Talk:Francis Slater Rebow

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A fact from Francis Slater Rebow appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a misreport led to Francis Slater Rebow being recorded in the wrong military rank for three years?

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Reviewer: Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) 17:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get to this shortly--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 17:50, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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- Done.
Rebow's rank was corrected to the 1799 seniority. Which one? I'm still a little confused, especially given the start of the next paragraph. If this is about regimental rank and "army" rank that needs to be explained.
- Struggled to find much literature on Life Guards ranks post-1788. In a nutshell, prior to this point the LG had a series of incredibly confusing dual ranks that meant everyone in the troops, the LG not being organised into regiments until this point, was categorised as a gentleman rather than a soldier and outranked other members of the army such that an LG cornet equalled a major. These ranks were done away with in 1788, but major and lieutenant-colonel has been kept on for whatever reason. There's very little written on it but I've added what vague mention I could find.
How did promotion to general rank generally work in the Army?
- Unless you were a member of the Royal Family (the Duke of York became a major-general after two years of service!) promotion to general rank was by seniority only. An officer would either purchase or earn his promotions up to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and then it was a waiting game until either enough generals died that he was promoted or the War Office decided it needed more generals. Similarly, after reaching the heights of major-general the next two steps to full general were also by seniority unless you received a brevet a la Wellington.
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- Fixed.
Did Wellington have any opinion about Rebow and his situation? I'm not sure how much I should try and read between the lines here, being entirely uncertain about the political situation in the Guards
- I haven't read anything about Wellington disliking Rebow in particular; more a general fury about Horse Guards sending him inexperienced generals that he didn't think he needed.
Nicely done.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:31, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Book that lack an ISBN need an OCLC number
- Added OCLCs where I could find them. Couldn't figure one for The Connoisseur.
Journals need an ISSN--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 20:54, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Try this for the Connoisseur, which is a journal [1]--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:11, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Sturmvogel 66: Hi, thanks for taking a look at this! Responses are above. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 14:37, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Sturmvogel 66: Thanks, I've added the ISSN. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kusma (talk) 08:25, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that The London Gazette mistakenly recorded Francis Rebow as becoming a regiment's second major instead of lieutenant-colonel, resulting in him being promoted to lieutenant-colonel a second time? Source: McGuigan, Ron; Burnham, Robert (2017). Wellington's Brigade Commanders. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-47385-079-8. page 244.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bag End
- Comment: Hook came out much larger than i'd like it to be.

Improved to Good Article status by Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 23:32, 31 May 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Francis Slater Rebow; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Actually, I can do better "... that a misreport led to Francis Slater Rebow being promoted to Lieutenant-colonel twice?" Onegreatjoke (talk) 02:39, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted to GA on May 25, so naturally fulfills article requirement. Hook is interesting, in the article, and sourced. Seems good to go to me. If the shorter hook above runs, lieutenant-colonel should be lowercase. Normsupon (talk) 23:40, 2 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]