G.C.B.
abbreviation
Grand Cross of the Bath.
G.C.B.
Americanabbreviation
GCB
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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But the life of the party has not been punctilious Chairman Josiah Charles, Earon Stamp of Shortlands, G.C.B.,
From Time Magazine Archive
He died in 1821, having become a lieutenant-general and a G.C.B.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
G.C.B., when the enemy's position, at the pass of Chirecah Ghattie, was turned; and afterwards, when the enemy was defeated in a general attack on the heights of Muckwanpore.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John
He was voted an annuity of £4,000 a year, and created Viscount Eversley, receiving also the G.C.B.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
He died, a major-general and G.C.B., in 1840.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
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