Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arthur Gordon Matthew
The CBE, although not the OBE or MBE, has consistently been held to count as a "well-known and significant award or honor" under the terms of . Brigadier is considered to be a rank which confers notability under  (despite the nominator's incorrect claims that it does not), since although a brigadier has not been a general officer rank in Britain since the 1920s, it used to be and is in most other countries (a British brigadier is entirely equivalent in rank to a US brigadier general, for instance, even though one is a general and the other is not). He therefore qualifies for inclusion under both a guideline and another widely-accepted standard
— User:Necrothesp, 15:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BIO||WP:SOLDIER (Wikipedia:Notability)