Sentence examples for command of the division from inspiring English sources

Under the command of the division's commander, Royal Artillery Brigadier C. H. Colquhoun, were the division's artillery, the 17th/21st Lancers, the 1st Parachute Battalion and the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.

Braithwaite had a brief period in command of the division while its commander, Major-General Andrew Russell, was on leave.

As a reward for his service in command of the division, he was presented with the Commander's Cross of the Légion d'honneur by the French government.

Brigadier Hicks assumed command of the division while Colonel Hilaro Barlow replaced Hicks as brigade commander.

In April 1943, the commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, Hopkinson, was promoted to Major General and given command of the division.

The upstart Philadelphia Phillies, meanwhile, have taken April command of the division.

Its task ashore was to defend the coast under the command of the Army and according to sectors, that is, under the command of the divisions stationed in that particular sector.

To enable the 7th SS Division to pursue Partisan forces withdrawing towards central Bosnia, both I/28 and III/28 were placed under the command of that division for the period of 8 17 August 1944.

That September he was given command of the 35th Division, a New Army division of "bantam" soldiers, which first saw action at the Battle of the Somme; after three months in action, he was exchanged with the commander of the 33rd Division.

Alliance officials said that defense ministers even broached the idea of NATO eventually assuming command of that division, but the meeting adjourned without any proposals being officially offered.

He said he sought a hearing aid about three years ago when he was given command of the Queens division of the Internal Affairs Bureau.