graduating from the Saint-Cyr military academy: "Every one of you carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack; it is up to you to bring it out".
		The rank insiginia of a Field Marshal in the British Army is shown in the illustration above.
		The 1st Earl of Orkney became the first field marshal in 1736.
	www.dunedin.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Field_Marshal (866 words)

	Ansteorra's Complete Participant's Handbook (Section 7)
		Marshals should see to it that non-essential individuals are not allowed to enter the field unless called for by the controlling Marshal.
		In a melee, there may be several controlling Marshals, each assigned to a particular area of the field.
		One of the Marshals upon the field shall be designated the "Controlling Marshal".
	www.realtime.net /~otto/handbook/booksec7.html (1966 words)

	Herman Goering's Field Marshal Baton
		Since the rank of Field Marshal is usually reserved for Army Generals, Goering, as the head of Germany's Air Force (Luftwaffe), therefore received the special title of Field Marshal General of the Air Force.
		A Field Marshal is, in some nations, the highest military rank, one step above a full General; and of a comparable rank to the highest ranking General(s) in an army that does not use such a term.
		The baton itself is inscribed with "The Fuhrer to the first Field Marshal General of the Air Force Hermannn Goering, 4 February 1938." The staff of blue velvet is adorned with Nazi eagles, as well as German Iron Crosses.
	www.nationalinfantryfoundation.org /artifact_baton.shtml (250 words)

	Generalfeldmarschall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the German armies the rank of General Field Marshal was the highest military rank until 1941 when it was made subordinate to the even higher rank of Reichsmarschall (held solely by Hermann Göring).
		) (General Field Marshal, usually translated simply as Field Marshal, and sometimes written only as Feldmarschall) was a rank in the armies of several German states, the Holy Roman Empire, and Austrian Empire.
		In 1870 Prince Friedrich Karl and Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm became the first Prussian princes appointed field marshals.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Generalfeldmarschall (315 words)

	Field Marshals: Introduction
		A Field Marshal carries a short baton presented by the Sovereign as a symbol of his rank, and this constituted his insignia of rank for a short period in the late 18th century, and again since 1855.
		There were, for instance, commissions for Sir Ralph Hopton as "Field Marshal of the Western Army", 10th June 1643 and "Field Marshal General of the West and Sussex, Surrey and Kent" dated 27th October 1643.
		There was usually only one Marshal of the Field on any battlefield and he usually communicated the commander's orders and troop deployments.
	www.regiments.org /biography/fmintro.htm (467 words)

	Field Marshal > Military Rank > Artillery Heritage > New Zealand Artillery : Southern Gunners : Live Firing
		In 1643 Ralph Hopton was commissioned as "Field Marshal of the Western Army", and as he had been a Lieutenant-General this suggests the rank had slipped upwards several grades.
		The term Field Marshal gained currency by the time of the English Civil War and appointments were more common.
		In the 1600's Marshal's of the Field began to manage encampments and one would be appointed for each battlefield to communicate the Commanders orders.
	livefiring.ashst.com /artillery_heritage/military_rank/fieldmarshal.htm (606 words)

	Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Indian Army
		The first Indian Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa was born on 28th January 1899 at Shanivarsanthe in erstwhile Coorg, which was centrally administered by the British.
		Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa is an unforgettable name in the history of Indian Army.
		Field Marshal Cariappa breathed his last at Bangalore at a ripe age of 94, on 15th May 1993.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/brass68.html (1281 words)

	SAYSO Field Marshal Program for U8
		The Field Marshal is not a referee and is not involved in the decisions made by the referee.
		A field marshal is a trained parent volunteer who supervises the sidelines during a game.
		Be sure to maintain a good distance from either team so that both the referee and the coaches and spectators know you are the field marshal.
	www.sayso.org /marshal.htm (1236 words)

	Field Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain
		Field Marshal Sir Neville Bowles Chamberlain (January 10, 1820-February 3, 1902), a significant figure in Britain's wars on the Indian subcontinent, was the only person to have been appointed to the highest rank in the British Army while a member of a Unitarian church.
		In 1900, at the age of eighty, Chamberlain was made a field marshal.
		Biographies and biographical articles include G W Forrest, Life of Field Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain (1909); Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); and Alan Ruston, 'The Unitarian Field Marshal', Transactions of the Unitarian Historical Society (1993).
	www.uua.org /uuhs/duub/articles/fmnevillechamberlain.html (1079 words)

	FIELD MARSHAL K
		FIELD MARSHAL K.M. Born on 28 January 1900 in Sanivara Santhai (Coorg), Late Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, OBE received his formal education at the Central High School of Virajpet and Medikeri (Coorg) and Presidency College, Madras.
		Apart from the OBE, the other best-known honours conferred on the Late Field Marshal were the Legion of Merit in the order of Chief Commander of the United States of America, Honorary General of the Nepalese Army and Doctor of Science by University of Agra.
		Late Field Marshal K. Cariappa was in letter and spirit an exceptional captain of his team.
	indiapicks.com /stamps/Forces/1623_Cariappa.htm (617 words)

	Marshallate Structure
		Field Marshals maintain their warrant at the discretion of, and are answerable to, both entities.
		Marshals have the power to regulate the movement of non-combatants on the field and to control the location of spectators before, during, and after battles.
		In very large melees, it may be desirable to have some of the marshals in the middle of the field in addition to those around the edge.
	www.antir.sca.org /Pubs/Abc/4marshalte_r6.html (11763 words)

	Field Marshal (UK) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal is the highest military rank of the United Kingdom, equivalent to a General of the Army in other countries.
		Although traditionally the British monarch is a Field Marshal, Queen Elizabeth II does not hold that rank, and the Prince of Wales has been said to have indicated an unwillingness to be the only five-star officer of the armed forces.
		Now, no Field Marshals are to be routinely appointed in peacetime, although members of the Royal Family and certain other very senior officers are still eligible to be appointed (although none has been appointed since the general suspension of the rank).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Field_Marshal_(UK) (420 words)

	Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal The Right Honourable Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO (17 November 1887–24 March 1976) was a British Army officer, most noted for his involvement in World War II and often referred to as "Monty".
		Montgomery died in 1976 and was interred in the Holy Cross Churchyard, Binstead, Hampshire.
		Montgomery was placed in command of II Corps during the evacuation and he was part of over 330,000 British and French troops that were successfully evacuated from Dunkirk by the time the operation ended on 4 June.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bernard_Montgomery (1979 words)

	Field Marshal Portal - News
		The Field Marshal Project team members met at ODU on September 10, 2004 to discuss Field Marshal architectural issues and to decide on initial focal points for Phase I activities.
		A screen shot and description of the Field Marshal Prototype moves the prototype beyond the mockup phase.
		The Field Marshal Project team members held a second meeting ODU on December 3, 2004.
	fieldmarshal.org /news (256 words)

	rediff.com: CDS to get the Field Marshal Room in South Block
		The room has remained vacant for the field marshal, for consultations that he might want to conduct with the three services, but Maneckshaw has rarely used it.
		On the eve of this year's Republic Day, the government honoured the legendary air force chief of 1965 war, Arjan Singh, with the post of Indian Air Force's first marshal, which is equivalent to a field marshal of the army.
		The chief of defence staff, the military advisor to the government whose appointment is expected soon, would occupy the historic Field Marshal Room in South Block.
	www.rediff.com /news/2002/jan/28josy.htm (598 words)

	Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, Indian Army
		The architect of India's heroic victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war, Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw was born in Amritsar, Punjab on 3rd April 1914.
		Field Marshal Manekshaw visits Indian soldiers injured in hospital during Kargil war in 1999.
		The other was late Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa.
	www.geocities.com /siafdu/brass67.html (681 words)

	Comando Supremo: Field Marshal Ugo Cavallero
		Cavallero became Chief of General Staff on 6 December 1940, after the resigning of Field Marshal Badoglio due to his disapponting command of the war.
		On 25 July 1943, after Mussolini's dismissal, the new Prime Minister, Field Marshal Badoglio, ordered the arrest of Cavallero.
		Because of his valuable work, he was promoted to Maresciallo d'Italia (Marshal of Italy = Field Marshal) on 1 July 1942.
	www.comandosupremo.com /Cavallero.html (1174 words)

	A Tribute to Carlton Barrett: One Drop
		"Field Marshal," as he liked to be called, is indeed the marshal of the one drop rhythm who kept the Wailers steady in his own militant style.
		As a teenager he built his first set of drums out of some empty paint tins, and had initially been influenced by Lloyd Nibbs, the great drummer from the Skatalites.
	www.bobmarley.com /life/wailers/carlton.page2.html (323 words)

	Field Marshal Viscount Garnet Wolseley
		He was promoted to be field marshal in 1894, and was nominated colonel of the Royal Horse Guards in 1895, in which year he was appointed by the Unionist government to succeed the Duke of Cambridge as commander-in-chief of the forces.
		British field marshal who saw service in battles throughout the world and was instrumental in modernizing the British army.
		GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, Viscount (1833-), British field marshal, eldest son of Major Garnet Joseph Wolseley of the King's Own Borderers (25th Foot.), was born at Golden Bridge, Co. Dublin, on the 4th of June 1833.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /wolseley.htm (2213 words)

	Field Marshal Manekshaw's condition improves
		The condition of Field Marshal S H F J Manekshaw, who was rushed to the army's Specialised Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi for treatment from Tamil Nadu early on Monday morning, has improved, doctors said.
		The sole surviving field marshal in the Indian Army is a veteran of the Burma campaign in World War II.
		He was the first Indian Army officer to be appointed Field Marshal in honour of his role in the 1971 war.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/nov/07manek.htm (231 words)

	The Portrait of the FieldMarshal Rational
		Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition, it is marshalling or situational organizing role that reaches the highest development in Fieldmarshals.
		Their ability to organize, however, may be more highly developed than their ability to analyze, and the Fieldmarshal leader may need to turn to an Inventor or Architect to provide this kind of input.
		They resemble Supervisors in their tendency to establish plans for a task, enterprise, or organization, but Fieldmarshals search more for policy and goals than for regulations and procedures.
	keirsey.com /personality/ntej.html (603 words)

	Field Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the beginning of the 21st century, with military forces shrinking worldwide, there remain few field marshals to be seen anywhere.
		Marshal of the Soviet Union was actually the second-highest rank; Josef Stalin, who had appointed himself an "MSU", subsequently promoted himself to the rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, a rank he and only he was ever appointed to hold.
		Marshal of the Air Force, where Air Force is replaced by the name of the service in question, for example, Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Field_Marshal (603 words)

	Ayub Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1960s, was a Field Marshal and the political leader of Pakistan.
		Khan moved to have a constitution created, and this was done in 1961.
		Despite Jinnah's immense popularity, Khan won the majority of the vote; whether or not this was done without corruption is up for debate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ayub_Khan (603 words)

	FIELD MARSHAL KHAN
		Ayub Khan, during the mid-1960s, was a Field Marshal and the political leader of Pakistan.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/english/FI/FIELD+MARSHAL+KHAN.html (603 words)

	Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (June 19, 1861 - January 28, 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander during World War I.
		Haig died in 1928 and is buried at Dryburgh Abbey.
		Haig helped found the British Expeditionary Force and in 1914 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of the 1st Army Corps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Haig (603 words)

	Field Marshal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Field Marshall is a model of agricultural tractor.
		A Field Marshal (sometimes incorrectly spelled Marshall) is a military officer of the highest rank, one step above a full General, Army General or Colonel General.
		"Marshal" and "Marshall" are both common surnames, held by such notable figures as William Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, and George C. Marshall, the United States Army Chief of Staff during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Field_Marshals (487 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		On September 1 he was made a field marshal, the highest rank in the British Army.
		BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY, (1887-1976), British field marshal, who was one of the leading Allied commanders of WORLD WAR II.
		Montgomery suffered his worst defeat of the war in September 1944 when his planned crossing of the Rhine at the Dutch city of Arnhem was turned back with the loss of 6,000 airborne troops.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_montgomery.html (550 words)

	The Hindu : Karnataka / Madikeri News : Field Marshal Cariappa remembered
		The 106th birth anniversary of late Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, the first Commander-in-Chief of India, was observed at `Roshanara', the home of the Cariappas, here on Friday.
		Retired Army officers and schoolchildren participating in a programme to mark the 106 birth anniversary of Field Marshal late K.M. Cariappa at his estate, `Roshanara', in Madikeri on Friday.
		Students shared their views on the late Field Marshal.
	www.hindu.com /2005/01/29/stories/2005012903980300.htm (206 words)

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