He hadn't a clue what made a "popular" commander, and he wasn't certain anyone did.

Pharas, he suspected, had not been a popular commander.

He had been a popular commander at sea.

Many had been powerful and popular commanders but lacked the education and skills for their portfolios.

Before the transfer of the body to Rome, the soldiers honoured their popular commander with a memorial ceremony.

Dimitri was a popular commander, and a tough and demanding officer.

A popular commander was literally dispatched to the doghouse as head of the department's animal shelter.

Britain's post-war army had been deprived of a popular and able commander.

And the vision of a popular commander returning from war and being urged to consider politics is even closer to home.

A popular commander during the immediate post-war years, his funeral became a day of national mourning.