# Talk:Francis Slater Rebow

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 17:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

 
I'll get to this shortly--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)

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Done.
Rebow's rank was corrected to the 1799 seniority. Which one? I'm still a little confused, especially given the start of the next paragraph. If this is about regimental rank and "army" rank that needs to be explained.
Struggled to find much literature on Life Guards ranks post-1788. In a nutshell, prior to this point the LG had a series of incredibly confusing dual ranks that meant everyone in the troops, the LG not being organised into regiments until this point, was categorised as a gentleman rather than a soldier and outranked other members of the army such that an LG cornet equalled a major. These ranks were done away with in 1788, but major and lieutenant-colonel has been kept on for whatever reason. There's very little written on it but I've added what vague mention I could find.
How did promotion to general rank generally work in the Army?
Unless you were a member of the Royal Family (the Duke of York became a major-general after two years of service!) promotion to general rank was by seniority only. An officer would either purchase or earn his promotions up to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and then it was a waiting game until either enough generals died that he was promoted or the War Office decided it needed more generals. Similarly, after reaching the heights of major-general the next two steps to full general were also by seniority unless you received a brevet a la Wellington.
military history Sir John Fortescue historian
Fixed.
Did Wellington have any opinion about Rebow and his situation? I'm not sure how much I should try and read between the lines here, being entirely uncertain about the political situation in the Guards
I haven't read anything about Wellington disliking Rebow in particular; more a general fury about Horse Guards sending him inexperienced generals that he didn't think he needed.
Nicely done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:31, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Book that lack an ISBN need an OCLC number
Added OCLCs where I could find them. Couldn't figure one for The Connoisseur.
Journals need an ISSN--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2023 (UTC)
Try this for the Connoisseur, which is a journal [1]--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:11, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
@Sturmvogel 66: Hi, thanks for taking a look at this! Responses are above. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 14:37, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
@Sturmvogel 66: Thanks, I've added the ISSN. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2023 (UTC)