Between Sir Hartley Shawcross, the British Chief Prosecutor, who is bright-red Labour, and his second-in-command, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, who is a Conservative Member of Parliament and in line for the leadership of his party, there is not a pin to choose in elegance, and the third-in-command, Mr. Elwyn Jones, who is a Labour M.P., is almost as grand.
Le Morte d'Arthur, by Thomas Malory By the side of a lake, King Arthur, mortally wounded, commands Sir Bedivere to cast his sword into the waters.
For a short time in 1806 he gave command of the Channel fleet to his second-in-command Sir Charles Cotton in order that he might travel to Portugal on a particular mission.
Overtaking me and looking directly into my eyes, he commanded: "Sir, you need to take off your hat!" The door through which one enters the Memorial Union displays a prominent sticker announcing: "If you are able, please take off your hat as a sign of respect".
Asked about the claims by the recently retired commander of joint forces command, Gen Sir Richard Barrons, that the UK's armed forces would not be able to protect the country from a full-scale attack by Russia or another major military power, Fallon said the government was increasing numbers and investing in equipment.
The first occurred in August 1940 when the British Commander in Chief Middle East Command, General Sir Archibald Wavell, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, ordered the 16th Infantry Brigade to move to Egypt.
Returning to London, he was appointed second in command to Sir John Richardson on their overland search (1848 49) between the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers for Sir John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition.
His successor in command was Sir William Marshall.
His second in command was Sir Francis Drake.
At this period bands of English soldiers under the command of Sir Robert Knollys were wandering through Anjou, causing great destruction.
