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unusual facts about 2nd Lieutenant



Austin Timeous Miller

He entered the Indian Army on 28 August 1910 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 10th Duke of Cambridge’s Own Lancers (Hodson’s Horse), and was advanced to Lieutenant in December 1911.

Ernest Smythe

With the Japanese declaration of war against the British Empire during World War II, Smythe was drafted into the Indian Army as an emergency commission in February 1942, holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.

Geoffrey Shakerley

After an initial period of study for the Bar exams, having previously served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the KRRC, he decided that his interest in photography would make a more fulfilling career.

Joel Dewey

He entered Oberlin College in 1858, but withdrew in October 1861 when he accepted a commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 58th Ohio Infantry.

Paul Hartley Raney

2nd Lieutenant Paul Hartley Raney (1892–1917) was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Christmas Day, 25 December 1892, the son of the Hon.

Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman

He served in the Rifle Brigade in the years 1950 and 1951, commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, and in the Royal Green Jackets reaching the rank of Lieutenant.


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17th Cavalry Regiment

Later that month, forest fires in Mormon Canyon (Turkey Creek) grew beyond the control of the forest rangers, prompting another call for assistance by the civil leaders; a detail of fifty men under 2nd Lieutenant Arthur S. Harrington was deployed to assist them.

9th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry

One member of the 9th New Jersey, 2nd Lieutenant Ethelbert Hubbs of Commack, Long Island, New York, chose to retire from the military in September 1863 to accept an appointment as a Special Agent of the Treasury Department, charged with administering the program on "Abandoned Lands and Plantations" in Craven County, North Carolina (The Freedmen's Bureau).

Battle of Pasir Panjang

A Malay platoon, consisting of 42 men, commanded by 2nd Lieutenant Adnan bin Saidi, was holding part of the defenses of Bukit Chandu.

Eddie White

He was enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1st Division Engineers of the AIF.

George Haas, Jr.

He joined the United States Army in the Second World War and served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 6th Armored Division.

George Nicholas Bascom

Following his graduation he was first stationed at Camp Floyd in Utah and then in Arizona at Fort Buchanan as a 2nd Lieutenant of the U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment.

J. H. H. Coombes

At the same time, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in 1st Battalion of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry.

John Trout Greble

In September 1854 he was made 2nd lieutenant and sent to Tampa, Florida, where he served in the Indian troubles for two years.

Rhodesian Armoured Corps

The regiment took part in a number of static but intense battles, notably at Mount Selinda against Mocambiquan Frelimo Forces (where a Bronze Cross was awarded to 2nd Lieutenant Rae) in 1977 and at Chirundu in October 1978, where heavy-machine gun, artillery and mortar duels took place between D Squadron and elements of the Zambian Army over a period of three days and nights near the Otto Beit Bridge.

William Greene Turner

During his adult life Turner was a dentist before being commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry on June 5, 1861, at the outbreak of the American Civil War.