Brigadier general by the rank of major-general in 1999. In the Romanian Army the "general de brigadă" is the lowest rank of general officers, The equivalent in the Navy is "contra-amiral" and in the Air-Force "general de flotilă aeriană". The rank of brigadier general is known in South Korea as "junjang" (; hanja: 准將) and is a direct equivalent to the United States one-star rank, with very similar insignia. The military of North Korea does not technically maintain a brigadier general rank, but the rank of senior colonel (대좌, "taejwa") which is above colonel (상좌, "sangjwa") and below major general (소장, "Sojang")
Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer) the war, Ritchie was confirmed in the rank of Major-General, and commanded 51st (Highland) Division in the Territorial Army from 1923-27 before retiring. In retirement, he was the ceremonial colonel of the Seaforth Highlanders from 1931-39. Archibald Ritchie (British Army officer) Major-General Sir Archibald Buchanan Ritchie, KBE CB CMG (14 May 1869 - 9 July 1955) was a British Army officer, who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division and 16th (Irish) Division during the First World War. Ritchie was born in 1869, the son of John Ritchie, an artillery officer who would later rise to the rank of Major-General. He was