Examples of 'colonelcy' in a sentence
Meaning of "colonelcy"
colonelcy (noun) - the rank or position held by a colonel in the military
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- The rank or office of a colonel.
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He got his colonelcy after that.
Something better than a colonelcy.
He rose to a colonelcy in the Schutzstaffel.
In connection with the colonelcy.
The Colonelcy of the county.
In the following years he won his colonelcy on the field of battle.
Martin saw military action in South Carolina and won promotion to a colonelcy.
As generals were mostly on half-pay, a colonelcy was a method of providing them with extra income.
In the following year, he was promoted to a colonelcy.
Peter Jefferson was appointed to the colonelcy of the county, an important.
He was given a Colonelcy and became Adjutant-General to Sir Charles Stuart.
On his return he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the 5th Dragoons.
He was rewarded with the colonelcy of the Royal Horse Guards in June 1715.
Hoping but failing to become Lord Chamberlain, he was offered the Colonelcy of The Blues.
Horatio Nelson was given such a colonelcy in 1795, two years before he reached flag rank.
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He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel four years later and obtained colonelcy of the regiment in 1803.
He also resigned the honorary colonelcy of the 1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteers on 2 December 1888.
Whilst in captivity, he was rewarded with the colonelcy of the 9th West India Regiment.
He was? He got his colonelcy after that.
In October Picton was appointed to the colonelcy of the 77th Regiment of Foot.
Gen. William T. Sherman, who offered him the colonelcy of an Ohio infantry regiment.
