Sentence examples for command of the battalion from inspiring English sources

The battalion's last commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel William Davis, who took command of the battalion in mid-October 1918 and remained in command until it was disbanded.

The following month, command of the battalion passed to Leane when Lyon-Johnston toverover as brigade commander.

After the defence of Bastogne, which the 101st held against some 15 German divisions, and the taking of the town of Foy, Winters was promoted to major and given command of the battalion.

Ferguson came forward to take command of the battalion.

He was in command of the battalion at the surrender of Havana on January 1 , 1899

On 26 July, he was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel and assumed command of the battalion.

After a period as a company commander he was promoted to temporary major and second-in-command of the battalion, under fellow Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Colonel Harry Murray.

Appointed to second-in-command of the battalion, Hargest was involved in the preliminary planning for the Battle of Messines in June 1917.

Among the dead was the commander of C3 Company, D445 Battalion and his second-in-command, while others were identified as personnel from the command elements of the battalion and the heavy weapons company.

On 12 August, Weir received a telegram from Colonel Ewen Sinclair-Maclagan, the designated commander of the 3rd Brigade, offering him the command of the 10th Battalion.

Puttick led the battalion through the Battle of Passchendaele until November 1917 at which time he was given command of the 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade.