Brigadier general by a brigadier general, while the Naval Service is commanded by a commodore. In the Israel Defense Forces, the rank of brigadier general is called "tat aluf" and is the third highest rank, below "aluf" (major general) and "rav aluf" (lieutenant general or general), and above "aluf mishne" (colonel). In the Italian Armed Forces the rank has different denominations. In the Army, the rank for combat arms officers is whilst for the logistics and technical corps is called . The rank is also present in the other armed forces, police corps and other services of Italy, with different denominations, and
John Brown (British Army officer) 5th Horse was conferred on Colonel Brown, 1 April 1743. He was promoted to the rank of major-general on 26 March 1754, and to that of lieutenant-general on 15 January 1758. page 89. John Brown (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General John Brown (died 1762) was a British Army officer. He entered the Army as a cornet of Horse on 5 August 1704, and served several campaigns on the Continent in the army commanded by the Duke of Marlborough. In 1735 he was lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Regiment of Dragoons, from whence he was removed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the King's Horse