As a retired brigadier who maintained personal contacts in high military circles, Dugel would no doubt one day prove more useful.

He's a retired brigadier and one of Ivor's rivals where Stuart coins are concerned.

Now comes a "personal reminiscence" from his son, himself a retired brigadier general and a noted military historian.

His father, Javed Husain, a retired brigadier, served in the Pakistan Army.

His father is a faceless figure: a retired brigadier, reserved and taciturn.

Kameran's brother-in-law, Mohmen, a retired brigadier, acted as a consultant for numerous American conglomerates.

Pallbearers included two major generals, a retired brigadier general and five colonels.

Then the complication with an old man, a retired brigadier from the Royal Engineers - so illogically logical!

"Definitely the explosive was more powerful," than those used in previous blasts, said Sakhawat Hussain, a retired brigadier general and now a security analyst.

Seymour retired as a major-general; Hughie is a retired brigadier.