Sentence examples for lieutenant colonel for from inspiring English sources

A lieutenant colonel, for example, ranks below a colonel and above a major.

He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel for his conduct in the Battle of Bailén (1808) and was elevated to command of the Sagunto Dragoons after the Battle of Albuera (1811).

Serving in the Army under Winfield Scott in Mexico, Magruder was promoted to major for "gallant and meritorious conduct" at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, and again promoted to lieutenant colonel for his daring in storming the castle at Chapultepec.

Annie Power, who has not run this season after a setback in November, is one of eight entries for Willie Mullins, while the 17 Irish-trained entries also feature Lieutenant Colonel for Sandra Hughes and Monksland from the Noel Meade yard.

He also never quite understood why he had a lieutenant colonel for a godfather.

When Kentucky County, Virginia, was split into three counties in 1780, Trigg was made lieutenant colonel for the new county militia of Lincoln.

In August, while writing an article for the BBC, I had contacted Lieutenant Colonel Crosson for comment about evidence of U.S. atrocities and Vietnamese civilian suffering -- much of it from long-classified U.S. military records -- that I present in my book, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam.

It was named in 1804 by the administrator and explorer Lieutenant Colonel William Paterson for a mountain in Scotland.

An army lieutenant colonel responsible for the Nilin area, who spoke on condition of anonymity under army rules, said at least 15 soldiers had been wounded here in the past few months.

Nick Mercer, a former lieutenant colonel responsible for giving legal advice to the army, wrote to Wall, advising that he had been made aware of a number of allegations of rendition.

Lieutenant Colonel Miska, for his part, described the security plan as an attempt to get Americans off the big bases and into Iraqi neighborhoods, where they would occupy small combat outposts on the fault lines of sectarian conflicts and, for the first time, make the protection of civilians a central goal.