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The Great War: Army
The Great War was the first modern war, with the use of machinery, tanks and trench warfare; troops dug in along the battle lines as ground was lost and gained. Some of the wars greatest losses came from these land battles, which would include The Battle of Mons, The Somme and Passchendaele. Inspired by Lord Kitchener's recruitment campaigns, and the 1916 conscription act, the British army went from a peace time volunteer force of 400,000 to approximately 4 million men serving during the Great War.
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Teck and Marquess of Cambridge
1868-1927Army officer; brother of Queen Mary
Sitter in 18 portraits
Walter Egerton George Lucian Keppel, 9th Earl of Albemarle
1882-1979Soldier, Aide-de-camp to colonial governors and London County Councillor
Sitter in 11 portraits
Prince Alexander Cambridge, Earl of Athlone
1874-1957Army officer and Governor-General of South Africa and of Canada
Sitter in 38 portraits
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
1891-1969Field Marshal
Sitter in 47 portraits
Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale
1890-1956British peer; Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland; army captain
Sitter in 1 portrait
Robert Daniel Thwaites Yerburgh, 1st Baron Alvingham
1889-1955Politician and Captain
Sitter in 3 portraits
James Robert Bargrave Armstrong
1893-1980High Sheriff of County Armagh, soldier, barrister and Civil Affairs Officer in Somalia
Sitter in 1 portrait