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The British Field Marshals, 1736–1997

by T. A. “Tony” Heathcote

First published 1999

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The British Field Marshals, 1736–1997 profiles the men who held the highest rank in the British Army from its eighteenth-century creation to the end of the twentieth century. Tony Heathcote ranges from royal and diplomatic appointments to commanders whose reputations were made in imperial campaigns, the First and Second World Wars and the professional army of the Cold War.

The individual biographies cover upbringing, regimental careers, senior appointments, honours, campaigns and personal character, placing famous commanders alongside figures now largely forgotten. Together they provide a reference history of British military leadership and show how patronage, professional reform, mass warfare and changing defence policy reshaped the route to the crossed batons of field marshal.

Historical Periods

Georgian Era1714–1830 CE Victorian Era1837–1901 CE World War I1914–1918 CE World War II1939–1945 CE Cold War and Post-war Era1945–present

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Political History

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