Britain At War Trivia Quiz

Answer: Napier

Allenby was the British field marshal who invaded Palestine and ended Turkish resistance in 1918. He was British high commissioner for Egypt 1919.The Allenby Bridge was named after him.- Moore was the leader of the land forces in the Falklands campaign.- Havelock (1795-1857)was a hero during the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

He was responsible for the relief of Lucknow in that year, but died two months later. -Sir Charles Napier (1782-1853)was also in charge of the troops who suppressed the Chartist riots in 1839.

Answer: Picton

Codrington (1804-1884) was the second son of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. He commanded a brigade at the Battle of Alma during the Crimean War and eventually became commander-in-chief in the Crimea in 1855. He was governor of Gibraltar 1859-1865.- Elliott (1717-1790)is chiefly remembered for defending Gibraltar against the Spaniards 1779-1783.

He was later created Baron Heathfield.- Tarleton (1754-1883)served in the War of American Independence where he earned a reputation among the Americans for his extreme cruelty.

He eventually surrendered with Cornwallis at Yorktown. - Picton (1758-1815) had served already in the Peninsular Wars under Wellington. At the eve of the Battle of Waterloo he was still waiting for part of his baggage to arrive.

Answer: Burgoyne

Peel was the brother of Sir Robert Peel (the inventor of the Bobbies).Secretary of war 1858-59 and 1866-67.- Canrobert (NOT Camembert)was a Marshal of France, and commanded the French forces in the Crimea 1854-55. Best remembered in France for having had very long hair.

He was born in 1809 and died in 1895.- Abercrombie (1706-81) was one of the leaders of an expedition against the French in Canada and was defeated by Montcalm. - Burgoyne(1722-92) led a poorly equipped army, untrained for frontier fighting.

Answer: Charles George Gordon

Colin Campbell(1792-1863) played a prominent role in the relief of Lucknow in India in 1857. - Jan Christian Smuts(1870-1950) was a South African statesman and soldier.In 1919 he became the Prime Minister of his country, the Union of South Africa. He was again the PM of his country during the Second World War. - Rawdon (1604-84) played an active part in restoring Charles II to the throne in 1660.

Answer: SS Jaguar

The change of name happened in 1936.

Answer: The Desert Rats

The Invincible was the name of the aircraft carrier which acted as the flagship for the British fleet during the Falklands Campaign of 1982.- The Green Howards was originally a nickname of Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment. They have their little museum at Richmond, Yorkshire. - The Black Watch was raised in Aberfeldy by the Earl of Crawford in 1739.

Their dark green, blue and black tartan led to the qualification 'Black' Watch.- The Desert Rats got their name from the divisional sign, a jerboa, or jumping mouse found in African deserts.

Answer: Air-borne troops

S.A.S. = Special Air Services.

Answer: The German Emperor

Clemenceau was born at Mouilleron-en-Pareds,1841 and died at Paris in 1929. Byname 'the Tiger'. Premier from 1917 till 1920. Framer of the post-war Treaty of Versailles.- Foch was born at Tarbes, in 1851 and died in 1929, Paris. He was Marshall of France and commander of the Allied Forces during the closing months of World War One. - Erich Ludendorff was born in Prussian Poland, at Krusznewia near Poznan in 1865.

He died in Munich 1937. After the War he became a leader of reactionary political movements, and ultimately joined the Nazi party. - Kaiser William (born Potsdam 1859 - died Doorn in the Netherlands 1941).He encouraged rather than challenged the grandiose war aims of the German generals and of many politicians.

At first refusing to abdicate, he was finally forced to seek asylum in the Netherlands.

Answer: Lord Kitchener

Cannot have been Lord (Bertrand)Russell: he was a 'notorious' pacifist.- Lord Kelvin, the inventor of many improvements in thermodynamics was into fridges rather than into war.- Lord Elgin specialised in removing marbles from Athens to the safety of the British Museum. - Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), was a British field-marshal and statesman.

As commander-in-chief of the Egyptian army he reconquered the Sudan in 1896-98 and became its governor-general. Between 1900-1902 he conquered the Boers in South Africa.

As secretary for war in World War One he expanded the army from twenty to seventy divisions, using a.o. propaganda tools like that famous poster. He was on his way to Russia for talks with the Tsar when the ship that was carrying him was sunk.

Answer: R.A.F. airfield

There is a museum now at Biggin Hill. Hess (1894-1987)was born in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a German merchant. It was to him that Hitler dictated 'Mein Kampf'. In 1939 he was named second in succession after Hermann Goering. In May 1941 he stole an airplane and flew from Augsburg to Scotland, where he was arrested and subsequently locked up...in the Tower of London. Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms can be visited in Charles Street, London.