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Encyclopedia > Charles Warren (British soldier)
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General Sir Charles Warren, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.R.S. (18401927) was a British soldier and police commissioner. On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... The Royal Society of London is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence and was founded in 1660. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Commissioner is one of various classes of persons who holds an office by virtue of a commission in the normally from the head of state, particularly of a state in the Commonwealth of Nations. ...


Warren conducted the first major excavations of Jerusalem, thereby ushering in a new age of Biblical archaeology. His most significant discovery was a water shaft, now known as Warren's shaft, but he also unwittingly published the first artifact with an Israelite inscription--the LMLK seals (Grena, 2004, pp. 109-18; the Warren Era of LMLK research). Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القدس al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... Biblical archaeology comprises excavations and chance discoveries of artifacts representing people, places, and things mentioned in the Bible. ... An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28 The Israelites were a group of Hebrews, as described in the Bible. ... LMLK seals were stamped on the handles of large storage jars in and around Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah (circa 700 BC) based on several complete jars found in situ buried under a destruction layer caused by Sennacherib at Lachish. ...


He was the Metropolitan Police Commissioner from 1886 to 1888, while a major-general in the British Army. During this period Jack the Ripper committed the Whitechapel murders, and no additional murders were attributed to the Ripper after Warren resigned from the force. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (usually just referred to as the Metropolitan Police Commissioner) is the head of the Metropolitan Police Service in London. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ...


During the Boer War, as a lieutenant-general, he commanded the 5th Division of the South African Field Force. At the Battle of Spion Kop he had operational command and his failure of judgment was the subject of much controversy. However his modest successes later in the campaign allowed him to continue in the army and he was promoted general in 1904 just before he retired. Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War There were two Boer wars, one in December 16, 1880-March 23, 1881 and the second from October 11, 1899-May 31, 1902 both between the British and the settlers of Dutch origin (called Boere, Afrikaners or Voortrekkers) in South Africa that put... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Killed British soldiers lying in trenches The Battle of Spion Kop (Dutch/Afrikaans: Slag van Spioenkop) was fought about 38 km (21 miles) west-south-west of Ladysmith on the hilltop of Spioenkop(1) along the Tugela River, Natal in South Africa. ... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...


References

  • Grena, G.M. (2004). LMLK--A Mystery Belonging to the King vol. 1. Redondo Beach, California: 4000 Years of Writing History. ISBN 0-9748786-0-X.

External links

  • http://www.pef.org.uk/Pages/Warren.htm
  • http://www.casebook.org/ripper_media/rps.spion.html

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