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'''Lord General Militant''', also known as '''Lord Militant''',{{Fn|2}} is the highest conventional rank within the [[Imperial Guard]].

They are in charge of whole battlegroups of Imperial Guard regiments and are assigned to their combat theatres by the [[Departmento Munitorum]]. Their recommendation to both the rank and active command is based on family ties and previous experience and service. They also receive extra training in order to be able to handle the vast numbers of personnel given over to their command. A [[General Staff]] is formed around the Lord General Militant from both the regiments tithed to his command and specialists issued by the Munitorum. There is only ever one Lord General Militant active in a [[sector]].{{Cite Marker End}}

==Notable Lords General Militant==
[[Image:LordMillitant.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lord Militant [[Solomon Tetrarchus]]{{Fn|2}}]]
*[[Arian Vois]] - Commander of the [[Crusade of Fire (War)|Crusade of Fire]]
*[[Cybon]] - Commander in the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]
*[[Drusus]]
*[[Esbet Athelstane]] - only known '''Lady General Militant''', commanded Imperial Guard forces on [[Charys]] against the [[Thousand Sons]].{{Fn|3}}
*[[Gresh]].{{Fn|1b}}
*[[Hechtor Dravere]] - Fought in the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]].{{Fn|1a}}
*[[Humel]]{{Fn|6}}
*[[Arneld Heifaast]]{{Fn|8}}
*[[Huxlow]] - Approved the [[Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer]].{{Fn|4}}
*[[Leopold D'Vangion]]
*[[Slayban Bellrath]] - Commander of the [[Bellrath Crusade]].{{Fn|5}}
*[[Solomon Tetrarchus]] - Successor of [[Tiber Achilus]], in command of the [[Achilus Crusade]].{{Fn|2}}
*[[Verne]]{{Fn|7}}
*[[Vichres]]

==See also==
*[[Imperial Guard Hierarchy]]

==Sources==
*1: [[First and Only (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: Part Two{{Cite Marker End}}
**{{Endn|1b}}: ''A Memory: Ignatius Cardinal, Twenty-Nine Years Earlier, pgs. 107-111'' (Interstitial between Parts Three and Four)
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault]], pg. 133
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Wolf's Honour (Novel)]], {{Cite Marker End}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer]], pg. 2
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten]], pg. 97
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]], pg. 26
*{{Endn|7}}: [[White Dwarf 454]], pg. 23
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf 466]], pg. 23 - ''Flashpoint: Blood And Snow''

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