Event class: promoted, rank, captain, retired, army, lieutenant, colonel, major, brigadier general, commander

Events with high posterior probability

Richard M. Tobin	Tobin joined the United States Navy Reserve for World War I, receiving a commission as a Lieutenant in December, 1917.
Graves B. Erskine	Upon his retirement from active duty in the Marine Corps, General Erskine was advanced to four-star rank, July 1, 1953, by reason of having been specially commended for heroism in combat.
Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg	In 1921, having reached the rank of major, he gave up his military commission and settled at his mansion in Neuhardenberg.
Conway Hillyer Arnold	After many years as a Lieutenant, Arnold was commissioned to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in 1892.
Allen Allensworth	By the time of his retirement in 1906, Allensworth had been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, the first African American to do so.
Benjamin N. Bellis	He was promoted to the grade of lieutenant general July 1, 1977, with date of rank June 27, 1977.
Frederick J. Gibbs	Captain F. J. Gibbs resigned from the Indian Army Reserve of Officers on 10 September 1924, and was allowed to retain his rank.
Jack Marriott	He was confirmed in the rank of Captain in December 1918.
Anthony Shaw	He transferred from the national service list to short service commission in the regular army on 29 August 1956 and was given seniority in the rank of lieutenant from 9 February 1956.
Conrad Theodor van Deventer	In July 1893 Van Deventer was promoted to the military rank of first lieutenant at the Schutterij in Semarang.
Robert D. Nesen	Upon leaving the Navy, Nesen remained a member of the United States Navy Reserve, ultimately attaining the rank of Lieutenant Commander before retiring from the Navy Reserve in 1966.
Bill G. Chapman	He was medically retired from the Air Force in 1969, having attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Herbert Lloyd	He was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 1 November 1919 and brevet rank of lieutenant colonel on the same day.
Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat	His formal retirement from the army came on 16 June 1962, he retained the honorary rank of brigadier.
Herbert Lloyd	He held the honorary rank of brigadier general from 8 November 1918.
Dennis Waight	On 16 November 1942, Major Waight became Lieutenant Colonel Waight.
Harold Miles	Following the war, Miles was placed on a disability list in September 1946.
General Juan Carrasco	He reached the rank of brigadier general the first of November 1915.
Robert K. Morgan	He retired from the Air Force Reserve in the rank of Colonel in 1965.
Harold G. Hoffman	He reentered the army as a major in the Transportation Corps and served until June 24, 1946 when he was discharged with the rank of colonel.
Charles Goodson-Wickes	He remained a member of Regular Army Reserve of Officers (RARO) until 2000.
Richard Garnons Williams	He resigned his Volunteer commission on 26 May 1906, retaining his rank and with permission to continue wearing his uniform.
James Newland	Newland held various appointments between the two world wars, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1941.
Richard Gambier-Parry	On 1 August 1925, the Captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers relinquished his temporary commission as Flight Lieutenant upon return to Army duty.
John Aaron Rawlins	He was promoted to brevet major general on February 24, 1865, to brigadier general in the regular army March 3, and brevet major general in the regular army on April 9.
Robert Harold Davidson	Subsequently, he was promoted to Colonel on March 1, 1958, and transferred to the Retired List.
George Washington Cullum	On March 8, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Cullum to be appointed to the grade of brevet major general, USA, to rank from March 1866, and the U. S. Senate confirmed the award on May 4, 1866 and reconfirmed it July 14, 1866 after the dates of rank of staff officers were adjusted to follow those of field officers.
Pierre Loti	He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906.
Robert Wood Johnson II	In 1942, Johnson's reserve Army commission was activated, and he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and assigned to the Ordnance Department.
Vasil Kutinchev	In one final act of recognition of his service in October 1918 Lieutenant General Vasil Kutinchev was promoted to General of the Infantry which was the highest military rank in the Bulgarian Army and went into the reserve.
Samuel L. Howard	He was promoted to the rank of colonel in October 1938.
Leonard T. Gerow	On 1 September 1940 he became a colonel in permanent grade and a month later, on 1 October 1940 became a temporary brigadier general.
James Robinson Risner	Risner was promoted to colonel after his capture, with a date of rank of November 11, 1965.
William Alexander Hammond	In 1878'' he was restored to the army -LSB-... -RSB- with the grade of brigadier general, without pay or allowances''.
Vernon Sturdee	Promotion was stagnant between the wars, and Sturdee remained at his wartime rank of lieutenant colonel until 1935.
Charles St Clair, 17th Lord Sinclair	As a result of his wounds, St Clair retired from the army on 29 May 1947 whilst a captain, and was granted the honorary rank of Major.
John Groff	He rejoined the Marine Corps in April 1921 and accepted a permanent commission as a 1st Lieutenant.
Carl Osburn	He received promotion to the permanent rank of Lieutenant Commander on July 1, 1919.
Geoffrey H. Hooper	On 8 May 1919, Hooper relinquished his commission upon completion of service but retained the rank of Lieutenant.
Luther Kelly	In August 1899 Kelly received another commission as a captain, this time with the Army's 40th Volunteers, following Congress's authorization of an increase in the Army by 35,000 men to put down the insurgency in the Philippines.
George Furner Langley	Unfit for active duty, he eventually retired as an honorary brigadier in March 1944.
Henry H. Arnold	Arnold's promotion to colonel expired June 30, 1920, and he reverted to his permanent establishment rank of captain.
Holland Smith	On 25 November 1918 Smith was promoted to the temporary rank of Major.
Wilfred Bion	He was demobilised on 1 September 1921, and was granted the rank of captain.
John Cobb Cooper	In 1917 he joined the U. S. Navy, and would reach the rank of lieutenant by the end of World War I.
Stepan Vasiliyevich Voyevodsky	By 1849 he attained the rank of captain () and was in command of a ship-of-the-line.
Luigi Poggi	In the process he rose to the rank of domestic prelate in 1960.
Jon R. Cavaiani	Cavaiani later reached the rank of sergeant major before retiring from the Army in 1996.
Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge	Troubridge rose to the rank of admiral during and immediately after the First World War, and Una gained her title when Admiral Troubridge was knighted in June 1919, though they were already legally separated at the time.
Charles L. McCawley	On June 24, 1913, Lieutenant Colonel McCawley was as Quartermaster of the Marine Corps, with the rank of colonel (to rank from June 2, 1913).
Richard W. Johnson	On the second day of the battle, Johnson was given the brevet rank of major general of volunteers, supplemented on March 13, 1865 by the brevet rank of brigadier general in the regular army, and on the same day was brevetted major general in the regular army for'' gallant and meritorious services during the war.''
Bernard Ashmole	On 21 July 1941, his commission was confirmed and he was promoted to the war substantive rank of flying officer.
Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall	Newall was granted a permanent commission in the Royal Air Force as a lieutenant colonel on 1 August 1919 and promoted to group captain on 8 August 1919.
William Evelyn Denison	and in September 1876 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Victor Girardey	On August 3, 1864, Girardey was promoted several grades from captain to temporary brigadier general, to rank from July 30, 1864.
Jack Armand Cunningham	On 9 April 1945, Major Cunningham was released from the Reserves on account of age ; he was allowed the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel.
Dennis Waight	He vacated his appointment on the Indian Army staff on 1 March 1931, and returned to the Fusiliers the next day.
Edward Puttick	In April 1942 Puttick was promoted to lieutenant general, the first New Zealand-born soldier to reach this rank.
Wilfred Ernest Young	On 1 April 1920, he surrendered his commission, keeping his honorary rank of lieutenant.
Dimitrios Psarros	In 1945 he was promoted posthumously by the Hellenic Army tο the rank of Major General.
Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour	Having reverted to the rank of captain following the end of the war, he was promoted to major on 1 February 1947.
John Durnford-Slater	With the war over, he reverted to the rank of captain, before being promoted to major in January 1946, and retiring a month later with the honorary rank of brigadier.
Howard Vincent	He resigned his commission for the final time in 1904, retaining his rank.
John Pope Cook	After the battle he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on March 22, 1862, with Senate confirmation on March 24, 1862, to rank from March 21, 1862.
Richard Selwyn Payne	He left the army on 11 November 1919 and retained the rank of captain.
Anthony A. Mitchell	Mitchell retired from the navy on December 30, 1968, with the rank of lieutenant commander.
Jerauld Wright	; Notes # Wright was temporarily promoted to Lieutenant on November 16, 1918.
Godfrey Weitzel	He reverted to his regular Army rank, but was promoted to major of engineers later that year and to lieutenant colonel in 1882.
Bernard Ashmole	On 10 February 1954, he relinquished his commission, retainiing the rank of wing commander.
Adolphus Greely	After the war he received a brevet (honorary promotion) to major to rank from 13 March 1865 for'' faithful and meritorious service during the war''.
Helmut Wick	Promoted to Major in October 1940, he was given the position of Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) of JG 2 -- the youngest in the Luftwaffe to hold this rank and position.
Kirby Laing	He resigned his commission as a Lieutenant in the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers on 13 July 1955, although he was permitted to retain the honorary title of Lieutenant.
George W. Baird	Baird was eventually promoted to brigadier general on 19 February 1903, the day before his retirement.
Kenneth Came	1970 saw Came promoted to Colonel, while three years later he gained promotion to Brigadier.
Guy Goodliffe	He later obtained the rank of Captain, and October 1916 he was an Acting Major.
Thomas Arthur Lewis	He served in Salonika from 1916 -- 18 and achieved the rank of Lieutenant.
David Allan (police officer)	He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in the Reserve of Officers on 27 March 1929.
John C. Munn	Upon his retirement on 1 July 1964, he was appointed by the President, and confirmed by the Senate, to the grade of lieutenant general on the retired list.
Edwin Cole (RAF officer)	On 27 May 1941, he was promoted to Flight Lieutenant.
Baurzhan Momyshuly	In April 1942, his commanding officer approved his promotion to the rank of major.
James Edward Carpenter	In 1862 he became a second lieutenant and progressed in rank to first lieutenant, captain, then a brevet major of volunteers due to gallantry.
C. Robert Kehler	In July 2000, the Air Force promoted Kehler with his first star and joined the ranks of US Air Force general officers.
Sir Charles Gladstone, 6th Baronet	After the war, he continued to serve with the Eton OTC until 1924 when he resigned his commission and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant.
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig	Haig's war service had earned him belated but rapid promotion : having been a captain until the relatively advanced age of thirty-seven, by 1904 he had become the youngest major-general in the British Army at that time.
Eric Maturin	By June 1918 he was listed as unfit for further service and relinquished his commission, though retaining the honorary rank of lieutenant and permission to wear his uniform on occasions that necessitated it.
Reginald J. Brown	By the time he left the Army in 1971, he had achieved the rank of Major.
Seikichi Iha	By 1963 he had achieved the rank of 5th Dan.
Walbanke Ashby Pritt	He resigned his commission on 12 August 1920 and was denied permission to retain his rank because of'' unsatisfactory dealings with cheques''.
Clinton D. "Casey" Vincent	On June 2, 1944, Vincent was promoted to temporary brigadier general, the second youngest general officer in the USAAF.
Guy Gaunt	He retired from the navy in October 1918 with the rank of Rear Admiral and was subsequently promoted to full Admiral.
Alexander Shaler	Shaler received brevet rank of major general in July 1865.
Hal Bidlack	He retired in 2006 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Billy Mitchell	He antagonized many people in the Army with his arguments and criticism and, in 1925, was returned from appointment as a brigadier general to his permanent rank of Colonel.
Jefferson C. Davis	He received a brevet promotion to brigadier general in the regular army on March 20, 1865.
Thomas Blamey	His AIF appointment was terminated on 19 December 1919, but he retained his wartime rank of a brigadier general as an honorary rank.
George Ingram	Ingram was promoted to lieutenant on 24 October, Posted to a unit in the Royal Australian Engineers, he achieved the rank of captain before being placed on the Retired List on 6 May 1944.
Charles Holden	In September 1918, Holden transferred to the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) with the new rank of major.
Charles Granville Fortescue	Having achieved the rank of Major at the end of 1898, he was also promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel.
William Sudell	He retired on 30 July 1892, and was permitted to retain his rank, and continue wearing the battalion's uniform.
Takeichi Nishi	He eventually gained the rank of lieutenant colonel in August 1943.