TY - BOOK AU - HEATHCOTE T A TI - The British Field Marshals: 1763-1997: a biographical dictionary SN - 0850526965 (hbk.): PY - 1999/// CY - Barnsley, UK PB - Leo Cooper KW - BIOGRAPHIES KW - BRITAIN KW - FIELD MARSHALLS KW - DICTIONARIES N2 - COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT:Outlines the military careers of the field marshals of the British Army. Entries include such details as dates and places of subject's birth and death; family background and number of siblings; marriages and children; education; dates of first commissions and subsequent promotions; regimental and staff appointments; campaigns and battles; commands and other public appointments. Also includes a bibliography and index and the following tables: the Field Marshals' seniority list; the Field Marshal's Regiments and Corps; Arms or Branches of the Army in which the Field Marshals served; the Field Marshals' schools; establishments attended by the Field Marshals as military cadets ER -