Talk:Francis Slater Rebow/GA1

GA Review

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

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

• Images are appropriately licensed.
• Link patron
  • 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.
• military history Sir John Fortescue historian
  • 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)
• 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)
  • Try this for the Connoisseur, which is a journal [1]--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:11, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
• @Sturmvogel 66: Hi, thanks for taking a look at this! Responses are above. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 14:37, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

  @Sturmvogel 66: Thanks, I've added the ISSN. Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 17:28, 25 May 2023 (UTC)