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Commandant-general

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Commandant-general was, at times, also a post designation, rather than a rank. Brigadier-General CF Beyers was the first Commandant-General of the Active Citizen Force until he resigned in 1914. He was succeeded as Commandant-General by Major-General J C Smuts with effect from 16 September 1914.
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In the United Kingdom, commandant-general is a military appointment, not a rank. See the following for more details:
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was renamed "commandant-general" in 1956 and was in use until 1967 when it reverted simply to "general"
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is a military rank in several countries and is generally equivalent to that of major-general.
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Presently, in Portugal is the title of the general officer commanding the
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In Brazil, it is the title of the commanding officers of the state
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was the head of its armed forces. The rank of full general in the
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Radburn, A (1990). "South African Army Ranks and Insignia".
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was the Commandant-General during the Easter Rising.
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Index

Commandant-General
Argentine National Gendarmerie
brigade general
lieutenant general
Irish Civil War
Irregulars
Boer
Irish Transvaal Brigade
Joseph Plunkett
Italy
Carabinieri
Guardia di Finanza
Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard
Fascist Italy's
Blackshirts
Benito Mussolini
Portuguese
Portugal
Brazil
National Republican Guard (GNR)
Public Security Police
Fiscal Guard
Portuguese Legion
military police
military rank
South African Republic
Orange Free State Republic
Union of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Boer republics

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